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Though we don't endorse excessive amounts of UV exposure (sunburns and melanoma anyone?), a little sun never hurt anyone. So here are your best bets if you are looking to catch up on your Vitamin...
...fact, the risk of skin cancer increases by about 75 percent in those who begin use of tanning beds before the age of 30. Skin cancer rates are usually highest in people above the age of 75, but melanoma is now the leading type of cancer diagnosed in women in their 20s in Britain, which provides a parallel rise in the use of tanning beds in people under 30 and increased cancer patient numbers...
...colonization and slavery, they are both issues with little publicized, problematic health consequences. Many skin-lightening creams contain the chemical hydroquinone, which can lead to cancer, the strong steroid clobetasol propionate, and the poisons mercury and arsenic. Tanning is no better. Even indoor tanning lamps (UV radiation) cause melanoma and squamous cell cancer, not to mention the psychological turmoil of striving for the imagined “ideal” skin color...
...Patients expect me to have seen every possible thing about melanoma out there, but if I did, I wouldn't possibly have time to take care of patients," says Duke oncologist Dr. Amy Abernethy, who spoke at the IOM conference about what rapid learning might look like when applied to real patients...
...said that the new vaccine protects against the recurrence of melanoma, though the data supporting this claim remains unpublished...