“Demand better for your body,” says Everlywell, which offers “easy, affordable, & private lab testing without leaving home.” “You’re already doing so much to track your health,” says gene-testing giant…
Category: Cancer
Women of color use more beauty products than white women. And some contain harmful chemicals. For example, some skin-lightening creams may contain mercury, which can damage the nervous system and…
“Cancer is complicated because each cancer has a different set of risk factors acting at different ages,” cautions Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan…
“Consumers are often surprised to learn that most of the chemicals used in everyday cosmetics are not thoroughly tested for safety,” says Robin Dodson, a scientist at Silent Spring Institute.…
Can tanning lotions give you a bronze glow without boosting your risk of skin cancer and wrinkles? The active ingredient in most sunless tanners is dihydroxyacetone (DHA). It makes you…
“You wouldn’t swallow a spoonful of toxic cosmetic ingredients,” wrote Time.com in 2016. “But in some ways, smearing them under your arms in the form of deodorant or antiperspirant may…
Since 1980, the U.S. incidence of liver cancer has tripled and the death rate has doubled. “Excess weight, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and diabetes are greatly contributing to higher rates…
It’s a success story. The death rate from colorectal cancer in 2016 was less than half of what it was in 1970. One troubling sign: while colorectal cancer is dropping in…
One in nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. But the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. In fact, many of those men need no treatment…
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. The five-year survival rate averages 90 percent. That’s because most tumors are detected early. You have a…