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Dermatologists from Penn State University say that a safe tan does not exist. The incidence of melanoma, a fatal form of skin cancer, was eight times higher among women and four times higher among men in 2009 compared to 1970. Sixty thousand people are diagnosed with melanoma each year in the USA - one American dies every hour from the disease. The American Cancer Society says that among 25 to 29 ...

An updated report on the benefits and harms of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) has found that estrogen plus progestin and estrogen alone reduce fracture risk but raise the risk of stroke, gallbladder disease, urinary incontinence and thromboembolism events. Estrogen plus progestin raise the chances of developing breast cancer and probably dementia, while estrogen alone decreases breast cancer ri...

A long-term study featured in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine reveals that working more than two night shifts per week poses a greater risk of breast cancer. The risk appears cumulatively higher in those who describe themselves as 'early birds' or 'morning people' than 'owls' or 'night birds'. After discovering that shift work disrupts the body's clock (circadian rythms) and is...