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In a study of nearly 2,200 adults, researchers found that tea drinkers had a lower risk of developing squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma, the two most common forms of skin cancer. Men and women who had ever been regular tea drinkers -- having one or more cups a day -- were 20 percent to 30 percent less likely to develop the cancers than those who didn't drink tea. The effect was even stronger among study participants who'd been tea fans for decades, as well as those who regularly had at least two cups a day, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. However, the findings do not mean it's okay to bake in the sun as long as you have a cup of tea afterward. The researchers found no evidence that tea drinking lowered skin cancer risk in people who'd accumulated painful sunburns in the past. Nor did the study look at the relationship between tea drinking and malignant melanoma, the least common but most deadly form of skin cancer. Still, the findings support the theory that tea antioxidants may limit the damage UV radiation inflicts on the skin, according to the study authors, led by Dr. Judy R. Rees of Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire. In particular, a tea antioxidant known as EGCG has been shown to reduce burning on UV-exposed skin. The current findings are based on interviews with 770 New Hampshire residents with basal cell carcinoma, 696 with squamous cell carcinoma, and 715 cancer-free men and women the same age. Tea consumption was linked to a lower skin cancer risk, even with factors such as age, skin type and history of severe burns considered. However, tea drinkers who'd suffered multiple painful burns in the past did not have a lower risk of skin cancer. It's possible, the researchers explain, that the antioxidants in tea are enough to limit skin damage caused by moderate sun exposure, but not the "more extreme" effects of sun exposure, such as cancer-promoting damage to the DNA in skin cells. SOURCE: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, May 2007. Email this article Print this page Back to top function formHandler(){ var URL = document.archiveform.u.options[document.archiveform.u.selectedIndex].value; window.location.href = URL; } Archived Stories by Date: May 6, 2007 May 5, 2007 May 4, 2007 May 3, 2007 May 2, 2007 May 1, 2007 April 30, 2007 April 29, 2007 April 27, 2007 April 26, 2007 April 25, 2007 April 24, 2007 April 23, 2007 April 22, 2007 April 21, 2007 April 20, 2007 April 19, 2007 April 18, 2007 April 17, 2007 April 16, 2007 April 15, 2007 April 14, 2007 April 13, 2007 April 12, 2007 April 11, 2007 April 10, 2007 April 9, 2007 April 8, 2007 All Health News All Reuters News ADVERTISEMENT if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['SjWBENFJsYY-']='&U=13a4aqqco%2fN%3dSjWBENFJsYY-%2fC%3d559999.10641753.11251755.1625771%2fD%3dSKY%2fB%3d4470892';

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Inkheart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Title Inkheart Inkheart book cover Author Cornelia Funke Original title Tintenherz Country Germany Language German Genre(s) Fantasy, High Fantasy Publisher Chickenhouse Released Media type Hardcover Followed by Inkspell Inkheart (original title: Tintenherz) is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke about a girl named Meggie whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that her father, a bookbinder named Mortimer (Nicknamed Mo), has an unusual ability: when he reads aloud, he can bring characters from books into the real world. Meggie and Mo's adventure takes them throughout Europe, particularly Italy, and brings them into contact with many unusual characters. The sequel, Inkspell, was released on October 1, 2005. The third book in the trilogy, Inkdawn, previously known as "Inkdeath" is set to be released in 2007 (German) or 2008 (English). [edit] Plot summary Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The story of Inkheart, there is a story within a story: Mo originally brought four of Inkheart's characters to life (Italy) while reading aloud from a novel which is also called Inkheart - Basta, Capricorn, Dustfinger, and Dustfinger's pet marten, Gwin. Dustfinger, a fire eater, desperately wants to return to the world of the fictional novel; Capricorn, the villain of both the "real" and "imaginary" stories, wants Mo (and later, Meggie, who shares her father's unusual gift) to summon an evil monster, a creature forged from the ashes of the murdered known as the Shadow, from the fictional novel; and Basta is Capricorn's right-hand man. On more than one level, Inkheart is a book about books and the love of reading. Meggie and Mo are both avid readers; Meggie has carried a box (made by her father) of her favorite books with her all of her life. But also, Inkheart references many other works of literature. In addition to the characters from the fictional novel Inkheart, Mo also brings to life a boy (named Farid) who belongs in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, and makes gold appear from Treasure Island. Meggie's reading causes Tinkerbell from Peter Pan to appear, and she also conjures up the soldier from "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, at the request of the Magpie, Capricorn's mother. Later, at the request of Fenoglio, she also solicits the soldier back. Fenoglio, the writer of Inkheart, eventually reveals his intentions for asking Meggie to keep the tin soldier. Testing an idea Mo suggested earlier in the novel, he rewrites the original, sad ending of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," then tells Meggie to read it aloud. The tin soldier returns to the book and has a happy ending. Before Capricorn forces Meggie to read the evil monster out of Inkheart, Meggie invokes the aid of the book's original author to rewrite Inkheart's ending so that the Shadow, instead of helping Capricorn with his evil plans (devouring Resa, Elinor and Basta), will destroy him. This plan succeeds. Meggie reads this new ending aloud, the book's author disappears into his own creation, and Capricorn falls dead.