Showing posts with label Skin Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skin Cancer. Show all posts

Friday, 10 August 2012

State University Of New York, Stony Brook-Skin Cancer-Cfl

According to a new study from State University of New York, Stony Brook, CFL bul...

According to a new study from State University of New York, Stony Brook, CFL bulbs could expose skin to damaging sun-like radiation, thus adding to the world’s skin-cancer woes: http://bit.ly/N4KUpJ
Are Your Office Lights Giving You Skin Cancer?
blog.womenshealthmag.com
Hold it! Slathering on sunscreen at the office isn’t necessary. Instead, here’s how to protect your skin read more..

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs-Compact Fluorescent Bulbs-Healthday News-Dermatologists

Could Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Pose Skin Cancer Risk?

FRIDAY, August 3 (Healthday News) -- As the United States bakes under the summer sun, dermatologists often warn of cancer risks posed by ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. But research now points to a new and ubiquitous indoor source of these harmful rays: eco-friendly compact fluorescent light bulbs. read more..

Friday, 27 July 2012

Healthday News-Skin Cancer-Risk

People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma

WEDNESDAY, July 25 (Healthday News) -- Skin Cancer is more common among white people, but people with darker skin are also at risk, a dermatology expert cautions. read more..

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Healthday News-Tanning Beds-Skin Cancer-Melanoma

1 in 20 Cases of Melanoma Linked to Tanning Beds: Study

TUESDAY, July 24 (Healthday News) -- Those who bronze themselves in tanning beds face a 20 percent increased risk of Skin Cancer, and that raised risk reaches 87 percent if they start before they are 35 years old, new research indicates. read more..

Saturday, 21 July 2012

Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Human Papillomavirus-Healthday News-Skin Cancer-Hpv

HPV Might Raise Risk of Form of Skin Cancer

FRIDAY, July 20 (Healthday News) -- Infection with cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to a type of Skin Cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma, according to a new study. read more..

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Northwestern University Team Reports-Skin Cancer-Lotion

Gene healing in a lotion? Researchers are close

A Northwestern University team reports that researchers have created a way to regulate genes affecting the skin, including diseases like Skin Cancer and psoriasis -- merely by applying moisturizer. read more..

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Healthday News-Inactivation-Skin Cancer

Inactivation of Gene Might Cause Skin Cancer to Spread

MONDAY, June 11 (Healthday News) -- Inactivation of a certain gene causes the deadly skin cancer melanoma to spread, a new study finds. read more..

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Clinical Trial-Healthday News-Skin Cancer

New Drug Effective for Rare Genetic Skin Cancer: Studies

WEDNESDAY, June 6 (Healthday News) -- When a clinical trial is stopped abruptly just eight months after its start, it's either very good or very bad news. read more..

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

New Skin Cancer Drug-Abuse And Neglect-Glaxosmithkline-Parental Abuse-Healthday News

Parental Abuse, Neglect Linked to Increased Skin Cancer Risk

MONDAY, June 4 (Healthday News) -- New research suggests that early childhood abuse and neglect may raise the risk for recurring Skin Cancer later in life. read more..


New skin cancer drug helps patients live longer

Late-stage trials of two experimental Skin Cancer drugs from Glaxosmithkline, each designed to block different pathways used by tumor cells, have found the drugs helped patients with fewer side effects than current chemotherapy. read more..

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Skin Cancers-Painkillers-Ibuprofen-Aspirin

Common painkillers tied to lower skin cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study from Denmark, people who had taken aspirin, ibuprofen and related painkillers -- especially at high doses and for years at a time -- were less likely to get Skin Cancer, compared to those who rarely used those medications. The findings add to growing evidence that long-term use of the medications, known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, may help protect people against skin cancers, including melanoma, the deadliest type. ... read more..

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Hispanic Adults-Healthday News-Skin Cancer

Few U.S. Hispanics Screened for Skin Cancer

FRIDAY, May 25 (Healthday News) -- Only one in 14 Hispanic adults in the United States has ever been screened for Skin Cancer, far fewer than the one in four whites screened, a new study finds. read more..

