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Tag Archives: skin cancer
Investigative report: Tanning-salon business built on deception
ABC World News reported, “Here’s a surprising fact we learned. There are more tanning salons in America than there are Starbucks. It is a huge, booming business. But some members of Congress warned today that it is also built on … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting, Skin Health
Tagged indoor tanning, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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Drinking coffee associated with decreased skin cancer risk
The Los Angeles Times reports that according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, “drinking coffee was associated with decreased risk of a common and slow-growing form of skin cancer … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Heart Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged basal cell carcinoma, BCC, coffee, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer
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Tanning bed use linked to increased skin cancer risk
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reports that “the more you use a tanning bed, the higher your risk of deadly skin cancers, according to research presented at” the AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged indoor tanning, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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New guidelines for sunscreen
The Food and Drug Administration’s long-awaited announcement of significant changes to sunscreen labeling was widely reported both by television and print media. The changes will empower us, as consumers, to make better decisions in choosing a product to prevent sun damage … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged melanoma, preventing melanoma, preventing skin aging, preventing skin cancer, skin aging, skin cancer, SPF, sunscreens, UVA, UVB
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AMA, other medical groups urge states to ban children under 18 from tanning salons
USA Today reports, “Since 1992, rates of melanoma – once considered an old person’s disease – have risen 3% a year in white women ages 15 to 39, according to the American Cancer Society.” Alarmingly, many young women who are developing … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting, Skin Health
Tagged melanoma, preventing melanoma, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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How Much Sunlight Is Equivalent to Vitamin D Supplementation?
Readers of this blog are well aware than many (if not most) Americans have insufficient to deficient levels of vitamin D. Other than prescribing oral vitamin D or vitamin D-containing foods, we doctors were left with prescribing a little sunshine. … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Mental Health
Tagged preventing cancer, preventing cardiovascular disease, preventing falls, preventing heart attack, preventing heart disease, preventing osteoporosis, preventing the flu, skin cancer, sunlight, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplements
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Indoor Tanning Poses Melanoma Risk; There Are NO Safe Devices
Indoor tanning increases the risk for melanoma and should be avoided, according to investigators of a new case–control study from the state of Minnesota.
Posted in Cancer
Tagged indoor tanning, melanoma, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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Study: Tanning-bed use triples melanoma risk
USA Today reports that “people who have ever used tanning machines were…more likely to develop melanoma than others, according to a study” published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Posted in Cancer
Tagged indoor tanning, melanoma, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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No evidence sunscreen use promotes skin cancer
On the NBC Nightly News (May 25, 2010), NBC medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman, MD, discussed sunscreen use, disputing a charge made by an environmental group that sunscreens containing vitamin A may increase the chance of developing skin cancer. After pointing … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, sunscreens, UVA, UVB
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Time to Remind Teens About Sun Protection
With summer fast approaching, it’s time to remind your children and teens about the importance of sun protection. “Even one blistering sunburn can increase your risk of skin cancer. As few as five sunburns can double your risk of skin … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, sun damage, sunburn, sunscreens, tanning, tanning bed
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One-third of young people who use tanning beds may be addicted to the behavior
The Los Angeles Times reports that, according to a study published in the Archives of Dermatology, “as many as a third of young people who use tanning beds may be addicted to the behavior.”
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged addiction, skin cancer, tanning bed
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Researchers say tanning beds cause cancer and are as risky as tobacco or asbestos
The CBS Evening News reported, on July 28, that, according to a paper published online July 29 in The Lancet Oncology, tanning beds may “pose as big a risk as tobacco and asbestos.” Whoa!!! That’s a statement that got my … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged Cancer, carcinogen, skin cancer, tanning bed, ultraviolet radiation, UV radiation
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About one-third of people unwisely don’t wear sunscreen. Should you?
Absolutely! Sun exposure can cause sunburn, wrinkles, age spots, and contribute to skin cancer. But despite that, 31% of Americans say they NEVER wear sunscreen, even if they are outside for more than four hours. Say it ain’t so, Joe. … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged age spots, skin cancer, skin wrinkles, sunburn, sunscreens, vitamin D
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Moisturizers Up Skin Cancer in Mice. So what?
WebMD Health News is reporting that four commonly used moisturizers promoted skin cancers in mouse studies. The moisturizers tested in the study were Dermabase, Dermovan (a wholesale-only product discontinued in 2006), Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream, and Vanicream. My Take?
Posted in Cancer, General Health, Health Headlines
Tagged skin cancer, skin moisturizers
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