State rates high with melanoma
Olympian - SEATTLE The Northwest is famous for its rainy days, but there s sufficient sun that Washington state ranks first nationally for women and fifth for men in the sun-linked skin cancer malignant melanoma, the Environmental Protection Agency says
Skin disease common among Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina
EurekAlert - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Wake Forest University School of Medicine studies of Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina found that more than three out of four workers had skin disease and that workers need more information about how to prevent common
Modern advancements in plastic surgery
Southern Illinoisan - The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) reports that nearly 11.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2005. According to ASAPS, the top five surgical procedures for that year
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A new reason to be thick-skinned
Pharos-Tribune - In the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report a genetic finding that sheds new light on some common yet complex skin disorders. They reported that the excess production of a
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