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Tanning Beds No Holiday Gift for Your Skin |
| FRIDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While many people like to get a tan because they think it makes them look their best during holiday celebrations and vacations, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) wants to remind people that indoor tanning |
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Infant Jaundice Treatment May Encourage Moles |
| WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Giving infants \"light therapy\" to treat their jaundice may boost their risk of skin moles during childhood, French researchers report. Some types of moles can raise risks for melanoma skin cancer, the team p |
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Health Tip: Keep Deadly Skin Cancer Away |
| (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer. But it can be prevented with some safe-sun practices. Follow these suggestions from the American Cancer Society to help reduce your risk: Keep your skin covered when outside with long s |
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Marathoners Run a Greater Risk for Skin Cancer |
| TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) --Marathoners face heightened odds for skin cancer, including melanoma, new European research shows. The study "confirms things we already know," said Dr. Robin Ashinoff, chief of dermatologic, Mohs, and l |
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Characteristics of Fast-Growing Melanomas Identified |
| MONDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially fatal skin cancers called melanomas are more likely to grow fast when they\'re thicker, symmetrical, elevated, have regular borders or produce symptoms, a new Australian study found. \"Rapidly growing |
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Beachgoers Accurately Report Sun-Protection Habits |
| FRIDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Skin cancer researchers focused on sun exposure may be on the right track: A new study finds that beachgoers accurately report their sun habits, such as use of sunscreen, protective clothing and time spent in the |
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Prostate Cancer Trial Halted Due to 3 Cases of Leukemia |
| FRIDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A trial testing whether the chemotherapy drug mitoxantrone would benefit men with prostate cancer has been stopped because three of the 488 patients who received the drug developed leukemia. According to the South |
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Prostate Surgery Is Viable Option for Older Men |
| FRIDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70. That\'s the conclusion of emerging research that calls into question the traditional view that men shoul |
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Researchers Unlock Secrets of Anti-Cancer Gene |
| THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they have discovered how to boost one of the body\'s natural cancer fighters. It might be possible to superpower the gene, known as PTEN, by tinkering with an enzyme that regulates its activity |
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Big Tobacco Boosting Nicotine in Cigarettes: Study |
| THURSDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. tobacco companies increased the level of addictive nicotine in their cigarettes by 11 percent from 1998 to 2005, and did so in a variety of ways, new research shows. The tobacco companies accomplished the i |
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Sputum Test Could Spot Early Lung Cancer |
| TUESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say a simple test that analyzes DNA in a person\'s sputum could be used to diagnose lung cancer. As outlined in an article in the Jan. 15 issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research, a team at |
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