Tag Archives: melanoma

Does UV exposure decrease risk of melanoma?

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Dr William Grant
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Dr William Grant discusses UV exposure and its impact on rates of cancer in the UK. Continue reading →

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Subsequent primary cancers after melanoma diagnosis support that low vitamin D level is a risk factor for melanoma

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dr William Grant
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A recent set of papers on melanoma in the United States in the November 2011 supplement of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology provided insight into melanoma, vitamin D, UVB exposure and internal cancers. Continue reading →

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Weighing the costs and benefits of using sunbeds

Posted on November 1, 2011 by John Cannell, MD
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Professor Johan Moan and colleagues from the University of Oslo compare the risk of using sunbeds to the risk of not using sunbeds. Continue reading →

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A look at the “melanoma epidemic”

Posted on October 5, 2011 by John Cannell, MD
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Four British dermatologists looked at 3,971 melanoma cases in East Anglia from 1991 to 2004. Continue reading →

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Newsletter: Vitamin D and kidney stones

Posted on August 1, 2006 by John Cannell, MD
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Dr Cannell discusses some interesting questions as well as new research on vitamin D. Continue reading →

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