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...space in the back so tanning beds seemed like a good idea,i explains the storeowner. This curious combination of services has been unwrinkling clothes and wrinkling skin since 1993. She remarks that although her tanning business has waned in the past three years due to increasing paranoia over melanoma, there are still some regulars...

Author: By Rebecca E. Bienstock, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Tan, Rinse, Repeat | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

DIED. RICHARD MARTIN, 52, erudite curator of the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art; of melanoma; in New York City. A former F.I.T. art-history professor, Martin combined scholarship and pop culture to invigorate the Costume Institute. Among his recent shows: Wordrobe, a retrospective of clothing decorated with words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 22, 1999 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Parents who slather sun creams on their children often overestimate how much the lotions will protect against harmful rays. As a result, the kids stay outdoors longer, leading to an increase in moles. These growths are the main predictor of skin cancers like melanoma, which accounted for 41,600 new cases this year and 80% of all skin-cancer deaths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...slop it on thick and often. And slap on a wide-brimmed hat, and you can keep 70% of the sun's rays off your face and neck. After decades of their "Slip, Slop, Slap" campaign, Australians are starting to see a decrease in their rate of deaths from melanoma, a particularly deadly form of skin cancer. That's an example worth following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Sunscreens | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

SKIN SCARE Get to the dermatologist if someone in your family has had more than one melanoma. It may signal a genetic predisposition to the cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Apr. 6, 1998 | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

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