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...People who baked away on a beach during their youth are most prone to skin cancers 20 years later. "The sun can do them in," Tomecki notes. Warning signs are new hard bumps on the skin that grow larger, and rough and irritated skin patches that do not heal; sometimes they have a pinkish border. Most moles are harmless, but if they grow crust or bleed, you should see a dermatologist...
SOME NERVE! Preliminary research indicates special eyedrops containing nerve-growth factors may be able to heal severe corneal ulcers within weeks. Untreated, the ulcers, often caused by chemical burns or herpes, may lead to blindness...
...exercises first became known among athletes for their ability to heal injuries. In the 1950s such dancers as George Balanchine and Martha Graham became devotees. After a brief public boom in the 1970s, the system went back to the ballerinas. But in the past few years the exercise has begun to break through, in large part because of celebrity hype. "I always want to be doing what Madonna is doing," cracks author Jennifer Belle...
...segment of your article on Africa that focused on Mali [WORLD, March 30], you quoted me as saying the government here "understands human capital." To be precise, I was referring to Mali's strong social capital: "something" that makes some societies function or heal themselves better than others. Harvard professor Robert Putnam first developed the idea in the late 1980s, when comparing northern and southern Italy. Social capital is rather like the dark (missing) matter of the universe: we know it's there because we can see its consequences, but it is terribly hard to get hold of and examine...
...UNESCO declared Huang Shan a Cultural and Natural Property, thereby ensuring that the area's physical beauty will be preserved in perpetuity. Pheasant and deer abound. There are hundreds of indigenous plants, including ginkgo, actinidia and tinder fungus, that are said to heal the body and arouse the senses. The famous hot springs are known for their healing qualities and beautiful clear jade-green color. An hour's meditation in one of these thermal pools is a great way to end a day of hiking...