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Vitamin D is important, but you should be able to make enough through casual, ‘everyday’ sun exposures. Vitamin D is important, but you should be able to make enough through casual, ‘everyday’ sun exposures.

by Ed Yong | Analysis | 11 December 2008

11 December 2008

The sun

This month, the authoritative International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC) have weighed in on the issue. This month, the authoritative International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC) have weighed in on the issue.

by Ed Yong | Analysis | 10 December 2008

10 December 2008

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Singer/songwriter Sandi Thom, aged 27, has teamed up with Cancer Research UK to warn youngsters about the dangers of using sunbeds. The charity has today published shocking images of how Sandi could look in thirty years time through overexposure to UV rays, which in some sunbeds can be 10-15 times higher than those of the midday sun. Singer/songwriter Sandi Thom, aged 27, has teamed up with Cancer Research UK to warn youngsters about the dangers of using sunbeds. The charity has today published shocking images of how Sandi could look in thirty years time through overexposure to UV rays, which in some sunbeds can be 10-15 times higher than those of the midday sun.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 19 August 2008

19 August 2008

Melanoma skin cancer

Could the cosmetic products we use be harming our health in any way? We take a closer look at the results of a 2008 study. Could the cosmetic products we use be harming our health in any way? We take a closer look at the results of a 2008 study.

by Ed Yong | Analysis | 14 August 2008

14 August 2008

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Eight out of ten sunbed users have increased their risk of a life-threatening form of skin cancer by around 75 per cent according to Cancer Research UK. Eight out of ten sunbed users have increased their risk of a life-threatening form of skin cancer by around 75 per cent according to Cancer Research UK.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 8 April 2008

8 April 2008

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More young Brits than ever before are tanning themselves on sunbeds, despite repeated warnings of the dangers of skin cancer, according to leading charity Cancer Research UK. More young Brits than ever before are tanning themselves on sunbeds, despite repeated warnings of the dangers of skin cancer, according to leading charity Cancer Research UK.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 29 April 2003

29 April 2003