34 h. ago More young adults are getting breast, kidney, and colorectal cancer — but why?

Breast, uterine, kidney, and colorectal cancer have all been diagnosed more frequently over the last decade in Americans under the age of 50

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50 h. ago Doctors demand all sunbeds banned in UK as young women blighted by skin cancer

Current restrictions are 'ineffective' and have had 'little effect' on tanning bed use by young people, the boffins added as shocking data showed 28% of the public use sunbeds

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57 h. ago Sunbeds should be banned in the UK to cut skin cancer rates, experts say

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds was confirmed to be carcinogenic to humans in 2009 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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66 h. ago Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar

If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpartProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghCancer used to be seen as part of ageing: something that mainly afflicted people over the age of 60 or 70. But although it is still true that the majority of new cancer diagnoses affect the over-70s, the pattern is changing in subtle ways. Some cancers are increasingly found in younger people.Take colorectal (bowel) cancer: while rates have declined in those over 60, data shows a sharp increase in many developed countries among people under 50, in what’s called early-onset disease.Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Scientists make breakthrough that could halt spread of aggressive cancer

Pancreatic cancer has bleak survival rates

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2 w. ago Scots tanning firm ordered to ban 'irresponsible' ad that claims that sunbeds 'reduce cancer'

Indigo Sun, which is based in Stirling, was ordered to ban the ad.

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