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 ALWAYS wear sunscreen...water reflects back about 5 percent of the sun’s rays;

concrete reflects back 10 to 12 percent of the sun’s rays...

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www.proleukin.com/index.jsp
Proleukin is a form of immunotherapy that uses the body’s natural immune system to fight cancer. It has been used for over 10 years in the treatment of Metastatic Melanoma and for
over 15 years in the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer.  Besides offering
treatment options,Proleukin.com offers a vast amount of resources for patients and physicians who are battling these types of cancer.

 Source:  Crystal Ware of Proleukin.com

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When WHO speaks, people should listen
Tanning beds are a definite risk for developing malignant melanoma. Owners of tanning salons may attempt to muddy the waters with misinformation, but the take-home message is clear: Those who use tanning beds before age 30 have a 75 per cent increase in risk of developing melanoma.Last week, the research branch of the World Health Organization published evidence that confirmed what dermatologists have long suspected.

Source: thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1136158.html#recommends

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 Survivor!
I know about melanoma. I've learned a lot. I know the catalyst for me was almost certainly sunbed use in my early 20s. (I joined a spa, where the sunbed was free. In the summer I'd go twice a month, for half an hour.) I know it is the fastest growing cancer worldwide. Fastest of all in young women aged 18-25. I know survival rates have improved not at all in nine years. I know too many people who have died because medics are not sufficiently vigilant about moles. I know when I see kids stretched out on a beach that my heart aches.

Source:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/31/melanoma-skin-cancer-survivor

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 Source:  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gD9RMlc1GQNjyJTQK3XkV7cdW5lQD99O79K80

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Carmelo Rodriguez - A Tragic Loss For America
After Marine Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez served his country with honor for nearly a decade, including a tour of duty in Iraq, he lost his life not on the battlefield, but as a result of preventable medical negligence.

Source:  http://www.onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/blog/show/3016

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UT researcher makes skin cancer detection breakthrough
Detection is crucial and some of the brilliant minds at the University of Texas have come up with an invention to take the pain out of skin cancer detection...

Source:  http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/UT-researcher-make-skin-cancer-detection/TRxZQzc1v0ip0N96r2l_7Q.cspx

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Protect little ones from sun damage, too
Just one blistering sunburn in childhood more than doubles a person's chances of developing melanoma later in life.

Source: www.clintonnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article

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Texas becomes first state to prohibit minors from indoor tanning
Although multiple studies explain the link between indoor tanning and melanoma (the deadliest form of skin cancer), it is estimated that 30 million people in the US visit tanning salons each year. Of these 30 million, 2.3 million are teens! Researchers believe that indoor tanning before age 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 75%.

Source:  
http://www.examiner.com/x-10409-Dallas-Health-and-Beauty-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Texas-becomes-first-state-to-prohibit-minors-from-indoor-tanning 

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Dark Side of the Sun
 Melanoma's aggressive metastasizing course has no definitive, effective treatment plan. Therefore, disease management should focus on prevention, early detection and experimental treatments. When caught early - before a lesion is 2 mm thick - the survival rate is more than 90 percent. After it has spread, the survival rate drops to 10 percent or less.

Source:  http://lpn.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=202463

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Health Care:  We value our families, why don't you...
All that and "if I have cancer, my family will lose everything." 
Because in this country, the richest nation on earth, we don't value our families.

Source:  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/1/748653/-Health-Care:-We-Value-Our-Families,-Why-Dont-you
 
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Link between seaside living and melanoma
 Data collected by the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Department of Health over a 20-year period has found coastal dwellers are 41 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma.

Source:  http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/link-between-seaside-living-and-melanoma-20090625-cxfc.html

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you increase your risk of getting a melanoma by 75 per cent if you use one
Someday soon, lying naked on a glass bed having ultraviolet rays ten times more powerful than our sun bake your epidermis will appear in the Bonkers Book of Beauty along with Elizabethans whitening their faces with lead.

Source:  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/janice_turner/article6538985.ece

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This is criminal!
At 30, Mark Hunt should be in the prime of his life.He loves his job as a kinesiologist at a local physiotherapy clinic and spending time with his young family -- wife Meghan and 11-month-old daughter Katelyn...

Source:  http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=f8b10119-3cac-4f85-ab35-f0eecad22dde&p=1

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Old ideas on sunburning miss the mark
"Once you burn and peel real good, it's hard to burn again," said McGee, who spent Thursday lounging on Tybee Beach with friends.

Source:  http://savannahnow.com/node/738778

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'Men 40% more likely to die from cancer due to fear of doctors'
They are also around 70 per cent more likely to be killed by cancers that affect both sexes, such as stomach, bowel and liver cancer, researchers say.

Source:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1193072/Men-40-likely-die-cancer-fear-doctors.html

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Berkeley girl's case inspires plan to aid families with medical costs
At first glance, the LaManna family seems like most other families: a dad, a mom, and three smiling children, ages 14, 12 and 3. 

