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Hold the lime with Corona, may cause skin reaction

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a TV advertisement for Corona beer, a woman on a beach, irritated by her companion ogling a bikini-clad blonde, squirts him with the lime sitting atop his beer.He may be in for worse than a surprise: a ...

Watch the lime juice when drinking Corona: skin doc

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Have you seen the Corona TV ad in which a woman, irritated that her beach companion has been staring at a bikini-clad blonde, squirts him with the lime sitting atop his beer?Well, according to a dermatology journal ...

Man's best friend may help kids with allergies

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Life with the family dog will give young children hours of loyal companionship, cherished memories -- and, in some cases, possibly even better health.A study in the Journal of Pediatrics says that children with a family history ...

Editor changes industry-backed tanning pill study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study.The edits come days after a Reuters Health story -- http://link.reuters.com/wuv52n -- about serious shortcomings in ...

What "clinically proven" means for a beauty product

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Science doesn't just help to invent new products, it can push existing ones.Look no further than the beauty industry. It does lots of testing and flaunts products with scientific terms like microbeads, enzymes and rejuvenating serums. But ...

Americans turn cold shoulder to sunscreen: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Even as summer temperatures soar, Americans are turning a cold shoulder to sunscreen, according to a poll released on Friday.Only one-fifth of Americans wear sunscreen before going outside most days during the summer and just under one-third ...

Skin condition linked to cancer risk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with the skin condition atopic dermatitis may be at greater risk of getting cancer than those without it, new research hints.But it's unclear whether this increased risk is related to the medication patients take for the ...

Laser therapy may ease type of eczema

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Laser therapy that delivers a concentrated beam of ultraviolet light may help ease a hard-to-treat form of eczema, a small study suggests.The study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, compared the effects of laser therapy versus ...

Early paracetamol, antibiotics tied to eczema

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children given antibiotics or the pain reliever paracetamol in infancy may be at increased risk of developing eczema in later childhood, a new study from Spain hints.But the findings don't mean that parents should avoid using paracetamol ...

Skin condition more likely in educated parents' kids

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children of highly educated parents may be more prone to an irritating skin disorder than peers from less educated families, a new study suggests.Austrian researchers note in the journal Pediatric Allergy and Immunology that as many as ...