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Playing it safe
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Dermatology Times
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June 1, 2008
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Women's derm society reaches thousands with sun protection message
National report - Through its outreach programs - "Play Safe in the Sun" and "Families Play Safe in the Sun" - the Women's Dermatologie Society (WDS) is getting the word out, nationally, about sun damage, sun safety and sun protection.
Following impressive results from its first four years of outreach, the WDS has announced that L'Oreal U.S.A. has awarded the WDS Foundation $1.05 million for three more years of "Play Safe in the Sun," a campaign that performed 2,365 free skin cancer screenings when it was launched in 2003.
Under that program, WDS dermatologists volunteered to offer free skin cancer screenings and teach ...