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The bikini turns 60 this month and makes news not just for its birthday but also for its new feature — a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun. Not all bikinis will talk — but those made by Canadian company Solestrom will. Solestrom has created a new bikini that goes [...]
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Simply asking patients to map their moles on a drawing of their back after a monthly skin self-exam is an easy, low-cost way of reducing melanoma deaths, researchers report. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. It has a 95 percent survival rate if it’s detected early but only a 16 percent survival rate [...]
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Dooce. It’s a blog. It’s a woman who blogs. Being dooced is a word that means losing your job because of something you blogged. Back when blogs first started to become a popular activity, Heather B. Armstrong got fired for writing about work and the people she worked with, and it made national mainstream news. [...]
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(July 14, 2006) — CHILI — Daniel Myslivecek sat up straight in his bed and began extending his arms and bending his fingers, signaling to his mother, who was lying beside him. He put his arms around her neck, placed his head on her shoulders and closed his eyes. Seconds later, his mother knew her [...]
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Last summer the buzz phrase was BROAD SPECTRUM. Going outdoors? Slather on sunscreen touting, ta-da, BROAD SPECTRUM protection, with ingredients to block the sun’s UVA and UVB rays. UVB rays cause painful sunburn; UVA rays turn the skin into a leather handbag. Both can cause skin cancer and cancer in and around the eye. This [...]
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Brittany Lietz, a skin cancer survivor and advocate for awareness of the deadly disease, was crowned Miss Maryland 2006 Saturday and will compete in the Miss America pageant. Lietz, of Egewater, competed as Miss Tidewater. She won $10,000 cash scholarship along with the crown. “This is so unexpected and so wonderful,” said [...]
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Researchers have identified a novel gene that facilitates the spread of malignant melanoma, a life-threatening skin cancer, using a technique they say can speed the discovery of hard-to-find cancer genes. A team of scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, led by Lynda Chin, MD, report that the gene, NEDD9, is abnormally abundant in more than a [...]
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It’s the first line in defending us from intruders, yet its vulnerability is often overlooked. Because the skin is on the front line, it is exposed to elements that we sometimes fail to recognize as potentially dangerous. Particularly here, where the sun blazes throughout year, the skin is it risk. The American Cancer Society reports [...]
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A blood test that could detect skin cancer before it is too late is being developed in Western Australia. Malignant melanoma was the most common skin cancer among 15- to 45-year-olds, and Australia had the highest incidence in the world, researchers at Perth’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) said. Melanoma can be fatal once it starts [...]
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African-Americans are three times more likely than Caucasians to be diagnosed with skin cancer when it is already in an advanced and possibly fatal stage, according to a report released Monday. Researchers at the University of Miami pointed to a lack of public awareness about the risks of skin cancer for African-Americans as well as [...]
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One of the best protections again skin cancer is to examine your skin regularly. Here are some tips on what to look for, courtesy of the Skin Cancer Foundation: Look for any darkened patches of skin, irregular or new moles, or any other new growths. Conduct your examination in a well-lit room. Examine your head [...]
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Q. What types of skin cancer are there? A. There are three main types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas and malignant melanoma. The first two are slow-growing and easy to treat, but malignant melanoma is a dangerous, fast-growing cancer that spreads very quickly. Q. How common is skin cancer? A. The [...]
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