Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | 104
Mind & Matter
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The Relationship Between Melanoma and UV Exposure
The World Health Organization now has classified melanomas into various types based on the epidemiology of sunlight that leads to them. The real epidemic of melanoma we have now is intermittent sun exposure and sun burning. When you look at the skin around the melanoma, there are not the marks of long term sun exposure. There's no wrinkling or some of those marks. Now, some types of melanoma are caused by chronic sun exposure. And is there chronic sun exposure? Yeah.
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