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Top cancer doctor says you SHOULD have a sunbed session
Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Professor Tim Oliver
The message from doctors has long been unequivocal – there is no such thing as a safe suntan because sun exposure causes skin cancer. However, despite being a cancer expert myself, I have just spent the past four weeks on holiday in South Africa, where I made sure I got out into the sun every day.… continue reading
Not just skin deep
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Dr. Bernard Ackerman is at the centre of a battle about whether UV rays are actually a major cause of melanoma By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News Service Dermatologist Bernard Ackerman has many sun splotches — but he isn’t worried that they place him at higher risk for cancer.… continue reading
Claire Oliver’s death to change tan laws
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Sunday Telegraph
SOLARIUMS will be forced to cut UV intensity on sunbeds by 40 per cent and ban under-18s and fair-skinned people under a new national standard. Sunbed operators will also have to warn clients that ultraviolet radiation from tanning units cause cancer.… continue reading
Top cancer doctor says you SHOULD have a sunbed session
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
By Professor Tim Oliver
The message from doctors has long been unequivocal – there is no such thing as a safe suntan because sun exposure causes skin cancer. However, despite being a cancer expert myself, I have just spent the past four weeks on holiday in South Africa, where I made sure I got out into the sun every day.… continue reading
A Milestone in Cancer Genetics:deCODE
Monday, January 19, 2009
Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN) and colleagues from the US and ten European countries today announced a long-awaited first in cancer research: the discovery of common single-letter variations in the human genome (SNPs) linked to susceptibility not of one, but several different types of cancer, including those of lung, bladder, prostate, skin and cervix.… continue reading
