As from January, 2009, people with fair skin and those under the age of 18 will not be allowed to use solariums in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the NSW Government has announced. The NSW Government stressed that this legislation will become enforceable on January 1st, regardless of what is decided at a national level.

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The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has launched the UK’s first programme specifically for practitioners in burns care - with backing from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Fifteen nurses and therapists have signed up to the Certificate in Professional Studies (Burns Care), validated by MMU, which starts today (10 April).

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Many of us when confronted with an acne pimple on our faces may well decide to pop it. That would be a foolish move. The act of popping an acne pimple encourages the spread of the bacteria and other irritants inside that same pimple. The affected skin might then trigger an inflammatory response. It could well give rise to cystic acne. The body counts on the immune system and its inflammatory response to foreign substances, when the body needs to fight-off an infectious organism.

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