Article: Proper sun protection can save your skin: deadly skin cancers are most lethal on your scalp and neck, so protect these areas when you work or play in the sun.(Skin cancer)

Planning to work or relax outdoors this summer? Perhaps you'll protect your skin by wearing long sleeves or slathering suntan lotion on your arms or legs. But if you're like many older men, you'll probably forget to cover the parts of your body that are most susceptible to sunburns.

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Your head and neck take a direct hit from the sun's harmful rays, especially if you're bald or your hair is thinning or cut short. That may be bad news for men, suggests a study in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology. Researchers found that the most deadly melanoma skin cancers occur on the scalp and neck, and men were more likely than women to ...

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