All tag results for 'cancer'

Uh Oh! Gel Manicures Could Cause Cancer

When you put your hands under those UV lights to dry your amazing gel nails, you could potentially set yourself up for cancer!

Turns out, the time required to set the gel (10 minutes) is longer than the standard mani's time and that kind of exposure to UV radiation could potentially be dangerous.

According to a 2009 medical journal

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Tags: cancer, gel manicure, health, nails, skin, uv lamps, uv lights, uv radiation, wellness

Ann Taylor Donating To St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Ann Taylor is using the holiday season to help out St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The retailer will

Tags: ann taylor, cancer, donation, facebook, retail

The Color Pink Might Not Help Causes

This can’t be right… Who knew the color pink wasn’t that popular?

A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review reveals that the pink ribbons used for Breast Cancer Awareness might not be all that effective simply because of the color.

The color pink is a gender cue which can trigger a "defensive response" among women.

The study reports:

“When women wrote an essay about gender, just 42% of them said they would donate to ovarian cancer research. When they wrote a gender-neutral essay, 77% did. And those who saw a pink ad about breast cancer were significantly less likely to say that they’d contract the disease than those who saw an ad with neutral colors. We thought, “This can’t be right.” So we kept running studies.

We looked at the effects of gender cues on women’s recall. We put breast cancer banner ads on a website we showed the subjects but never mentioned them. When the site was geared to women, 33% of women recalled the ads. When it was gender-neutral, 65% remembered. It’s been three years, and we have duplicated the same basic finding 10 times. It keeps happening.”

Though to be clear, the study found that it’s not the color itself but the fact that the color is a gender cue that triggers the response.

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Tags: awareness, breast cancer, cancer, donate, harvard, pink, research, study, website

Victoria's Secret Gals Flaunt It For Charity

Werk it, girls!

Alessandra Ambrosio and some other Victoria's Secret models posed in matching workout wear to benefit cancer at SoulCycle gym in New York City.

Promoting a healthy lifestyle for a good cause, the girls look super cute together as they showed off some pretty expensive-looking workout equipment and oh yeah, they're super-toned abs.

Keep up the good work, ladies!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: cancer, charity, soulcycle gym, workout