Saturday, August 13, 2005

Word to the melanin-challenged...

My dear possums,

Unless you're a meerkat, don't do this:
There's more evidence on the hazards of tanning beds. Baking under their artificial lamps as little as once a month can boost your risk of a deadly form of skin cancer by 55% -- and the danger is even greater when done in early adulthood.

A new study involving more than 106,000 Scandinavian women shows what its researchers say is the strongest evidence to date that artificial tanning can cause malignant melanoma.



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