Sunscreen is supposed to protect skin from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. It seems only natural to think that these products must be safe because they are supposed to be protecting the body. With over 2 million people receiving a skin cancer diagnosis each year it is really important to protect the skin (Axe, 2014). However, it also equally important to choose the right sunscreen; one that is... 

A new study by UK scientists reveals that a genetically created herpes-based virus is an effective remedy against skin cancer. This virotherapy raises life expectancy for patients with aggressive melanoma and has fewer side effects than other treatments. The worldwide study, which was led by the Institute of Cancer Research in the UK and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, says that an... 

A recent study has unraveled that consistent use of sunscreen in infancy and childhood could avert risk of developing skin cancer. The study conducted by the researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute showed that the incidence of malignant melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer could be reduced by the use of sunscreen in childhood. The researchers were seeking to find why despite... 

Taking proper precautions when going out in the sun, avoiding tanning beds and sun over-exposure can cut the risk of skin cancer. Latest research in Britain demonstrates a dramatic rise in the number of people with skin cancer, adding that more than 2,000 people die from the disease on an annual basis. Each year, more than 13,000 people are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form... 

Her story: Allison Bailey, a former tanning bed addict was diagnosed with skin cancer at just 20 and was left on crutches for a month A woman whose tanning habit caused her to develop skin cancer at the age of just 20 has issued a warning to other young people against the use of sunbeds. Allison Bailey, from Boston, Massachusetts, began tanning as a teenager, in the hope that it would make her more... 

'Tanorexic': Mrs Cobb with, from left, Alfie, Jack, Harry and Archie She once used sunbeds up to five times a week because she thought her tan ‘made her look healthy’. But Joanne Cobb’s obsession with having a golden glow has left her facing a possible death sentence. She has found herself battling nodular melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, and has had to accept...