Nine health benefits and medical uses of Aloe vera
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Nine health benefits and medical uses of Aloe vera 1.Protection from skin damage after radiation therapy A study carried out at the University of Naples, Italy, tested five different topical creams to see how effective they might be in protecting the skin of breast cancer patients receiving radiation therapy . One of these creams contained Aloe. They divided 100 patients into five groups of 20; each was prescribed a different topical treatment. They applied the creams twice daily, starting 15 days before radiation therapy treatment, and carried on for 1 month afterward. During the 6-week period, the participants underwent weekly skin assessments. In the journal Radiation Oncology, the scientists reported that the preventive use of the topical hydrating creams reduced the incidence of skin side effects in the women treated with radiation therapy for breast cancer, none performed significantly bette...