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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Belly Fat Removal Reduces Skin Cancer Risk in Mice
Researchers found surgical removal of abdominal fat from mice fed with a high-fat diet reduces the risk of ultraviolet-light induced skin cancer. The cancer type mentioned is the most pr...

Using Sunscreen Excessively Increases Skin Cancer Risk
Splashing on sunscreen lotion may seem to be the right thing when going out in the sun but a new study has warned that excessive use of sunscreen creams or lotions could increase the risk of...

Drug for Melanoma Shows Promise in Early Trial
An experimental drug for melanoma has successfully shrank tumors that spread to the brain in nine out of 10 patients in part of an international phase I clinical trial. The drug dabrafen...

Ever-Youthful Life of Naked Mole Rats Bared
An indication probably causes naked mole rats to live longer and healthy life, discovered by scientists. The typical East African rodent live 25 to 30 years, during which it shows littl...

New Target for Skin Cancer Therapy
Unknown non-coding RNA plays an important role in the biology of melanoma, say researchers. Most skin cancers are nonmelanomas, arising from cells other than melanocytes (the melan...

Molecular-Based Treatment for a Viral Skin Cancer Developed
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the School of Medicine had identified the viral roots of a rare skin cancer four years ago. They have now identifi...

Genomic Landscape of Human Melanoma Tumors
Recent study links genes to melanoma development. In an article published online May 9 in Nature, the authors provide the first high-resolution view of the genomic landscape of huma...

Turtle Boy Undergoes Surgery to Remove Disfiguring Mole
A six-year old boy from Colombia who was nicknamed �turtle boy� because of a large mole on his back resembling a turtle shell has successfully undergone surgery to remove it. Didier Montalv...

Medicare Use for Surgical Excision for Skin Cancer Examined
Surgical treatment for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) increased substantially from 2001 through 2006, an analysis of Medicare beneficiaries has suggested. This was primarily due to a dou...

Caffeine and Exercise may Help Fight Skin Cancer
Caffeine intake coupled with exercises may help fight skin cancer caused by sun exposure, suggests study. "We found that this combination treatment can decrease sunlight-caused skin...

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