Queensland bans sunbeds
NEW commercial solariums will be banned in Queensland and existing ones will be wound down, under new regulations that offer no compensation to the controversial industry.
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skin cancer
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TGA warns against salves for skin lesions
AUSTRALIANS are being warned against alternative medicine products, known as black salve or red salve, that are being touted as treatments for skin conditions including cancer.
Fake tan may help reduce cancer risk
RESEARCH has countered the view that a spray-on tan can promote a dangerous obsession with deliberate UV exposure.
Regular indoor tanning a bona fide addiction: experts
FREQUENT indoor tanning may be classified as an addiction for a sizeable number of users, and should be addressed in new skin cancer prevention strategies, US experts believe. A study of 421 university students found among those who used indoor tanning facilities, 39% met DSM-IV criteria for substance-related addiction, while 30.6% met the criteria for addictive behaviour based on responses to the CAGE [Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener] questionnaire used to screen for alcoholism. Indoor tanners with addictive behaviour also reported greater use of alcohol, marijuana and other substances and twice the rate of moderate to severe ...
Antihypertensive drug could prevent skin cancer in men
ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may reduce the incidence of common basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinomas in high-risk men. A US cohort study of 1051 elderly men found those using an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker had a 39% reduced relative risk of developing a basal cell carcinoma and a 33% reduced relative risk of squamous cell carcinoma over a four-year period compared to non-users. The researchers controlled for family history of skin cancer, smoking history, and skin sensitivity. The patients had a minimum of two basal cell carcinomas or ...
GPs bowing to patient pressure driving high skin excision rate
PATIENT pressure may be causing GPs to excise a large number of benign skin lesions, a new study has shown. Queensland researchers analysed the factors affecting the number of benign skin lesions being excised by primary care physicians. They found 154 family medicine physicians, working in mainstream general practice or primary care skin cancer clinics, excised 11,403 skin lesions, more than a quarter of which were pigmented. For pigmented lesions, the number needed to excise or biopsy (NNE) to diagnose one melanoma was 19.6, while the NNE for non-pigmented lesions was 1.5. Dr Stephen Shumack, ...
Anti-sun protection media coverage rising
AUSTRALIAN skin cancer experts are raising concerns over the growth in news coverage featuring anti-sun protection spokespeople commenting on controversial issues such as vitamin D intake. Research conducted by The Cancer Council Victoria involving an analysis of 547 news reports on sun protection issues published in The Age and The Herald Sun from 1993 to 2006 has revealed the emerging trend. It showed that, although the majority of articles featured a pro-sun protection commentator, 12% featured an anti-sun protection spokesperson who supported solarium use or sun exposure to obtain sufficient vitamin D levels. ...