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Friday, 12 September 2008 Anna Salleh ABC Sun visors may keep the sun off your face, but what about your scalp? A full head of hair provides...

Skin mapping — or mole mapping — takes a lot of the guesswork out of skin-cancer worries By Sarah Lemon Former California “beach baby” Linda...

By JEFF WEBERSTAFF WRITER Our society's passion for using sun block as protection from getting skin cancer is wise and advocated by most...

Deadly Cancer Could be Related to Sun Exposure April 10, 2008 The skin cancer melanoma is no longer the only killer skin cancer to be concer...

A cancer scare a year ago is fueling newfound ambitions for Belgian attacker Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) heading into this year’s ...

Multiple skin cancer risk behaviors are common among US adults Whether you’re basking on the beach during vacation, coasting down glittering...

Summer Is Over But Skin Cancer Is Not! 06 Nov 2007 A new warning on skin safety was released by Crown Laboratories to draw attention to th...

November 7, 2007 Dear Editors’ Choice Winner: Congratulations! The editors of Organic Gardening magazine have selected The Adventurer Hat as...

Broccoli sprout-derived extract protects against ultraviolet radiation A team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in this week’s issue of th...

UVA researchers explain cell response to skin-damaging UV rays. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 1, 2007 -- It’s well known that overexposure to u...

One 9-ounce bottle of sunscreen is enough for just one day in the sun for a family of four (if they reapply twice). So, for the single perso...

Researchers predict by 2010, one in 50 Americans will develop melanoma at some point in their lives. Doctors suggest a healthy balance of su...

Most of us know the best way to protect yourself against skin cancer is to cover up with sun protective clothing and wear sunscreen, but you...

By Jessica Marszalek13mar07 YOUNG women who ignore health warnings about skin cancer may be coaxed out of the sun by a new campaign appealin...

Cancer-Fighting Gene Guards Against Sun Damage THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene that is known to play a key role in suppressing ...

Its been a testing year for Magnus Backstedt the Liquigas rider who crashed on the opening day of his season in 2006 and suffered a career t...

"Healthy tan is an oxymoron," a dermatologist once said. The skin is telling you it's being damaged by ultraviolet rays. That ...

Fully effective sun hats and sun protective clothing should meet the highest industry and governmental standards. All fabrics used in the ma...

The sun IS essential for life. Yet, sunlight can also be a source of such deleterious effects as sunburn, and suntanning, as well as prema...

If you're not in the sun a lot, why should you worry about melanoma? Actually, melanoma (black mole cancer) is most common in people who...