Ohio State University researchers say that sex-difference may determine skin cancer risk. Researchers who conducted a study on mice found that male mice developed tumors earlier and had more tumors than did female mice.

"We found that males actually got tumors about two weeks earlier than the females, and the tumors they did get were larger. There were more of them," said Tatiana Oberyszyn, an OSU researcher

Brazilian researchers have found that the addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy for treating malignant skin cancer does not improve survival rates.

However, the combined treatment can generate some serious side effects in patient's body, the researchers revealed

"SunSafe in the Middle School Years" was a middle school research project conducted to improve awareness and educate teenagers about the prevention of skin cancer and the need for sun protection. The research study has been published in the January issue of "Pediatrics."

The study provided a two-year follow-up period indicating that teens who participated in the program were much better about using sun protection devices than those teens who had not participated in the program

A list of 10 healthy resolutions for the new year was released on Tuesday by the American Medical Association.

In an effort to encourage healthy lifestyles what better time of the year to start than with the upcoming new year

Researchers from the American Cancer Society and Duke University Prostate Center have found that weight loss may lower a man's risk for an aggressive form of prostrate cancer, whereas obesity may increase the risk.

The study participants (nearly 70,000) were tracked for more than a decade, which enabled researchers to record data of a man's adult weight changes in comparison to his initial weight at the beginning of the study