June 1, 2022 For the last few years, summertime has felt even more special to me than usual. With the long, warm days, we’re finally able to get outside more and enjoy walks, bike rides and time at the park – often with family and friends we may not have seen for a while. In […]
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Preventing Skin Cancer: Tanning Beds Still Alluring, Still Very Risky
Photo: Flickr/whatshername, Creative Commons Lic. There was a nice piece in the New York Times this weekend on the risks of indoor tanning, particularly in youth. Focussing on the personal experiences of a handful of young women and their parents, it does a very good job highlighting the well-established risks of skin cancer and deadly melanoma, the […]
New Study: Tanning Bed Use Brings Skin Cancer Risks – and Brings Them Early
Photo: Flickr/whatshername A new study out this week further confirms the dangers of indoor tanning, finding that use of tanning beds and other UV tanning devices is strongly linked to developing skin cancer early in life. Published early online in the medical journal Pediatrics, the study compared the history of indoor tanning in a group […]
Mother/Daughter Tanning and the Dual Nature of Family History
We’ve dedicated a number of posts over the past year on the policy and health pitfalls of indoor tanning – from the potential benefits of the “tanning tax” (post) to surprisingly high rates of tanning by some youth (post). Now comes a fascinating, if not perfectly surprising, little analysis on the influence parents can have […]
New Findings on UV in Winter: Keep That Sunscreen Handy
With summer a distant memory and fall giving way to the cold, darker days of winter, a lot of us put our sunscreen into storage, along with our shorts, sandals, and t-shirts. But, even though the warmth of the sun may have gone on hiatus, some of its ultraviolet (UV) punch hasn’t; this is especially […]
Video: No Such Thing as Safe Tanning
In the June issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, University of Minnesota researcher DeAnn Lazovich and colleagues published a study further confirming the dangers of indoor tanning, finding significant increases in the risk of melanoma linked to regular tanning bed use (link). She summarizes her findings and take-home messages in this nice […]
Tanning Beds, Addiction, and Taxes
A new study in this month’s Archives of Dermatology suggests that indoor tanning can be addicting in young adults (study) (1). While the study was relatively small, with just over 400 participants surveyed, the results seem to bolster the need for moves toward greater regulation of the indoor tanning industry, especially through policies that curtail […]
More Blistering Truths About Tanning Bed Use By Youth
A new study published online last week in the British Medical Journal on tanning bed use by youth in the United Kingdom has raised concerns well beyond its shores (full study) (1). The study surveyed over 9,000 children aged 11 -17 in England, Wales, and Scotland and found that 6 percent of those surveyed […]
3222.0 – Population Projections, Australia, 2006 to 2101
Australian population growth projection leads to increasing burden of cancer for health services and for the community. The continuing growth through births and migration lead to projections that the Australian population will substantially increase in size and in age over the next 50 years. By 2056 5% percent or more of the population will be […]