Concerned About Crow's Feet? Try Soy!

A soy-derived supplement called may help smooth crow's feet around the eyes. In a new study involving 101 women who were past menopause, researchers found that individuals who took a soy-derived supplement experienced some smoothing of the wrinkles around their eyes. Women in who were treated with a placebo in the study did not.

Tanning Beds Further Linked To Skin Cancer Risk

According to new research presented at the AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, the more you use a tanning bed, the higher your risk of deadly skin cancers. Investigators found that for every four visits per year to a tanning booth, the risk for basal and squamous cell carcinoma increased 15% and the risk for melanoma rose 11%. Researchers also found that using tanning booths in the younger age range, during high school and college, had a stronger effect on cancer risk.

A Coffee-A-Day Keeps the Skin Cancer Away!

According to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research International Conference, drinking coffee was associated with decreased risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. Data from two studies that followed 72,921 people between 1984 and 2008, and 39,976 people between 1986 and 2008, found that people who drank more than three cups of coffee had a 9-20% reduction in risk for basal cell carcinoma. Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have any effect on skin cancer risk, which leads researchers to suspect caffeine cold be the key ingredient.

Melanoma Shortens Life by 20 Years

According to new estimates of the cancer's health and economic burdens by the Center of Disease Control in the United States, melanoma skin cancer cuts life short by an average of 20 years, and mortality from the disease costs $3.5 billion annually in lost productivity. A person who died of melanoma during 2000 to 2006 lost more than $400,000 in lifetime earnings, $100,000 more compared with a person who died of another type of cancer.