Grafting proteins

Sunbathers beware

Heal thyself

Oxygen to heal wounds

Beware of the Ganga

A dip in the Ganga was meant to purify both body and soul. But devotees in Bihar have had a bad experience

Hide Burns

Skin diseases and stomach ailments afflict most of the people living around a tannery area in Kanpur - one of the fallout of the failure of the …

Oriental skin therapy

Smoking your skin

Sunscreen wouldn’t have saved Bob Marley from melanoma, and it won’t help other dark-skinned people

Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer linked to overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

Contaminated glow

Screen test: failed

Experts call for action against spread of mycetoma

At the sixth international conference in Sudan they said it’s essential to set goals and milestones to trigger collaborative research on …

Beware of the bindi

Wanted: hair donors

It may now be possible to transplant hair from one person to the other

Patients having atopic dermatitis, food allergy have structural differences in skin

Identifying such differences will help prevent children at an elevated risk from developing food allergies

Centre bans sale of 14 over-the-counter steroid creams

The ban applies to skin creams that contain steroids or other prescription drugs and not for ordinary face-cleansing and moisturisers

Saving one's skin

A possible way of countering the virulence of a fungus

Spring brings sad tidings on ozone hole

Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.

Saving whales

Dying without killing the skin

Scalp protection

Curtain raiser

Ways to prevent skin ulcers

Oriental antidote

No ozone depletion over India yet

The ozone layer over India is in place, though there is a trend towards depletion, say meteorologists

Ecstasy rashes