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How Dangerous is a Childhood Sunburn?

How Dangerous is a Childhood Sunburn?

According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, just one blistering childhood sunburn more than doubles a person’s chances of developing melanoma later in life. A new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, followed over 100,000 Caucasian registered nurses who had reported having at least 5 blistering childhood sunburns. Data was collected from …

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