Asians seek out the sun despite cancer threats
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It's autumn in Hong Kong but the island's beaches are still crowded with sun worshippers desperate to catch the last rays of sunshine before winter.
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NEW YORK  - Two new studies suggest that  exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is  generally believed.
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Mice exposed to stress and ultraviolet radiation develop skin cancer significantly faster than do animals exposed to radiation only, researchers have found. They suggest this may be relevant to people at high risk of skin cancer.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Since 1988, the incidence of cancer among Asian Americans in California has declined 5.9 percent and cancer deaths have fallen 16.3 percent.
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Patients with coronary artery disease face nearly double the risk of healthy people for colorectal cancer, according to a Hong Kong study released Tuesday in the United States.
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Over the past 14 years there have been 114 deaths from cancer in Huangmengying, a village with a population of more than 2,400 in Shenqiu County, Central China&#39;s Henan Province.
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Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries.
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LONDON - Plants used in traditional Thai and Chinese medicine appear to have cancer-fighting properties, according to a team of British scientists.
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Two new studies suggest that exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is generally believed.
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Asian-Americans have distinctive patterns of cancer incidence that doctors should consider when treating them, researchers found.
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Experiments with mice show that ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation does not initiate melanoma skin cancer, but ultraviolet B (UVB) does.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDayNews) -- Education programs can help convince primary school children and adults at the beach to use sun-protective hats and clothing to reduce their risk of skin cancer, says a recent study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - Children's rate of sun damage  increases by more than two-fold between the first and second  summers of their lives, but periodic reminders for parents  about the importance of sun protection may help, according to  new research released Monday.
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In a study of prostate cancer  patients living in California, most Asian men with the disease  survived longer than their white counterparts. The exception  was men from South Asia; their survival was worse than that of  white men.
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Using a solarium to gain a suntan increases the risk of developing skin cancer by 98 percent if you are under the age of 35, with one visit heightening the chance of developing a melanoma by 22 percent, said an Australian study.
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People with melanomas in the  head and neck area have experienced a greater total amount of  sun exposure than those who develop the deadly skin cancers in  their trunk area, Australian researchers report.
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Researchers from Sydney University, Australia, have found that your risk of developing non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL) is reduced after high exposure to sunlight.