Health
'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds
When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.
Dec 28, 2025
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Genetics
Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level
Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people ...
Dec 27, 2025
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Health
Review finds heat adaptation in low-income countries overlooks women's health needs
Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London have reviewed published evidence on how community-level heat adaptation interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) impact ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Health
New sunscreen ingredient could soon be allowed in the US
Americans may soon have access to a new sunscreen ingredient already used around the world.
Dec 12, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Skin cancer cluster found in 15 Pennsylvania counties with or near farmland
Counties in Pennsylvania that contained or were near cultivated cropland had significantly higher melanoma rates compared to other regions, according to a new study led by scientists at Penn State.
Nov 14, 2025
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Health
Using your phone every night before bed? Researchers say that's okay
Scrolling on your phone before bed may not be as bad for your sleep as we once thought. New research from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and the Université Laval suggests nightly screen use does not contribute to ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Health
If I use SPF50+ sunscreen every day do I need to take vitamin D?
What does wearing SPF50+ sunscreen every day do to your vitamin D levels? Our study, recently published in the British Journal of Dermatology, provides some answers.
Sep 18, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Gordon Ramsay reveals skin cancer diagnosis, urges folks to use sunscreen
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay revealed he had surgery to remove basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, from his jawline.
Sep 2, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised people, research reveals
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown for the first time that a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin can directly cause a form of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous ...
Jul 30, 2025
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Health
When is a sunburn cause for concern?
Sunburns are common—about a third of Americans get at least one each year—and are, most of the time, mild or treatable. But some burns are more severe than others.
Jul 28, 2025
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