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A demonstration of how a silicon cast is applied to the back of the hand so researchers can measure fine lines in the skin.

Sunscreen slows skin aging — if it’s used often enough

Last updated Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 12:27am

WASHINGTON — If worry about skin cancer doesn’t make you slather on sunscreen, maybe vanity will: New research provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of your skin.

Ultraviolet rays that spur wrinkles and other signs of aging can quietly build up damage pretty much anytime you’re in the sun — a lunchtime stroll, school recess, walking the dog — and they even penetrate car windows.

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Idaho dumps juvenile tanning bill

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 8:47am

BOISE, Idaho -- Concerns about industry regulation and usurping parental control scuttled legislation intended to reduce skin cancer rates in Idaho.

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Bill would restrict teens’ tanning salon use

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 9:15pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would make it more difficult for a minor to patronize a tanning salon has cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.

The Senate voted 18-8 to move Senate Bill 41 to the third reading calendar. The bill requires parental consent each time a minor accesses a tanning salon.

Sponsored by Sen. Patricia Jones, D-Salt Lake City, the bill would place the potential risks of melanoma on parents.

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Report shows Sandy has Utah's highest cancer rates

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 5:21pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Health officials say southeast Sandy has the state's highest rate of melanoma, breast and colorectal cancer cases.

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Brittney Chutka tans at Tanning Oasis in Layton in September 2006. A new 20-year survey shows that increased use of tanning beds increases the risk of deadly skin cancers. Utah has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the nation. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

DARK HEALTH NEWS: 20-year survey links tanning booth use to skin cancer

Amina Khan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:50pm

LOS ANGELES -- The more you use a tanning bed, the higher your risk of deadly skin cancers, according to research presented at an international cancer conference this week.

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Skin cancer treatment expands with new drugs

Victoria Colliver San Francisco Chronicle

Last updated Monday, August 22, 2011 - 2:58pm

Thirteen years after federal regulators last approved a new drug to treat advanced melanoma, the Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two revolutionary drugs in the past five months to treat the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Researchers say the developments make this an exciting time for those who see possibility for controlling the disease. Each year in the U.S., melanoma is diagnosed in 68,000 people and it kills more than 8,700.

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(DAVE MARTIN/The Associated Press) Alivia Parker, 21 months, runs through circles of spraying water on a 100-degree day in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday. Parker is wearing sunscreen with an SPF of 100. Federal regulators will require sunscreen manufacturers to test their products’ effectiveness against sun rays that pose the greatest risk of skin cancer. Under new rules, manufacturers also will have to follow stricter guidelines when describing how well their products block ultraviolet B rays — and the highest SPF value will be capped at 50, unless companies provide results of testing that support a higher number.

New rules to block sunscreen confusion

Matthew Perrone, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:24pm

WASHINGTON -- Help is on the way if you're confused by sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Starting next summer, you can find SPF 15 bottles and tubes with the label "broad spectrum" and feel confident they're lowering your risk of skin cancer.

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(Courtesy photo) Metastatic melanoma is the advanced and generally lethal form of skin cancer.

2 drugs shown effective in treatment of lethal skin cancer

Los Angeles Times, Thomas H. Maugh II

Last updated Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 8:53pm

LOS ANGELES — Two new drugs can significantly lengthen survival in patients with metastatic melanoma, the advanced and generally lethal form of skin cancer, researchers reported Sunday.

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Scientists discover gene linked to eye melanoma

Harry Jackson Jr., St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last updated Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 12:57pm

ST. LOUIS -- Finding a gene that triggers the spread of eye melanoma was a discovery whose time had come, said researcher Dr. J. William Harbour, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University School of Medicine.

The discovery demonstrates how science piggy-backs itself and leads to discoveries that wouldn't happen without other discoveries -- some of which are difficult to understand at the time they're discovered.

In this case, Washington University researchers discovered how a gene malfunctioned, causing eye melanoma to spread and become fatal.

Melanoma is a cancer normally associated with the skin, but it can occur anywhere in the body where pigment cells (melanocytes) are found, including the eye. Eye melanoma is the second most common form of melanoma. It doesn't always spread, but when it does, it's nearly always fatal.

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