All posts tagged "Skin Cancer"

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is strengthening its regulation of tanning beds, which have been shown to increase the risk of skin cancer.

Surgeons in Switzerland on Friday said they had carried out the first-ever operations to repair cancer-ravaged noses using tissue grown from the patient's own cartilage cells.

Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a US study published Monday that suggests indoor tanning beds and childhood sunburns may be to blame.

Half of all cancers could be prevented if people just adopted healthier behaviors, US scientists argued on Wednesday.

In most of the coverage about Harry Reid's statement that the country was ready to vote a light-skinned Barack Obama (also because of his lack of "Negro dialect") there has been less discussion about the fact that Reid, while clumsy and too-candid for some people, was correct -- and to delve into the why.