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Death From The Sun
Posted by Dr. Gifford Jones on Aug 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Skin Cancer, malignant melanoma
Ask Wayne Gretzky if you want to know about hockey. But ask Australians if you want to know about malignant melanomas, a deadly form of skin cancer. That country has the highest rate of this skin malignancy in the world. And studies show that in North America melanomas are becoming more common every year. We would all be dead without the sun’s energy. But being a sun worshiper is one easy way to leave this planet prematurely.
Every year over 50,000 new cases of malignant melanoma occur in North America. According to the American Academy of Dermatology one person dies every hour from this malignancy on this continent. Today, skin cancer is the most common malignancy in women between 25 and 30 years of age.
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