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Sunscreens may increase skin cancer risk

Skin CancerContrary to popular opinion, expensive sunscreen creams will not provide protection against the sun but in fact increase the risk of skin cancer.

According to experts, expensive cosmetic sunscreens that can cost up to 10 dollars per teaspoon, are failing to provide adequate shield.

Christopher Zinn, spokesman of Choice, an Independent consumer group revealed that SPF couldn’t be substituted with sunscreen.


Britney tops Hello! magazine's 'Most Attractive Woman' list

Britney tops Hello! magazine's 'Most Attractive Woman' listBritney Spears has topped Hello! magazine's list of 'The Most Attractive Woman'.


The troubled singer took top spot with 29 percent of the over 110,000 votes cast, reports the mag.


Harry Potter book and DVD tops Amazon’s 2007 best-sellers list

JK Rowlings' Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsHarry Potter has topped Amazon’s 2007 book and DVD best-sellers lists.

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling's seventh and final instalment of the series, sold more units via the online retailer than any other product.

 

It was followed by the DVD of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix in second place.

 


Obesity on the rise among kids, as they are being driven off the playground

Britain’s Minister for Children, Beverly Hughes, has warned that the problem of obesity is on the rise among kids because they are spending less time in playgrounds and more before computers and social networking websites.

Hughes urged parents not be over-protective and to encourage their kids to take up outdoor activities.


Kate Moss wants to split with her ‘too nice’ beau Jamie Hince?

It seems that Kate Moss and her new boyfriend Jamie Hince’s romance would not last for long, as the rocker is ‘just too nice.’

According to a friend, Moss has told her friends that she wants to call off the relationship and needed what she called 'me time,’ after returning from

a holiday at Cotswolds.

The friend further said the couple argue over the fact that Moss is still in touch with her ex Pete Doherty.


Cockroaches become the first species to conceive in space

Cockroaches have become the first species to conceive in space.

Scientists in Vorenezh, central Russia, are now studying Hope's 33 babies to find out how being conceived in zero gravity has affected their development.

Head Scientist Dmitry Atyakshin was quoted by SkyNews as saying that the cosmic cockroach babies were beautiful.

Hope was conceived onboard the Foton-M satellite last month.

Although the tests have only just begun, researchers are already reporting changes in the insects.


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