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Patient Warns of Tanning Risks after Beating Melanoma

Experts urge sun safety; warn of dangers associated with indoor and outdoor tanning
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Five Ways to Protect Your Skin this Summer

Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group expert offers tips for sun safety...
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Multitasking Meds

Scientists Discover How Drug for Leukemia, Psoriasis, May Tackle Vascular Disease...
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Sunscreens remain safe, effective form of sun protection

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) today reiterated the safety and effectiveness of sunscreens to protect against the damaging effects from exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. ...
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The Naked Love Theory

Many theories have been put forth to explain how humans, in contrast to other primates, have evolved into near hairless beings. However, Dr James Giles, Lecturer in Philosophy at La Trobe University, has developed a new theory....
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Researchers Demonstrate Mechanism Behind Compound’s Effects on Skin Inflammation and Cancer Progression

Boston, MA - Charles J. Dimitroff, MS, PhD, and colleagues in the Dimitroff Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have developed a fluorinated analog of glucosamine, which, in a recent study, has been shown to block the synthesis of key carbohydrate structures linked to skin inflammation and cancer progression. ...
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Scratching Beneath the Surface: the Cause of Chronic Itch

New Haven, Conn. — Millions of people suffer from relentless itching, unrelated to allergies or bug bites, that cannot be relieved by antihistamines or topical creams....
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Researchers Discover Underlying Mechanisms of Skin Hardening Syndromes

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered new details about the underlying mechanisms of skin hardening syndromes. ...
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Non-Dermatologists Miss Many Cancerous Skin Lesions

New Haven, Conn. — A new study by Yale School of Medicine finds that many cancerous skin lesions are missed in exams by non-specialists, and that only a total body skin exam (TBSE) by a dermatologist can ensure they will be detected....
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Psoriasis linked to more severe hypertension

UC Davis Health System researchers find people with skin disease often require more medications to control high blood pressure...
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