For the story in USA TODAY CLICK HERE At least 170,000 cases of skin cancer each year are linked to indoor tanning, according to an analysis published online Tuesday in the British medical journal BMJ. Indoor tanners are 67% more likely to develop the more serious squamous-cell carcinomas compared with those who have never tanned indoors,
Less Cancer Founder Bill Couzens, Brother Frank and Sister Anne Couzens This week I have tried to wash the cancer away. I have showered time and time again, scrubbing my skin hoping the events of last week are all a bad dream never to return. But its not, Cancer has once again
Grosse Pointe Farms and Harbor Springs, Michigan resident Frank Couzens III, 57, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2012, surrounded by his family and friends. Frank, whose career began in advertising, was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Jackson Dawson Communications. He was respected and appreciated by team members throughout Jackson Dawson and Ford Motor Company alike, for his
Center Bill Couzens, Right Frank Couzens, Left Sister Margaret and Second Row Sister Carol My brother Frank is now in a hospital bed at the Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan. Frank devastated from effects of Cancer and the harsh treatments that come with it. This will be my second sibling to die of cancer. And
I remember Elaine had spent a year complaining about leg pain before being dianosed with a blocked artery by a vascular doctor. Until that point she'd been told she needed back surgery for a compressed disc. Her fear of surgery kept her searching for another diagnosis, though, and she eventually found her way to Mind Over
Below is the beautiful tribute Less Cancer Board Member, Journalist, Miles O'Brien had to say about his sister Aileen O'Brien Graef. A last hurrah, a summer break Aileen and Miles O'Brien in this beautiful moment captured by Miles daughter Connery O'Brien. The Power of Pooze By Miles O'Brien We may not be in
News of the latest Stanford study published in Annals of Internal Medicine says that the published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A message for me, the "non- scientist" that was not so much about what
Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones reported Friday August 24,2012 that if Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) gets his way, soon we may lose detailed information about the chemicals putting us at risk. The National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, publishes the biannual Report on Carcinogens, which is one of the primary sources of public
This morning Next Generation Choices Foundation/ Less Cancer board member-journalist Miles O'Brien lost his beloved sister, Aileen to Breast Cancer. Aileen who was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan spent the later part of her life in Vero Beach, Florida. In addition to her devoted brother Miles, Aileen is survived by two daughters Katie and Aileen.
NEW YORK (August 20, 2012) Exposure to air pollution in the womb and continuing exposure during early childhood increase risk for development of non-atopic asthma, according to a study by researchers at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Pyrene -a