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Ephraim McDowell Health offering free skin cancer screenings
Ephraim McDowell Health is offering free skin cancer screenings. Screenings are available in Danville, Mackville, Lancaster and Stanford and are scheduled as follows: June 26 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Gilcher Building in Danville (located behind...
Tags: Dermatologists, Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Cancer, Dermatology
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Be sun savvy this summer
FARGO, N.D. - Recently we packed away our winter hats, boots and scarves to prepare for summer. I decided we needed to pull out some floppy-brimmed hats, along with our gardening tools, mower, balls and bats. On the nutrition and health side, exposure...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Tortillas, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Freckles (complexion)
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Toxic roulette
By the early 2000s, the flame retardant known as penta had become a villain. Packed by the pound into couches and other furniture, the chemical was turning up in the blood of babies and in breast milk around the world. The European Union voted to ban...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hormones and Metabolism, Justice System, Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations
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FDA blocks misleading sunscreens
Fox 5 San Diego Anchor/ReporterPOWAY, Calif. -- New rules for sunscreen labeling drafted by the Federal Drug Administration in 2011 will take effect this summer. ย "It's good because they're trying to make order before there was no order. The FDA is also giving the consumer some...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Vitamin E, Cancer, University of California, San Diego, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure
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Ravens Coach Cam Cameron speaks out against skin cancer
Baltimore Ravens Offensive Coordinator Cam Cameron was a young coach at the University of Michigan when his then head coach Bo Schembechler noticed a spot on his back. The spot turned out to be a malignant mole and Cameron was diagnosed with stage 2...
Tags: Cam Cameron, Civil and Public Service, Skin Cancer, Cancer, Government
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Our View: Sunshine raises risk of deadliest skin cancer
It’s said over and over again: “There is no cure for cancer.” While that is true for the most part, when it comes to melanoma, if caught and treated in its earliest stages, it is often curable. Today starts Melanoma Awareness Month,...Tags: Sun-Damaged Skin, Skin Cancer, Skin Damage, Cancer, Sunburn
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10 things you might not know about skin color
1 Melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin (and eyes) is produced in cells called melanocytes. Every person has about the same number of these cells, regardless of race, but those with darker skin have larger cells that produce more pigment....Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, China, Zora Neale Hurston, India, George Hamilton
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That unhealthy glow
Tanning was as much a part of Lindsay Walsh's teenage social life as talking on the phone.
Two or three times a week — more for special occasions — she and her friends would hit the salons, beckoned by their posters of bronzed, beautiful...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Dermatology
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Indoor tanning: Even as evidence of skin cancer link grows, tanning beds remain popular
TribLocal - Orland Park ยป NewsThe Chicago Tribune reports: Tanning was as much a part of Lindsay Walsh's teenage social life as talking on the phone. Two or three times …... -
La Feria del Nopal (Cactus Fair)
At La Feria del Nopal, we celebrate the CACTUS plant with a free concert! We also want to showcase its nutritional benefits, significance to current Mexican culture and honor its roots as a food staple in pre-Hispanic Mexican culture. Celebrity Chef...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Potassium (dietary supplement), Diseases and Illnesses, Restaurants, Recipes
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How to protect the scalp from skin cancer
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Skin, Cancer, Melanin, Scalp
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Prairie Fare: Nourish and protect your skin
FARGO, N.D. - When I was young, sun tanning was a popular pastime among my peers during the warm summer months. My friends had a golden glow. However, I couldn't stand the heat, and I thought lying in the sun was boring. I stayed in the cool shade and...Tags: Symptoms, Squamous Cell Cancer, Skin Rash, Beta-Carotene, Basal Cell Carcinoma
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