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posted 09/05/2008, comment (1)

Smell Your Way to Cancer??? U-huh!!

Physicians have long since used "smell" to make diagnoses - you can smell necrotic, dying tissue; you can smell an infectious, pus filled exudate; you can smell the by-products of certain drugs in your urine; you can smell someone who has been on the Atkin's diet long term (their breath has ketones in it because of the high protein intake). ... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/25/2008, comments (3)

Take an Antioxidant, Avoid Melanoma?

Here's an interesting approach to sun exposure and its dangers. Take a powerful antioxidant in anticipation of a day at the beach or a day of prolonged sun exposure to reduce oxidative damage to moles that might be highly receptive to cancerous changes. NAC (n-acetylcysteine) is a unique drug because it is inexpensive, has relatively few side... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/14/2008, comment (1)

Indoor Tanning is Out

The Indoor Tanning Association is mounting a print and TV campaign in 7 major cities claiming that there is no "conclusive evidence" that links tanning to melanomas. The Association represents indoor tanning salons and the maker of tanning beds and they are citing studies that show that sun exposure actually elevates levels of vitamin D... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/28/2008, comments (3)

John McCain and Skin Cancer

According to Reuters, Senator John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the past, had a spot removed from his face on Monday during a routine checkup by a doctor in Phoenix. The Republican presidential candidate has already had four malignant melanomas -- a potentially lethal type of skin cancer -- surgically removed since... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/22/2008, comments (0)

Melanoma Rates Increasing in Young Women

A new study hot off the presses reveals that the rate of skin melanoma cases is on the rise among young women. In fact, it jumped 50% from 1973 to 2004 in young women but not in young men. So why the disparity?? Well for one the study suspects (and so do I) that tanning salons may be one reason. Vanity and the desire to be... Read more Chevron

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