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Read this before you buy sunscreen: what you buy and when you apply could make all the difference in whether you develop skin cancer. Here, everything you must know about sun protection.
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June 1, 2007
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IF YOU DON'T ALREADY TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SKIN CANCER EVERY SINGLE DAY, NOW'S THE TIME TO START. "We're seeing an epidemic of melanoma--the deadliest form of skin cancer--in young women," says Lynn Schuchter, M.D., an oncologist at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer has more than doubled in women under age 40 in less than 30 years, according to recent research from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. "There's been an increase in use of tanning salons," explains Schuchter. "Plus, people are more scantily clad these days"--which leaves us more exposed to the sun's harmful rays during everyday ...
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