Getting your sun tan on is no longer seen as the main culprit behind skin cancer. According to the latest studies, the number of moles that you have could be a better indication of your risk factor. continue reading...
One is good, but two are better when working towards your health.
Use these combinations to reach each goal faster and reap the promised health benefits sooner. continue reading...
Want to keep that summer glow year round? Then apparently you’re not alone. A fake website that claims to give computer users a tan through their screens has garnered more than one million views. Computertan.com was set up by a skin cancer charity to promote the idea that skin cancer kills. When users on the site try to access the free 5-minute test tan, they are warned: “Don’t be fooled - UV Exposure Can Kill.” Read more…
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 5 /PRNewswire/ — While occupational risks are inherent in many jobs, workers who make a living toiling in the sun face an increased threat of skin cancer from repeated overexposure to the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Now, new research finds that workers who need skin exams the most by nature of their occupation — such as construction, forestry, fishing and farming workers — are the least likely to get them.
In the study published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology entitled “Reported skin cancer screening of U.S. adult workers,” dermatologist Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD, FAAD, professor and vice chairman of the departments of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, and his colleagues used the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2000 and 2005 to estimate the percentage of U.S. workers who had ever had a thorough skin examination in their lifetime or during an appointment with a primary health care provider in the past 12 months. continue reading...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ — The 2007 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition starts today at the San Diego Convention Center with pharmaceutical scientists from across the globe presenting the latest in medical discoveries.
The meeting — which marks the largest AAPS meeting to date, with more than 9,000 expected to attend — provides media the opportunity to speak with some of the world’s most prominent pharmaceutical scientists. Details regarding the 2007 key medical discoveries include: continue reading...
