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	Tanning Beds No Holiday Gift for Your Skin
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:48 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
FRIDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While many people like to get a tan because they think it makes them look their best during holiday celebrations and vacations, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) wants to remind people that indoor tanning


	Health Tip: Keep Deadly Skin Cancer Away
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:47 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
(HealthDay News) -- Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer. But it can be prevented with some safe-sun practices. Follow these suggestions from the American Cancer Society to help reduce your risk: Keep your skin covered when outside with long s


	Infant Jaundice Treatment May Encourage Moles
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:47 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Giving infants \"light therapy\" to treat their jaundice may boost their risk of skin moles during childhood, French researchers report. Some types of moles can raise risks for melanoma skin cancer, the team p


	Characteristics of Fast-Growing Melanomas Identified
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:46 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
MONDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially fatal skin cancers called melanomas are more likely to grow fast when they\'re thicker, symmetrical, elevated, have regular borders or produce symptoms, a new Australian study found. \"Rapidly growing


	Marathoners Run a Greater Risk for Skin Cancer
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:46 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) --Marathoners face heightened odds for skin cancer, including melanoma, new European research shows. The study "confirms things we already know," said Dr. Robin Ashinoff, chief of dermatologic, Mohs, and l


	Beachgoers Accurately Report Sun-Protection Habits
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:45 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
FRIDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Skin cancer researchers focused on sun exposure may be on the right track: A new study finds that beachgoers accurately report their sun habits, such as use of sunscreen, protective clothing and time spent in the


	Prostate Cancer Trial Halted Due to 3 Cases of Leukemia
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:44 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
FRIDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A trial testing whether the chemotherapy drug mitoxantrone would benefit men with prostate cancer has been stopped because three of the 488 patients who received the drug developed leukemia. According to the South


	Prostate Surgery Is Viable Option for Older Men
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:41 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
FRIDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70. That\'s the conclusion of emerging research that calls into question the traditional view that men shoul


	Researchers Unlock Secrets of Anti-Cancer Gene
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:40 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they have discovered how to boost one of the body\'s natural cancer fighters. It might be possible to superpower the gene, known as PTEN, by tinkering with an enzyme that regulates its activity


	Sputum Test Could Spot Early Lung Cancer
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:37 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
TUESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say a simple test that analyzes DNA in a person\'s sputum could be used to diagnose lung cancer. As outlined in an article in the Jan. 15 issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research, a team at


	Big Tobacco Boosting Nicotine in Cigarettes: Study
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:37 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
THURSDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. tobacco companies increased the level of addictive nicotine in their cigarettes by 11 percent from 1998 to 2005, and did so in a variety of ways, new research shows. The tobacco companies accomplished the i


	Genetic 'Signature' Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:36 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic \"signature\" that consists of 186 genes combined together can predict the risk of breast cancer recurrence in women with the disease, a new study found. And the same set of genes also predicts the re


	Gene Cluster May Predict Lung Cancer Outcome
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:35 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A cluster of five genes may predict a better outcome after treatment for patients with lung cancer, Taiwanese researchers report. The study highlights the increasingly important role of genetics in lung cancer c


	Scientists ID Genes That Lose Expression in Solid Tumors
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:35 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
TUESDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Several tumor suppression genes whose expression is lost in four of the most common kinds of solid human cancers -- lung, breast, prostate and colon -- have been identified by researchers at the University of Te


	Health Tip: About Colon Polyps
	Date: 2007-02-22 11:28:32 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
(HealthDay News) -- Colon polyps are extra tissue that form along the large intestine, also called the colon. Polyps are most often benign, but should be removed to check for cancer, the National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse says. Polyps occur m

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