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Skin Cancer Tied To A Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s
There's no positive side to developing skin cancer, but the latest research ties certain forms of the disease to a reduced risk of dementia. Researchers from...
Skin Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Other Cancers
There's another reason those at risk for skin cancer to stay vigilant about protecting their health. Men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer...
FDA Proposes New Tanning Bed Warnings
If the FDA gets its way, tanning beds may soon feature labels warning young people to steer clear of the machines and their jolts of UV radiation. “Using...
Some Skin Cancer Survivors Still Use Tanning Beds
Say it isn't so. A recent survey found that even people who have survived melanoma -- the deadliest form of skin cancer -- fail to protect themselves from the...
Can Aspirin Keep Skin Cancer At Bay?
The latest study suggests that the popular pain killer can inhibit melanoma. In the largest investigation of its kind, published in the journal Cancer,...
Self-Sabotage: Why Cancer Vaccines Don’t Work
A vaccine that thwarts cancer cells has so far proven to be better in theory than in practice, and researchers may finally understand why. The possibility of...
Indoor Tanning Beds Linked to 170,000 Skin Cancers a Year
Indoor tanning has been linked to rising rates of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, and now a new study adds to the evidence that tanning beds also...
An Aspirin a Day May Still Lower Cancer Risk, but Not as Much as Previously Thought
There's fresh evidence to suggest that taking a daily aspirin is linked with a lower risk of cancer death, but it's still soon to recommend it just for cancer...
New Melanoma Drugs Beat Chemotherapy in Trials
In two large-scale trials, new drugs made by GlaxoSmithKline extended the lives of patients with advanced melanoma longer than standard chemotherapy. The drugs...
Can Aspirin Help Ward Off Skin Cancer?
An aspirin a day could keep skin cancer away, according to a new report in the journal Cancer. Researchers in Denmark and the U.S. found that people taking...
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Melanoma Treatment Harnesses Immune System to Combat Cancer Cells
Researchers reported that a combination of two drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb appeared to shrink tumors in 41 percent of patients in a small study. ...
Caution after melanoma?
A new study finds some melanoma survivors do not wear sunscreen and still use tanning beds. ...
Well: Prevention: Aspirin and Melanoma
A prospective study found that regular aspirin use may be linked to a lower risk for melanoma, the most serious kind of skin cancer. ...
Fat gene' linked with skin cancer'
A gene previously shown to be linked to obesity may also increase the risk of a deadly form of skin cancer, say researchers. ...
