Friday, March 25, 2011

Skin cancer risk is higher for rich women than for poor women, study finds

Wealthy women are more likely to get skin cancer than poor women, according to a new study

The rich really are different from the rest of us – at least when it comes to skin cancer.

That’s the conclusion of a new study from Archives of Dermatology that examined the incidence of melanoma among younger women of various income levels. Not only were melanoma rates highest among those with the highest incomes, the number of new diagnoses also grew fastest in that group too. Full Story

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