Tanning Beds

7 10, 2012

USA TODAY Tanning beds’ toll: At least 170,000 skin cancers a year

By |2017-11-10T21:06:00-05:00October 7th, 2012|Chemo, Couzens, Indoor Tanning, Melanoma, Radiation, Tanning Beds|

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,

9 09, 2012

The Power of Pooze – By Miles O’Brien

By |2017-11-10T21:06:00-05:00September 9th, 2012|Aileen O'Brien Graef, Bill Couzens, boing boing, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Schmancer, Chemical Companies, Chemo, Couzens, Detroit, GMO, GMOs, lance Armstrong, Less Cancer, Maryann Donovan, Mia Farrow, michael moore, Michigan, Miles O'Brien, New Hampshire, Phillp Morris, Prevention, Thomas M Sherman, Tom Sherman, Uncategorized, Virginia, Xeni Jardin|

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

26 07, 2012

1 in 20 Cases of Melanoma Linked to Tanning Beds

By |2017-11-10T21:07:02-05:00July 26th, 2012|Chemo, Less Cancer|

From Health Day News  -- European study supports warnings to avoid tanning beds and cut your risk from skin cancer. The study estimates that one in every 20 cases (5.4 percent) of the most lethal form of skin cancer, melanoma, can be attributed to tanning bed use. The story by Steven Reinberg reports that those that bronze

8 06, 2012

The Fairest Of Them All – When Choosing A Sun Block is Like Taking the SATs

By |2017-11-10T21:07:02-05:00June 8th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Over the past few days, I have spent time in Virginia grocery stores, including Giant, Safeway, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods. At these stores, I navigated labels on merchandise, specifically the ones on sun block. I also observed shoppers, watching to see if they, too, read labels, and I talked to them about those labels.

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