Topic: Skin Cancer
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-08 20:45:22
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with Parkinson's disease face an increased risk of the most deadly type of skin cancer, new research confirms. Exams of more than 2,000 people with Parkinson's disease found that about 1 percent currently had melanoma, Dr. John M. Bertoni of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and his colleagues found ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-01-29 07:05:12
<div id="subtitle">FTC charges group lied about skin cancer risks from tanning</div><div><p>The Indoor Tanning Association has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding health and safety claims about indoor tanning.</p><p>Contrary to claims in the association's ...
isnare | 2010-01-27 06:56:35
Skin cancer, although it appears small can be quite deadly if it's not caught on time. As for how it grows, the cancer develops when DNA is damaged beyond repair. The cells that are damaged then develop and split at a rate that is. Uncontrollable when this damage happens in the skin and the cells grow and separate uncontrollably ...
AP Features | 2010-01-19 14:39:57
<div><p>Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk.</p><p>Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there's increasing scientific consensus that there's no such thing ...
