Imagine if all it took to avoid going gray was a good shampoo?
Sound like an impossible delusion? I may have agreed with you once upon a time, but science – and beauty researchers – apparently can make the impossible dream a reality.
According to an article in the Times of India,
Dr. Bruno Bernard, head of the hair biology research team at L’Oreal Paris, points out that hair goes grey when the pigment-producing cells, known as melanocytes, die or no longer work properly. He, however, also highlights the fact that such cells often survive long after people go gray.
He …read more

If this is true, I will never whine again about a few gray hairs…
Today in the New Scientist there was an article I instantly got sort of engrossed in – it was an overview of a study being done on laboratory mice that sees a relationship between going gray and protection against cancer cells.

Basically, cells called melanocytes produce the pigments that color hair and their numbers are supported by stem cells. Hair goes gray when the number of stem cells in hair follicles declines.
So, now the news is that Emi Nishimura of Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan have …read more

Did you know May is Skin Cancer Awareness month? Many of us do not take skin cancer seriously enough. There are still people out there who go out without any sunscreen, or who use tanning beds regularly (you know who you are!). Let’s face it folks, there is no such thing as a ’safe tan’. You may think a little extra ‘colour’ makes you look better or “healthier” but in reality you’re only hurting yourself and your skin.
Here are some Skin Cancer Facts you may or may not know:
* Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the …read more