Oncology & Cancer
As summer starts, sun safety slashes skin cancer risk
(HealthDay)—With many beaches and parks opening in time for Memorial Day, the American Cancer Society is reminding people to practice sun safety.
May 25, 2020
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It can't cure COVID-19, but sunlight was long seen as having healing powers
The suggestion from the US president, Donald Trump, that COVID-19 could be treated with light was rightly criticised by scientists and clinicians, but sunlight has long been seen as a cure for disease, leading to a boom in ...
May 1, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Melanoma risk in young Australians goes beyond the burn
Australians with melanoma detected before they turn 40 are more likely to have the cancer on non-sun damaged parts of the body compared to people diagnosed when older.
Feb 6, 2020
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New light shed on damaging impact of infrared and visible rays on skin
The damage visible and infrared light can do to our skin has been revealed for the first time in new research by scientists at Newcastle University, UK.
Jan 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Treating melasma
Dear Mayo Clinic: Years ago, I had some patches of melasma on my face removed with IPL treatment. When I went to make an appointment with my dermatologist recently for the same condition, I was told IPL should not be used ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
How much sunshine causes melanoma? It's in your genes
Australian researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have shown that 22 different genes help to determine how much sun exposure a person needs to receive before developing melanoma.
Nov 21, 2019
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Study: Melanoma rates drop sharply among teens, young adults
Cases of melanoma among U.S. adolescents and young adults declined markedly from 2006 to 2015—even as the skin cancer's incidence continued to increase among older adults and the general population during the span, new ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Skin cancer prevention program may have reduced melanoma in Australians
A skin cancer prevention program called SunSmart may have contributed to a recent reduction in melanoma among younger residents of Melbourne, according to a study published October 8 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Skin cancer risk in athletes: The dangers of ultraviolet radiation
The dangers of ultraviolet radiation exposure, which most often comes from the sun, are well-known. Speaking at The Physiological Society's Extreme Environmental Physiology conference next week, W. Larry Kenney, Penn State ...
Aug 30, 2019
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Many providers fail to discuss sun-safe behaviors with patients
(HealthDay)—Less than half of health care providers discuss sun-safe behaviors with patients, according to a study published in the September issue of Preventive Medicine.
Aug 22, 2019
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