New research shows that UV-nail polish dryers, typically used to cure gel manicures, can cause DNA damage in your hands. UV rays are known to cause skin cancer at high exposures, but very little ...

UCSF researchers say intense tanning bed use in youth can trigger major, irreversible DNA damage linked to melanoma.

Tanning beds are cosmetic devices that have ultraviolet (UV) lamps that produce an intense darkening of the skin when people ...

ATLANTA - Get a popular gel manicure, and you are going to spend some time under a UV-nail polish dryer to cure the gel and harden the polish. The lamps harden the gel, so that the polish lasts longer ...

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For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin's ...

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The Sydney girls live with Xeroderman Pigmentosum (XP), an incredibly rare genetic condition that leaves them unable to ...

The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought. Researchers studied these ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting ...

Since arriving on the market around 2010, gel manicures have become a staple in nail salons across the US and many parts of the world, and it’s easy to see why. Compared to traditional nail polish, ...

Michiganders enjoying the first sunny days of spring often find themselves sporting a nasty sunburn. But the threat from the sun's UV rays doesn't end when you get a tan, it continues throughout the ...