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Skin cancer awareness vital for Southerners
As many of you know,
the American Cancer
Society recently held
its annual Relay for Life
fund-raiser. Something that
you may not know is that
the ACS designates May
as the month to increase
awareness of what is the
most common form of can
cer in the United States,
skin cancer.
Even though May is over,
the dangers of skin cancer
continue; especially as we
all head out-of-doors for our
summer activities.
Skin cancer awareness
is especially important for
those of us living in south
ern states, where ultraviolet
radiation can be particu
larly bad, to heed the ACS
warning (they estimate that
about 59,600 new’ melano
mas will be diagnosed in the
United States during 2005)
and learn about the dangers
and prevalence of skin can
cer.
According to the NCI,
“The risk of developing skin
cancer is affected by where
a person lives. People who
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camp at Youth Quest in Summerton, S.C., recently.
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The United* States
Achievement Academy
announced today that
Samantha Anderson from
Perry has been named a
United States National
Award Winner in Speech
and Drama.
According to a release,
this award is one very few
students can ever hope to
attain. In fact, the academy
recognizes less than than 10
percent of all American high
students.
Anderson, who attends
Perry High, was nominated
for this national award by
Joseph Sendek, a teacher at
the school. She will appear
in the academy’s yearbook,
published nationally.
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live in areas that get high
levels of UV radiation from
the sun are more likely
to get skin cancer. In the
United States, for example,
skin cancer is more com
mon in Texas than it is in
Minnesota, where the sun is
not as strong.”
Here are some more
sobering facts from the NCI.
“Skin cancer is the
most common type of can
cer in the United States.
According to current esti
mates, 40 to 50 percent of
Americans who live to age
65 will have skin cancer at
least once.
“Although anyone can
get skin cancer, the risk
is greatest for people who
have fair skin that freckles
easily often those with
red or blond hair and blue
or light-colored eyes.”
And as I’ve written here
before, there is no such
thing as a “healthy tan.”
Tanned skin is damaged
skin, mutated by exposure
to UV radiation to produce
more melanin (the body’s
protective pigment) in an
in America’s history,” said
Dr. George Stevens, founder
of the academy. “Certainly,
United States Achievement
Academy winners should be
congratulated and appre
ciated for their dedication
to excellence and achieve
ment.”
The criteria for selection
are: a student’s academic
performance, interest and
aptitude, leadership quali
ties, responsibility, enthu
siasm, motivation to learn
and improve, citizenship and
cooperative spirit, depend
ability and recommendation
from a qualified sponsor.
Anderson is the daughter
of Fred and Denise Anderson
from Perry and the grand
parents of Dot Watkins of
Denton, Texas, and Fred and
Becky Anderson of Warner
Robins.
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effort to protect itself.
Again from the ACS,
“skin cancer is related to
lifetime exposure to UV
radiation. Most skin can
cers appear after age 50,
but the sun’s damaging
effects begin at an early
age. Therefore, protection
should start in childhood to
prevent skin cancer later in
life.”
Despite claims to the con
trary, tanning beds and/or
booths are not safer. Ask a
dermatologist.
Sadly, this type of can
cer is very preventable by
simply avoiding or limiting
exposure to UV radiation.
I don’t mean stay inside
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all summer; just use light
clothing, hats, and sun
screens to protect your skin.
Here are some other
recommendations from the
ACS:
1. Avoid the sun
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
2. Seek shade: Look
for shade, especially in the
middle of the day when the
sun’s rays are strongest.
Practice the shadow rule
and teach it to children. If
your shadow is shorter than
you, the sun’s rays are at
their strongest.
3. Slip on a shirt: Cover
up with protective clothing
to guard as much skin as
possible when you are out
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in the sun. Choose comfort
able clothes made of tightly
woven fabrics that you can
not see through when held
up to a light.
4. Slop on sunscreen:
Use sunscreen with a sun
protection factor of 15 or
higher. Apply a generous
amount (about a palmful)
and reapply after swim
ming, toweling dry or per
spiring. Use sunscreen even
on hazy or overcast days.
5. Slap on a hat: Cover
your head with a wide
brimmed hat, shading your
face, ears, and neck. If
you choose a baseball cap,
remember to protect your
ears and neck with sun
screen.
6. Wear sunglasses
with 99- to 100-percent UV
absorption to provide opti
mal protection for the eyes
and the surrounding skin.
7. Follow these practic
es to protect your skin even
on cloudy or overcast days.
UV rays travel through
clouds
So take a few minutes to
learn and put these precau
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Walker wins invite
Special to the HHJ
Katielee Marie Walker,
daughter of Rev. Jeffery and
Emily Walker of Warner
Robins, has been selected
as a finalist in the Pre-Teen
Georgia Scholarship and
Recognition Program to held
today through Sunday at the
Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
Pre-Teen Georgia is an invi
tation-only scholarship and
recognition event for girls 7
to 12 years old and is based
on school academic records,
awards and honors won and/
or their participation in out
side activities. Additionally,
are invitees have been rec
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tions into practice. Make
them part of yours and your
children’s routines before
going outside. Believe me;
you don’t want to have deal
with skin cancer.
You see, I fall into that
“fair-skinned, blue-eyed”
high risk category and
grew up using little or no
sunscreens (no one did in
the 70s it was thought
tanning would protect
the skin). I have also had
more than one skin cancer
removed already. They don’t
leave pretty scars.
lf you have any ques
tions regarding medica
tions or pharmacy practice
in general, or comments,
or suggestions for topics
you’d like to read about in
this column, just write to
me. I can receive email via
voltzrph@hotmail.com or
postal mail at Pharmacy
Q&A, do The Houston
Home Journal, PO Box
1910, Perry, GA. 31069. All
questions are confidential,
so you don’t have to give
your name.
ing personal achievements,
volunteer services, school
involvement, leadership abil
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State finalists will be eval
uated in several categories,
including academic achieve
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communication skills.
Pre-Teen Georgia will
award more than $5,000 in
educational bonds, prizes
and awards. Walker is very
grateful to the following
sponsors who have enabled
her to attend the event:
Alberta Hochett, Lisa Smith,
Stand and Deborah Carter,
Lori Hill, Lasonia Hart and
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