Health
Can you get sunburned or UV skin damage through car or home windows?
When you're in a car, train or bus, do you choose a seat to avoid being in the sun or do you like the sunny side?
Feb 3, 2025
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Skin Cancer
Health
Air pollution may protect against skin cancer, finds new study, but the health risks are far more serious
Air pollution might protect against the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanoma, a new study finds. However, it's crucial to approach these results with caution and consider the broader context of air pollution's effects ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Medications
Diabetes drug metformin linked to reduced skin cancer risk
A popular diabetes drug may provide protection against skin cancers, a new study says.
Jan 14, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
We don't all need regular skin cancer screening—but you can know your risk and check yourself
Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rates globally, with nearly 19,000 Australians diagnosed with invasive melanoma—the most lethal type of skin cancer—each year.
Dec 28, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
AI model achieves high accuracy in skin cancer detection
Led by Aliyu Tetengi Ibrahim and his team at Ahmadu Bello University, a study published in Data Science and Management on November 2, 2024, introduces an innovative AI model that could revolutionize the way dermatologists ...
Dec 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Machine learning uncovers three osteosarcoma subtypes for targeted treatment
Researchers have been able to identify at least three distinct subtypes of a rare type of bone cancer for the first time, which could transform clinical trials and patient care.
Dec 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Five ways to cut your risk of cancer, according to an oncology consultant
Cancer is a complex disease with many causes—and sometimes none. For some patients, getting cancer is down to plain bad luck.
Dec 19, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Q&A: Interplay between immune cells and HPV keeps skin healthy
Shadmehr (Shawn) Demehri, MD, Ph.D., of the Department of Dermatology and Center for Cancer Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cancer Cell, "Commensal papillomavirus ...
Dec 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
More patients opting for close monitoring of early stage prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men (behind skin cancer), with varying levels of aggressiveness. It's also the second leading cause of cancer death, behind only lung cancer.
Nov 25, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Yes, you still need to use sunscreen, despite what you've heard on TikTok
Summer is nearly here. But rather than getting out the sunscreen, some TikTokers are urging followers to chuck it out and go sunscreen-free.
Nov 24, 2024
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