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The 20,000-Calorie Bad Idea

Plus, the scary increase in skin cancer rates, tattoos you don't have to live with and more news we're talking about today
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Scary increase in female skin cancer rates
If you need more of a reason to stay out of the sun and bathe in sunscreen daily: the number of women with skin cancer is eight times higher than it was in the '70s (melanoma cases in men is only four times higher), according to a new Mayo Clinic study. The research cites tanning bed use and childhood sunburns as the major culprits in the dramatic increase in melanoma cases. Source).

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Tattoos without regrets
Still contemplating getting the fairy tat on your left ankle, but fear having it forever? The fashion-forward trendsetters in Japan are rocking a new tattoo trend you won't live to regret: tattoo tights. Just slip 'em on and you can wear Karl Lagerfeld's face on your calf all day and go back to being bare-skinned by bedtime, no commitment (or needles) required. (Source)�

If you're chronically snooze-button late for work, there's a new alarm clock app that might actually do its job: the new Wake N Shake alarm clock requires a vigorous (and we mean calorie-burning, don't-try-this-on-humans vigorous) shake before it'll turn off. Source

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Who wants to smell like Mary Crawley?
"Downton Abbey" super fans, take heed: British department store Marks & Spencer is launching a cosmetics line based on the hit show. Now you can buy candles, soap, lipgloss, and lip balm with the Crowley crest and period-appropriate packaging. (Source)

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