Source:  http://www.app.com/article/20090612/NEWS/906120360/1070/NEWS02/Berkeley+girl+s+case+inspires+plan+to+aid+families+with+medical+costs

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Weekend Feature: Summer Skin Care
Both UVA and UVB sun rays can cause skin cancer, but UVA rays hit
the deepest part of skin and causes aging...

Source:  http://www.ny1.com/content/features/100718/weekend-feature--summer-skin-care/Default.aspx

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Melanoma:  determining the stage of cancer
Once the treating physician has received a pathology report with a diagnosis of melanoma he or she takes that information and stages the disease.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-7153-Des-Moines-Health-and-Beauty-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Melanoma-determining-the-stage-of-the-cancer

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Cancer Sufferer Uses Facebook To Help Find Cure
For many 30 and 40-somethings, Facebook is like a modern day high school yearbook. But could ...

Source:  http://cbs11tv.com/health/driving.miss.darby.2.1041026.html

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Reduce your Breast Cancer Risk
There's no one big way to reduce your risk for breast cancer,
but a combination of approaches could make a difference...

Source:  http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/women/sns-health-reduce-breast-cancer-risk,0,4660448.story

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 Do bigger brains mean more cancer?
"I was always intrigued by the fact that chimpanzees appear to have
lower rates of cancer than humans,"

Source:  http://www.clickondetroit.com/health/19712320/detail.html

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Mickelson's wife:  Hanging in there despite cancer
Speaking publicly for the first time...

Source:  http://www.newsday.com/sports/golf/usopen/ny-spphil1012863848jun09,0,5126880.story

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Sisters share story of survival
Relay for life

Source:  http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20090610/FON0101/906100444/1985/FON04/WAUPUN+RELAY+FOR+LIFE++Sisters+share+stories+of+their+survival

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The Suncreen Dilemma
What about vitamin D? 

Source: www.toyourhealth.com/newsletter/TYH/newsletter.php

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Teens and Tanning safely
Sun burn, skin cancers, actinec keratosis, pre-mature aging, eye damage

Source:   http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/513506.html?nav=5149

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Bulldogs' popular AD treated for melanoma
Byrne receives excellent prognosis, will have mole removed on Wednesday

Source: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090609/SPORTS030102/906090315/1287/SPORTS

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Should you take folic acid?
Folic acid is one of those great public health success stories. In the decade following fortification of cereal grains and other foods...

Source:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-090607folicacid-story,0,868233.story

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Elizabeth Edwards-writing to cope with terminal cancer
Research studies have shown that life projects can be very valuable to metastatic cancer patients.

Source:  http://health.usnews.com/blogs/on-women

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Advanced melanoma drug hope
early trial results say could help patients with melanoma live longer by controlling its progression

Source:  http://www.hc2d.co.uk/content.php?contentId=11604

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melanoma awareness
Although melanoma accounts for only about 4 to 5 percent of all skin cancer cases, it causes most skin cancer-related deaths. However, if detected and treated in its earliest stages, melanoma is often curable.

 

Source: www.cancerpage.com

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Florida and tanning beds
Cancer fears trigger tanning bed scrutiny: Some states are taking a closer look at teens, tanning beds and cancer as the number of melanoma cases begins to rise. In Florida, lawmakers are considering banning anyone under 16 from using the salons.

Source: www.stargazette.com

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 Kelli Pedroia on Facebook   
Kelli Pedroia says that even after being diagnosed with melanoma at 18, she went tanning before her wedding to Dustin Pedroia. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

Source:  www.boston.com

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Corporate Angel Network - Patient Information
Corporate Angel Network arranges free travel on corporate jets for cancer patients, bone marrow donors and bone marrow recipients, as long as they: ...

Source: www.corpangelnetwork.org/patient/index.html

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ABC News Cancer Prevention and Treatment Story    
Woman Battles Melanoma In Real-Life 'Grey's Anatomy' Story - - - Skin Cancer Melanoma Strikes Suddenly in the Young: A 29-Year-Old's Battle

Source: abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story

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 Anyone is at risk
African-Americans can get skin cancer - protect yourself this summer.

 Source: www.seattlemedium.com

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Very touching story by a woman with a great attitude!!
For more than 30 years now, melanoma has been after me – yes, skin cancer,
the No. 1 cancer that strikes women.
Breast cancer comes in at No. 2. Did you know that?

 Source:  www.claytonnews-star.com

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 modified herpes virus may treat melanoma
SGT 12th Annual Meeting: Modified herpes virus may treat melanoma

 Source: http://www.prlog.org/10245712-asgt-12th-annual-meeting-modified-herpes-virus-may-treat-melanoma.html

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Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
GENERAL cancer information

Source:     http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cancer/overview.html

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Miss Ohio 2008 Karissa Martin pushes bill
Miss Ohio 2008 Karissa Martin stopped by the Statehouse in Columbus on Thursday to testify before the House Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection Committee in support of a bill that a generation ago might have lost her cool points on the pageant circuit

Source:  http://www.cleveland.com/medical

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Some say tanning beds are safe
I'm not a Dr.; just a Mom who lost a daughter to melanoma, my gut says NO to tanning beds!

Source: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/its-summer-so-watch-your-exposure-to-sun-141642.html