US EditionTanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds
Research shows tanning beds cause DNA mutations across nearly all skin, increasing melanoma risk nearly threefold compared to non-users, with 5.1% diagnosed versus 2.1%.
- On Friday, a study published in Science Advances found tanning beds spread cancer-linked DNA mutations across nearly the entire skin surface, according to Northwestern Medicine and University of California, San Francisco.
- After seeing a recurring pattern among his patients, Dr. Pedram Gerami began investigating melanoma in women under 50 and included biopsy donor Heidi Tarr in the study published Friday.
- Analyzing nearly 3,000 medical records, the team found a 2.85-fold melanoma risk increase in tanning-bed users and nearly twice as many mutations in 182 individual melanocytes sequenced.
- Researchers urged frequent tanning-bed users to get dermatology checks, Dr. Pedram Gerami pushed for a minor ban, and the FDA requires warning labels against use by those under 18.
- With almost 60,000 global deaths recorded in 2022, some countries like Australia and Brazil ban sunbeds while the American Suntanning Association disputes methods and teenagers follow social media trends.
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Researchers have discovered that indoor tanning may accelerate genetic aging in the skin, leaving young users with more cancer-linked mutations than people decades older. People who use tanning beds have long been known to face a greater risk of skin cancer. New research now shows that young adults who tan indoors experience genetic changes in [...]
Tanning beds are worse for you than you think
Everyone has that one friend who spends more time in tanning salons than they do sucking the marrow out of their work week lunch hours. Their skin's about the same color as the leather seats in a 1978 Chrysler Cordoba. — Read the rest The post Tanning beds are worse for you than you think appeared first on Boing Boing.
Scientists Reveal How Tanning Beds Age Your Skin on a Genetic Level
Tanning beds may offer a convenient indoor alternative to sunbathing, but a new study suggests they could be worse for the skin than sunlight. Indoor tanning can almost triple melanoma risk, the study finds, along with the first evidence that tanning beds cause specific, melanoma-enabling DNA damage across the entire exposed skin surface.
Tanning Beds Nearly Triple Risk of Melanoma: Study
Using tanning beds is linked to a nearly threefold jump in the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, according to a Dec. 12 peer-reviewed study published in the “Science Advances” journal. “Melanoma is responsible for an estimated 11,000 deaths annually in the United States. The main cause is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which generates mutations in melanocytes, driving their transformation to melanoma,” the study said.…
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