Outdoor Summer Fun
Skin Damage Starts with Your Child’s First Sun Over-exposure
It's taken a long time for science to quantify what mothers have always known: the skin of babies and toddlers is very different from the skin of older children and adults. Babies' skin is softer beca…
Summer Is Heating Up!
It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere ? and hot, really hot, in many areas. We are warm-blooded. Our bodies produce heat. When a muscle contracts, only about 25 percent of the energy is used for the …
Bottled Water: Summer Tip
Dr. Greene's take on bottled water... I came across an interesting article in the June 3, 2003 Boston Globe. "Water bottles are not all created equal." The article quotes Ryan Jordan, a biofilm engine…
Fast Facts about Sun and our Eyes
One of the great wonders of the human body is the ability of damaged cells to be repaired or replaced. Red blood cells, for instance, live for about 120 days. Each day, about 1% of your red blood cell…
Tips for Avoiding Damage from Sun Exposure
Even though skin cancer occurs in adults, the serious skin cancers are caused by the radiation damage (particularly the sunburns) that occurred in our youth. Children are at the highest risk for sun d…