Sunburn

Beach season is just around the corner and people are searching for the best sunscreens that are non-toxic and safe for the entire family to minimize their risk of sunburns, sun overexposure, and skin cancer. The problem is that sunscreens are not created equally, not all are non-toxic and safe for your family. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) actually discovered that 72 percent of the sunscreens tested consists of harmful ingredients or has insufficient sun protection. There’s no perfect…

The great supplement you have never heard about; Melatonin Melatonin is a natural hormone made by your body's pineal gland; this gland is located just above the middle of the brain. During the day the pineal is inactive, when the sun goes down and darkness occurs, the pineal is "turned on" and begins to produce melatonin which is released into the blood around 9 pm and stay elevated for about 12 hours, its main job is to regulate sleep-wake cycles, darkness causes the body to produce more…

The thing that sets me apart from other applicants is my commitment to the goals that I set for myself. In june of 2016, right after school ended for summer, my friend and I set a goal that, by the end of summer, we would catch a tiger muskie. We spent the beginning of summer searching through garage sales and thrift shops for all the necessary materials. We lost many afternoons repairing his 12 foot fiberglass dinghy just so we could have a chance at catching this elusive fish. After all this…

This article is about two people, Sarah Jeong and Kirsten Race explaining their own opinions about Pokemon Go. If Pokemon Go is a positive cultural force or if it’s an excuse for people to stare at their phone. During the summer of 2016, there’s a new game app called “ Pokemon Go”. Many people say that “Pokemon Go” is a bad game for people to play because they think kids playing the game could get kidnapped, if they’re paying too much attention on their phones. People can also risk their lives…

pro is there is no war. This is good because no one in the community needs to fight and get hurt. The second pro is the temperature is controlled. This helps farmers with growing crops. It also, eliminates the possibility of frostbite, hypothermia, sunburn…

As more athletes with disabilities gained greater access to inclusive adapted sports programs, a rise in sports injuries amongst this population was anticipated to be greater than that of their peers without disabilities. This study indicated, however, that the percent of sports-related injuries to athletes with disabilities was parallel to that of athletes without disabilities. In a risk study conducted by Ferrara and Buckley from 1990 to 1992, 9.45 per 1000 athletes with disabilities reported…

Swimming is fun for both parents and children. However, there are things that you will have to do in order to keep your kids safe while swimming. Below is a list of safety tips for parents: Supervise Your Children At All Times Children who are between the ages of one and four are at the greatest risk of drowning. That is why it is important to supervise children at all times while your child is in the water. Children who are under the age of five should be within arm's reach of an adult at all…

Once the three girls stroll in, Sammy pays a tremendous amount of attention analyzing their features. Beginning with the first girl describing that she has "black frizzy hair that hadn't quite frizzed right, and one of those sunburns across the eyes."(page 69) He continues on about several other of her features that don't particularly appeal to his interests. Although Sammy gives both girls a lot of analysis, he focuses on what he doesn't like about them, even though he cannot stop giving them…

studies, people spend more time preparing to look good, while others are emotionless on how they look. Fake tanning has been around since the early 1900’s. In the 1920’s is when the idea of using a tanning bed became popular. Once tans became popular, sunburn was unavoidable, and soon the search was on for a project that would allow burn-free tanning. Meanwhile, researchers were studying how tanning beds are a danger to people’s health. On an average day 35% of American adults, 59% of college…

The skin is said to be the largest performing organ in the body due to its three layered skin which all perform different tasks simultaneously. The epidermis (outer layer) and the dermis (inner layer) are the two main top layers of the skin followed by the lower subcutaneous tissue. The epidermis is the main component of the skin because it contains millions of important cells called melanocytes (Gohara and Perez 1). These melanocytes produce melanin which provides the skin with pigment (skin…