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Indoor Tanning Beds Increase Risk of Melanoma
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
American Association for Cancer Research to Host Press Conference on Findings
• Risk higher than fourfold with some devices
• FDA currently considering a ban on indoor tanning beds among teens PHILADELPHIA — Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma between twofold and fourfold depending on the device and length of time indoor tanning is used, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.… continue reading
• Risk higher than fourfold with some devices
• FDA currently considering a ban on indoor tanning beds among teens PHILADELPHIA — Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma between twofold and fourfold depending on the device and length of time indoor tanning is used, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.… continue reading
Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Andrew Schneider Senior Public Health Correspondent
AOL News
WASHINGTON (May 24) — Almost half of the 500 most popular sunscreen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spread skin cancer because they contain vitamin A or its derivatives, according to an evaluation of those products released today.
Is there really a skin cancer epidemic?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By Will Boggs, MD, Reuters
NEW YORK – Is melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer, on the rise, as is often reported? Maybe not, says a new study: The “melanoma epidemic” may simply represent a change in how doctors are diagnosing the disease.
Did Melanoma Researchers ‘Reverse Engineer’ Their Findings?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
SOURCE: Smart Tan
Anti-Tanning Lobbying Group Downplayed Key Conflicting Information, According to Smart Tan
JACKSON, MI–(Marketwire – May 25, 2010) – A University of Minnesota advocacy group may have “reverse-engineered” a study to bolster its own pre-existing anti-indoor tanning crusade, failing to properly cite the significance of conflicting data within its own paper, downplaying confounding data that opposed its conclusions and failing to disclose the conflict-of-interest of its own anti-tanning advocacy efforts.… continue readingThe Chicago Blackhawks are the first vitamin D team in modern professional sports history.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks are the first vitamin D team in modern professional sports history.
According to my sources, the Chicago Blackhawk team physicians began diagnosing and treating vitamin D deficiency in all Blackhawk players about 18 months ago. Apparently, most players are on 5,000 IU per day.… continue reading
