Sun exposure
- StyleYahoo Life
This dermatologist got skin cancer — twice. Here’s what she learned.
The experience has made dermatologist Ellen Marmur more vigilant about sun protection and a more empathetic doctor.
- NewsSamantha McArthur, Yahoo Lifestyle Blogger
There’s more to sun protection than sun screen! Here’s how to protect your body from top to toe this summer
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- NewsGail Johnson
Could staying out of the sun actually increase your cancer risk?
New research has found that women with high concentrations of vitamin D have a much lower chance of developing cancer. Avoiding the sun “is a risk factor for death of a similar magnitude as smoking” the authors wrote in a recent issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine. Compared with those with the highest sun exposure, life expectancy for those who avoided sun dropped by 0.6 to 2.1 years.
- NewsSimone Olivero
Avoiding the sun may actually make you sick
Before you pile on layers of clothing and sunscreen, you might want to read this. The Vitamin D Society, a Canadian non-profit group dedicated to increasing awareness around vitamin D and how it relates to your health, recently released a study claiming that overly restrictive sun exposure may actually be more dangerous than soaking up a few rays. “Humans have adapted to sun exposure over many thousands of years and derive numerous physiological benefits from UV exposure, in addition to vitami