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Skin Cancer Can Be Avoided

March 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health and Fitness

Skin cancer is diagnosed more often than all other cancers combined. In 2006, more than 62,000 people in the United States discovered they had this cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. More than 9,000 people died from it.

Ultraviolet or UV rays are to skin cancer what smoking is to lung cancer-a highly avoidable cancer-causing agent. Excessive sun exposure is the cause for most of this. Other risk factors include exposure to coal, arsenic or radium, multiple moles, having a fair complexion and experiencing severe sunburns as a child.

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Melanomas - Visible And Invisible

March 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health and Fitness

Melanoma is essentially skin cancer. If detected early
enough, it can be cured in ninety-five percent of the
cases. However, it can also be fatal if allowed to run its
course. Melanomas can be almost invisible in some cases, so
a cursory examination is not effective in some cases.
Hidden melanomas are, fortunately, relatively rare.

All melanomas are formed from cells that produce pigment.
These are called melanocytes. So the cancer can develop
wherever there is pigmentation in the body. Hidden
melanomas can occur in difficult to detect parts of the
body, hence the need to do a thorough check annually.

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Are Redheads More Prone To Skin Cancer?

January 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health and Fitness

Everyone knows that redhead sunburn easier. But do they get skin cancer easier? New research indicates that the pigment in their skin may instigate cancer even if they don’t suffer from sunburns. As you may have heard, getting sunburns in childhood is a risk factor for skin cancer, even later in life.

Who is prone to sunburn? Of course if you have light colored eyes, hair and skin, you are at higher risk. This combination is frequent among redheads. Redheads have a different type of melanin than people with dark hair. Blondes even carry some of the same pigments as redheads.

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