Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center may explain why men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer. They have found that male mice had lower levels of an important skin antioxidant than female mice and higher levels of certain cancer-linked inflammatory cells.
The antioxidant, a […]

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A recent study in Europe reported that treatment with modified-release sildenafil significantly reduced the frequency of attacks of Raynaud’s phenomenon in patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), also known as scleroderma.
Full findings are available in the March issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology […]

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A recent JAMA study conducted by a joint team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reports  there is a significant disparity between knowledge and attitudes on the dangers of skin cancer among male and female medical students in Florida.Overall, men had a lower knowledge […]

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According to the latest Cancer Research UK figures published today, the rates of men dying from malignant melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - have doubled in the last 30 years.
Experts are concerned because this sharp rise in death rates from malignant melanoma is due to so many more men developing what is […]

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system that may help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer.
The prototype system works by looking for the tiny temperature difference between healthy tissue and a growing tumor.

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New Spanish research indicates, that darker colors in cotton fabric provide better protection against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays than lighter tones.
Scientists of the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna concluded people should “think blue or red” instead of yellow when choosing clothing, because the darker hues on cotton fabrics offer better skin protection against the sun.
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