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Nonprofit Research Organization-Environmental Working Group-Washington, D.C.-Skin Cancer

The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization based in Wash...

The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., reviewed nearly 1,400 Sunscreens in 2010 and found that only 8 percent made the grade in terms of preventing Skin Cancer and signs of aging. Read this before lathering up this weekend: http://ow.ly/b0EnF
10 Secrets About Sunscreen
We uncovered some surprising sun and skincare truths. So before you lotion up this summer, make sure you really are sun-safe read more..

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Glaxosmithkline Plc-Experimental Drugs-Clinical Trial-Side Effects-Cancer Cells

Glaxo melanoma drug combo shows promise in small trial

(Reuters) - Two drugs being developed by GlaxoSmithKline Plc - each designed to block different pathways used by cancer cells - have been shown in a small clinical trial to curb Melanoma with fewer side effects than current therapies. The experimental drugs are dabrafenib, designed to work in patients with a mutation of a gene known as BRAF, and trametinib, which interferes with a protein known as MEK. The drug combination was tested in patients with advanced melanoma and a mutation in the BRAF gene. About half of all melanomas - the deadliest form of Skin Cancer - have the genetic aberration. ... read more..

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

The Skin Cancer Foundation-Skin Cancer Prevention

Skin Cancer Prevention Tips: How to Spot the Signs Early

Taking care of your skin might be the most important thing you do all summer. Skin Cancer is now an epidemic with a record 2 million cases diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. One in five Americans will develop... read more..

Friday, 11 May 2012

Indoor Tanning Beds-Alarming Number-Healthday News-Young Adults

Many Young Adults at Risk of Skin Cancer: CDC

THURSDAY, May 10 (Healthday News) -- Despite warnings about the dangers of excess sun exposure, Young Adults in the United States still get sunburned or use indoor tanning beds, federal health officials said Thursday. read more..


Half of young adults still get sunburned

An alarming number of Young Adults are doing things that dangerously increase their risk of skin cancer, according to new reports for the CDC. read more..

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Preventive Services Task Force-Counsel Children-Healthday News-Young Adults-Tanning Beds

Aim Skin Cancer Warnings at the Young, Too, Experts Say

MONDAY, May 7 (Healthday News) -- Doctors should take the time to counsel children, teens and Young Adults on the dangers of sun exposure and tanning beds, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. read more..

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Skin Cancer-Melanoma

Women with melanoma fare better than men

Women diagnosed with Melanoma are more likely to survive the skin cancer than men and less likely to have it recur, according to a European study. read more..

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Skin Cancer In The United States-Healthday News-Surgery Rates

Surgery Rates Rising for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: Study

MONDAY, April 16 (Healthday News) -- Surgery for non-melanoma Skin Cancer in the United States increased substantially from 2001 to 2006, mainly due to the increased use of a specific surgical procedure, a new study suggests. read more..

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

The Mayo Clinic-Health Editor-Skin Cancer-Young Women

A new study from the Mayo Clinic reports that between the years 1970 and 2009, t...

A new study from the Mayo Clinic reports that between the years 1970 and 2009, the incidence of melanoma increased 800% among young women and 400% among young men ages 18 to 39. Think you're too young for Cancer? A health editor covering a story on cancer suddenly finds herself in the role of patient—at 26 years old: http://ow.ly/a26Ps
Detect Skin Cancer
A health editor covering a story on cancer suddenly finds herself in the role of patient. Here's why you need to know the risks of skin cancer. read more..

Monday, 2 April 2012

Indoor Tanning Beds-Dramatic Increase-Healthday News-Young Adults

Skin cancer on the rise among young adults: US study
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a new US study

Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a US study published Monday that suggests indoor tanning beds and childhood sunburns may be to blame. read more..


Melanoma Rates On the Rise Among Young Adults: Study

SUNDAY, April 1 (Healthday News) -- New research highlights a dramatic increase in the rates of Melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, among young adults, with young women being hit the hardest. read more..