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Running & skin cancer:
Learn to protect yourself!
Posted December 8th, 2006 at 12:00 PM by Afton Cohen
Section: News & Results, Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Gear & Apparel, Miscellaneous, Sports Medicine, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab
It’s everywhere; on TV, in magazines, on thefinalsprint.com! Exercise can improve your life - its positive, its fun, and it’s good for your health . . . or is it?
A recent study published in The New York Times suggests that there may be a link between distance running and skin cancer.
Lead author of the report, Dr. Christina Ambros-Rudolph, told The New York Times that 210 marathoners, and a control group of 210 non-runners, had their skin examined by dermatologists. Any and all spots or skin damage were recorded. What the results showed was quite interesting:
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