Posts Tagged ‘melanoma’

Skin Care and Beauty :Bristol drug extends survival in deadly skin cancer

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s experimental skin cancer drug ipilimumab added an average of four months to the lives of patients with advanced melanoma, U.S. researchers said on Saturday, representing a major advance in a disease littered with drug failures.
Melanoma is one of the Read the rest of this entry »

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Beauty and Skin Care :FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds

Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk.
Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there’s increasing scientific consensus that there’s Read the rest of this entry »

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