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We Who Are About to Die Will Bankrupt You!

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lung Cancer, Health Care Bill, Melanoma, Senior Citizens, Medical Conditions, President Obama, Medical Care, Health Insurance, Medical Costs, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

The President's plan seems to be getting nowhere, and we who already have Medicare can just say "The hell with it." But I think we'd better all give it more thought, and somebody ought to think about a solution rather than shout, "No, no, no."

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Why A Freckle Could Be The Death Of Me

Janet Carlson | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Death, Spf, Health, Wellness, Sun Protection, Living News
Janet Carlson

Melanoma is the black-belt of skin cancers. It travels stealthily, horizontally through the skin and sets up satellites that can get busy. Left untreated, melanoma can kill you.

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Summer Is Here! How You Can Avoid the Sun, But Still Have Fun

Yuna Shin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Sunscreen, Sunburn, Sun Safety, Melanoma, American Cancer Society, Skin Cancer Foundation, Skin Cancer, Summer Fun, Swimming, Palm Beach, Sun Safety Guidelines, Living News
Yuna Shin

My dislike of the sun is actually the result of a combination of both the Korean cultural upbringing and the photosensitivity I suffered as a child.

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Frank McCourt Has Melanoma

AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Frank McCourt Cancer, Frank McCourt Melanoma, Melanoma, Cancer, Frank Mccourt, New York-New York, Media News

NEW YORK — A publicist for Frank McCourt confirms the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" has cancer. Scribner spokesman Brian Be...

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Sun-proofing Your Child's Skin

JJ Levenstein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Kids Sun, Sunscreen, Sunburn, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Sunblock, How Much Sunscreen, Skin Health, Living News
JJ Levenstein

A parent has good reason to engage in sun protection early on: One blistering sunburn from unprotected sun exposure as a child can possibly double the risk of melanoma later in life.

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Dueling Docs - Does the Sun Really Cause Melanoma?

Janice Horowitz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Photo Aging, Sunburn, Melanoma, Vitamin D, Squamous Cell, Skin Cancer, Wrinkling, Basal Cell Cancer, Cancer, Sun Expousre, Sunscreens, Spf, Living News
Janice Horowitz

Melanoma has always been considered linked to sun exposure, and sunscreen thought to protect against it. Now some doctors raise doubts.

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Skin Cancer Now Most Common Cancer Among Young Women In UK: Study

AP | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Skin Cancer in Women, Skin Cancer Young Women, Melanoma, Health, Skin Cancer, Women's Health, Skin Cancer Most Common, Cancer, United Kingdom, Living News

LONDON — Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in young British women, the country's leading cancer organiz...

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Are We Our Own Healers?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Massage, Melanoma, Acupuncture, Health, Skin Cancer, Healing, Reiki, Chakras, Living News
Tabby Biddle

Today as I waited in the doctor's office, I felt calm and secure. I felt that after spending years with a victim attitude and years in denial, that this time I was the one determining my diagnosis.

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How John McCain Could Think Pink and Redeem his Reputation as a Hero

Darryle Pollack | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Melanoma, Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Which is why, when McCain loses the election, I propose he dust off his image as a hero, and become one. We would have McCain to thank during Melanoma Awareness month.

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Please Get a Second Opinion, Senator McCain!

Dr. Anne Chapas | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Melanoma, Mccain Melanoma Questions, McCain Melanoma, Medical Records, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Dr. Anne Chapas

Reclassifying the tumor, would change Senator McCain's statistical survival at 10 years from about 60 percent to 36 percent at the time of diagnosis, according to a published study.

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Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

ZP Heller | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Cheryl Contee, Brave New Foundation, Ari Melber, Melanoma, Charles Karel Bouley, Meet the Bloggers, Media, Richard Sagebiel, 2008 Election, Death, Robert Greenwald, Doctors, Zp Heller, Cancer, Censorship, Health Records, John McCain, Media News
ZP Heller

McCain is the most public of public figures right now. We have the right to know about his health history because it could interfere with his ability to lead and become a national security issue.

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McCain's Age, Melanoma, Mental Lapses...and Palin -- Demand an MRI Before November

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Alaska, Iraq, John McCain, Melanoma, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Paul Abrams

John McCain is 72 years old, and despite showcasing his 95 year old mother and his own protestations to the contrary, 72 is, well, 72. Couple that w...

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John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released!

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medical Records, Doctors, John McCain, Melanoma, Cancer, Health Records, John Mccain Health, John McCain Medical Records, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

We have enlisted a group of doctors from around the country to lead the effort to make sure the public is able to make judgments for themselves. Secrecy is not of service to our democracy, transparency is.

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Confessions Of A Recovering Tanorexic

Val Brown | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Tanning, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Style News
Val Brown

I have friends who have "embraced pale" for years. But the opportunity to maintain an alabaster complexion (in my mind, the only look that works if you go sunless in summer) was wasted during a couple of years in school in Miami, Irish freckles emerging for, alas, life.

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Reading The Pictures: A Crude Salute

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Flag Pin, John McCain, Melanoma, Cindy McCain, Drilling, Campaign, NAVY Hat, News, Oil Well, USMC Pin, Oil Derrick, McCain Oil, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-07-30-mccain_cindy_oilderrick.jpg Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.

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