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Study: Skin cancer rates jump over past 40 years

Tanning season is about to begin, and what better time to start thinking about skin cancer prevention? A new Mayo Clinic study published Monday found that rates of melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, have increased eight-fold among women in one Minnesota county and four-fold among young men over the past 40 years, which the researchers blame on the popularity of tanning salons. Six steps to take.

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