As Australian children head back to school for the first time in 2012, teachers and schools are being urged from environmental group, Friends of the Earth, to drop sunscreens that include nanoparticles… Read more…

Despite repeated warnings from years of national sun safety campaigns, Western Australian men are still leaving themselves at high risk of developing skin cancer as they fail to use adequete sun protection. Read more…

After 40 years of working with skin cancer and having removed more than 40,000 malignancies, Dr Ian McDougall is concerned that the national sun safety strategies are failing to have a substantial impact. Read more…

Sun protection has come a long way since we baked in the harsh Australian sun with completely bare skin, reflective foil at the ready. In the ensuing decades, once exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation was found to cause up to 90 per cent of skin cancers, sunscreen became a non-negotiable mainstay in our daily lives

The Cancer Council has recently advised that the rate of skin cancer in Australia is increasing, along with the number of skin cancer related deaths. What is also very concerning is that payments for skin cancer compensation claims by workers has doubled in less than a decade. More than 1,300 workers have claimed for sun-related

Scientists have found a gene which could play an integral part in the formation of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). The Grhl3 gene is said to contain a key to stopping the development of cells which cause SCC. As there are drugs already in development for treating other cancers, they hope treatments and prevention therapies for

Having been diagnosed with cancer a number of years ago, like many sufferers Stynes is still battling the disease. Stynes will now become the pioneer patient in Australia for a new cancer drug that is said to…Read more

Scientists have made the discovery of four gene types which have now been found to be linked to melanoma. After testing thousands of patients, researchers in both Australia and the UK have been able to confirm the results which is a significant discovery in understanding how melanomas develop. Read more…

British researchers have revealed that they are on the verge of creating a pill that can prevent skin damage from harmful UV rays. Based on the same chemicals that coral can produce in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to protect itself from UV damage, the pill is designed to change the face of sun protection for ever. Read more…

Despite the alarming figures that 2 in 3 Australians will develop skin cancer, it is sad fact that skin cancer the country is still on the rise. Melanoma is the most common cancer for people aged 15-44 so it is extremely important to ensure all age groups are actively involved in the prevention and education

According to a US study, coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumours… Read more here

In a move by the Cancer Council to promote sun safety to young Australians, a competition has been launched to encourage students aged 12-17 to get creative showing off their ‘original skin’. The annual SunSmart competition is offering great prizes to students for creating a short film, image or creative writing piece that shows why