Comments on: Does Sun Increase The Risk of Skin Cancer? http://www.healthoma.com/does-sun-increase-the-risk-of-skin-cancer/ Healthoma.com is where we discuss about different health related topics like diseases, hygiene, fitness, drugs and also medicine and human body anatomy and the problems and diseases that human body different organs can have. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wally http://www.healthoma.com/does-sun-increase-the-risk-of-skin-cancer/#comment-2499 Wally Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:57:31 +0000 http://www.healthoma.com/does-sun-increase-the-risk-of-skin-cancer/#comment-2499 This means that we have to choose the right sunsreen to use to avoid the risk of having skin cancer. I thought that suncreens with high SPF were already safe to use under the sun. I guess I was wrong. This means that we have to choose the right sunsreen to use to avoid the risk of having skin cancer. I thought that suncreens with high SPF were already safe to use under the sun. I guess I was wrong.

]]> By: Lynne Eldridge M.D. http://www.healthoma.com/does-sun-increase-the-risk-of-skin-cancer/#comment-2463 Lynne Eldridge M.D. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:56:03 +0000 http://www.healthoma.com/does-sun-increase-the-risk-of-skin-cancer/#comment-2463 This is a timely note as summer nears! One word of caution. A small amount of sensible sun exposure during the morning or late afternoon can prove beneficial in a cancer prevention lifestyle. it is estimated that 24,000 people die in the U.S. each year due to LACK of UVB exposure ("Cancer", 2002). This is twice the number of people that die from skin cancer. Also, a recent study showed that receiving 2000 IU's of vitamin D daily halved the risk of developing breast cancer. One glass of milk contains 100 IU's of vitamin D. Ten to fifteen minutes in the sun with 40 percent of the body exposed results in the absorption of 2000-5000 IU's. Thanks for the reminder about covering up. We seem to have forgot what our grandparents knew well. In 1935 before the advent of sunscreen, the risk of melanoma was one in 1500. It is now one in 84. What did they do? They wore protective clothing, hats, used umbrellas, and avoiding sun exposure on the two hours each side of noon! Thanks! Lynne Eldridge M.D. Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time, Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer" http://www.avoidcancernow.com This is a timely note as summer nears!

One word of caution. A small amount of sensible sun exposure during the morning or late afternoon can prove beneficial in a cancer prevention lifestyle. it is estimated that 24,000 people die in the U.S. each year due to LACK of UVB exposure (“Cancer”, 2002). This is twice the number of people that die from skin cancer. Also, a recent study showed that receiving 2000 IU’s of vitamin D daily halved the risk of developing breast cancer. One glass of milk contains 100 IU’s of vitamin D. Ten to fifteen minutes in the sun with 40 percent of the body exposed results in the absorption of 2000-5000 IU’s.

Thanks for the reminder about covering up. We seem to have forgot what our grandparents knew well. In 1935 before the advent of sunscreen, the risk of melanoma was one in 1500. It is now one in 84. What did they do? They wore protective clothing, hats, used umbrellas, and avoiding sun exposure on the two hours each side of noon! Thanks!

Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, “Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time, Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer”
http://www.avoidcancernow.com

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