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iphone apps for skin checks With the growing number of apps on the market, what do you make of this one! iphone has a new app out on the market for giving you a skin check, it stores the images … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 4, 2012 by

FDA Approves Melafind For Detecting Skin Cancer And Melanoma. Good news for anyone worried about skin cancer with the FDA approving Melafind, which the manufacturers describe as a groundbreaking technology for detecting melanomas. Darrell S. Rigel, MD, Clinical Professor of … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 3, 2011 by

 Understanding the genetic basis of melanoma. An international study published today in Nature Genetics, has discovered two genetic variants that increase the risk of melanoma. Melanoma is not the most common type of skin cancer but it is one of … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 24, 2011 by

 The Skin Cancer Foundation – California Enacts Nation’s Strictest Teen Tanning Law | Tanning. Children under the age of 18 have been banned from indoor ultraviolet (UV) tanning in California. On October 9, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 13, 2011 by

 California Bans Indoor Tanning for Minors – NYTimes.com. California this week became the first state in the country to ban indoor tanning for anyone under 18, a move that drew praise from health organizations. About 30 other states have laws … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 11, 2011 by

 UVA Radiation May Cause DNA Damage in Skin. Ultraviolet A radiation, which can pass through window glass and clouds, causes changes to skin cells that may lead to cancer, a new study shows. Experts once thought that UVA rays, sometimes … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Caffeine Lowers Risk of Skin Cancer: Coffee-Based Sunscreen Might Work Best

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2011) — There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way of preventing harmful sun damage or skin cancer.

A new Rutgers study strengthens the theory that caffeine guards against certain skin cancers at the molecular level by inhibiting a protein enzyme in the skin, known as ATR. Scientists believe that based on what they have learned studying mice, caffeine applied directly to the skin might help prevent damaging UV light from causing skin cancer.

Prior research indicated that mice that were fed caffeinated water and exposed to lamps that generated UVB radiation that damaged the DNA in their skin cells were able to kill off a greater percentage of their badly damaged cells and reduce the risk of cells becoming cancerous.

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