A New Epidemic
We’ve been hearing the words epidemic and pandemic a lot lately. Here’s a context in which I would not have expected to hear these words: skin cancer! An American Academy of Dermatology report in the April 2006 issue of the Mayo Clinic Health Letter warns that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer. The Reuters Health report of this news item states “there is an unrecognized epidemic of skin cancer underway in the United States…”
Of course we all know the most common, effective way to prevent skin cancer: use sunscreen when out in the sun. But so many of us don’t do it! Why is that? Yes, it’s kind of a hassle, but hassle vs. cancer should be a no-brainer. And yes, it can be a gooey, sticky mess, but it doesn’t have to be! I love my sunscreen because it contains natural nutritional compounds that make it super effective with less of the sunscreen ingredients that make the lotion sticky and unappealing.
This is one epidemic we can surely halt!
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