Articles tagged with: skin cancer
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By Doyice Cotten
Australia is a continent surrounded by water. With great weather and white beaches abounding, it is no wonder that the Aussies love the beach. Unfortunately more than 2/3 of the population eventually get skin cancer and each year nearly 2000 Aussies die of the disease.
The nation is now in the 5th year of the National Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign. The campaign is intended to education young Australians about the dangers of skin cancer and to encourage preventative behaviors. The five recommendations are given at http://www.skincancer.gov.au/ are
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Doyice Cotten published this article in Fitness Management several years ago. The warnings here are no less true or necessary than they were then. Should you be offering a tanning bed in your club or business?
Norman Welke, an Ohio man, purchased an at-home tanning bed from Wolf Tanning Company of Marietta Georgia in 1993 and has used it regularly until he learned that the bed may have caused a malignant melanoma to form on his chest. The cancer required a hospital stay and surgical treatment. In May, 2004, Welke filed …
