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FAQs on Emerging Sun Protection Products

Several additional sun protection tools have become available, including sunscreen pills, drinkable sunscreen and ultraviolet monitoring bracelets.

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New Device May Change Diagnoses and Treatment of Melanoma

A new hand-held device that uses lasers and sound waves may change the way doctors treat and diagnose melanoma, according to a team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Three-in-one Optical Skin Cancer Probe in Clinical Trials

Researchers from the University of Texas have now developed a probe that combines into one device three unique ways of using light to measure the properties of skin tissue and detect cancer.

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Delaware Becomes 11th State to Ban Indoor Tanning For Minors

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed into law a bill that protects minors from the dangers of indoor tanning. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2015.

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Melanoma Research Funding Increased

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved their fiscal year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill which includes $50 million for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program.

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Hawaii Becomes Tenth State to Ban Indoor Tanning for Minors Under 18

Hawaii joins Vermont, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Nevada, Texas and Washington by passing legislation that prohibits minors under the age of 18 from indoor tanning.

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AAD Statement on Sun Vitamin D Levels and Mortality

Recently, a study in the Journal of Internal Medicine suggested that women who avoid sun exposure are twice as likely to die as compared to those who receive sun exposure.

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Former Pro Football Player Teams Up With AAD to Tackle Skin Cancer in Men

Over the past 30 years, melanoma incidence rates have continued to rise, and men over 50 are at greater risk of developing the disease than the general public.

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PASS Coalition Applauds Passage of Sunscreen Innovation Act

The Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition is applauding the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for passage of the Sunscreen Innovation Act, H.R. 4250.

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AAD Statement on Relationship Between Sunscreeen & Melanoma

The American Academy of Dermatology comments on a recent study in Nature that calls attention to the fact that sunscreen on its own cannot completely protect against melanoma.

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Multiple Sunburns Before Age 20 Increases Melanoma Risk Substantially

The risk of developing melanoma was more closely related to sun exposure in early life than in adulthood in young caucasian women, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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AAD's New PSA Urges Men Over 50 to Check For Skin Cancer

The American Academy of Dermatology today launched “Lawn,” a public service advertisement that encourages older men to check their skin for suspicious or changing spots.

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Road to Healthy Skin Tour Begins May 27

Now in its seventh year, the Road to Healthy Skin Tour works with local volunteer dermatologists who provide quick, easy and potentially life-saving full-body skin cancer screenings.

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MRF Encourages Everyone to #GetNaked and Detect Melanoma Early

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) announces the launch of #GetNaked, a provocative new awareness campaign designed to prompt people to watch for potentially dangerous changes in moles on the skin.

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Study Finds Radiation As Best Treatment for Rare Skin Cancer

Radiation treatment can help reduce the recurrence of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, while chemotherapy does not appear to have any impact on recurrence or survival.

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Hugh Jackman's Skin Cancer Returns

The actor star first shared the news he had developed skin cancer in November 2013.

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Should Sunscreen Be Used Indoors?

Experts say the UV rays that pass right through windows into offices, home and cars and is a serious contributor to people's daily accumulation of indoor UV exposure leading to skin cancer and photoaging.

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Drinking Up for Sun Safety

Mintel identifies a new product that brings multifunctionality to a new, cross category level.

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