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  • Tanning Salons Not Protecting Minors against Melanoma
    Deborah Mitchell
    Sep 22nd, 2009

    Most tanning salons and spas will allow teens to use their tanning facilities seven days a week, which goes against the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendations, says a new article in the Archives of Dermatology. The FDA recommends that minors have no more than three tanning sessions during their first week of indoor tanning.

  • Is There Really Melanoma Epidemic
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    Sep 16th, 2009

    Melanoma, which can be a deadly form of skin cancer, could be on the rise, or at least, that is what is being reported. A new study is suggesting that the "melanoma epidemic" is not necessarily an epidemic but simply a change in the criteria for the malignancy, according to a report in the September British Journal of Dermatology.

  • Kentucky: Dermatologists Screen 1300 People For Skin Cancer
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Sep 14th, 2009

    More than 11,000 Americans die each year from skin cancer. Yet when detected early, skin cancer has a cure rate of 99 percent.

  • New Genetic Culprit In Deadly Skin Cancer Revealed
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Aug 31st, 2009

    Drawing on the power of DNA sequencing, researchers have identified a new group of genetic mutations involved in the deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma.

  • Antioxidants Do Not Increase Melanoma Risk
    Deborah Mitchell
    Aug 17th, 2009

    Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, and the minerals selenium and zinc do not increase the risk of melanoma, according to a new study released in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology.

  • Virus Linked To Some Cases Of Skin Cancer
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Aug 1st, 2009

    A virus discovered last year in a rare form of skin cancer has also been found in people with the second most common form of skin cancer among Americans.

  • Despite skin cancer millions use tanning beds
    Armen Hareyan
    Jul 29th, 2009

    Despite even the most serious warnings about the skin cancer risks for tanning beds, millions of people still use them. Experts say teenagers are the most users of the tanning beds. When asked why teenagers use tanning beds, they say because teens believe they are invulnerable to the skin cancer risks and health problems due to young age.

  • Frank McCourt, 78, Dies of Metastatic Melanoma
    Ramona Bates MD
    Jul 20th, 2009

    Metastatic melanoma has taken Frank McCourt, 78. McCourt grew up in Limerick, Ireland before moving to New York City where he taught school. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir “Angela’s Ashes.” McCourt died in Manhattan on Sunday July 19, 2009.

  • Finding Genetic Links To Skin Cancer
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Jul 6th, 2009

    New research has shown why people with the greatest number of moles are at increased risk of the most dangerous form of skin cancer.

  • Skin Cancer Study Shows Treatment Hope
    Kyle Godfrey
    Jun 15th, 2009

    A new finding in the battle against skin cancer could produce big developments in treatment methods. Scientists and researchers from the Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology at Rockefeller University and Mohs Micrographic and Dermatologic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College focused their work on the immune system.

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