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Why I’m Getting Naked for Skin Health 

Guest blog post by Ian Michael Crumm, Celebrity Esthetician, Podcast Host, Key Opinion Leader, Melanoma Advocate and 2025 #GetNaked Spokesperson: Some moments stick with yo...

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February 14, 2012

Mom & Pop’s Selling Cancer

  The recent Congressional report on the way tanning salons market to teenagers is disturbing on a number of levels, though not particularly surprising.  This is,...

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February 8, 2012

Fighting Dirty

I read the report from Congress’ House Energy and Commerce Committee with great interest.  They used interns to call 300 tanning salons—at least 3 in each ...

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February 1, 2012

Statement from Timothy Turnham, Executive Director...

For Immediate Release: February 1, 2012   Contact: Berna Diehl Jones Public Affairs (202) 591-4045 Berna@jpa.com   Statement from Timothy Turnham, Executive Direc...

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January 13, 2012

New Awareness Videos Share the Message about Melan...

The Melanoma Research Foundation was excited to learn that members of the Western University of Health Sciences Dermatology Interest Group Association recently created two ...

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January 9, 2012

The Question

  I have been around hospitals, doctors, and life-threatening illnesses for a large portion of my life, so I was recently taken aback to learn that something I had hea...

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December 27, 2011

Gifts and Giving

  A close relative is a two-time cancer survivor.  He was diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer that is notorious for recurrence.  Fortunately the doctor...

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December 19, 2011

Holiday Spirit

  The holidays can be challenging in many ways, and particularly when the previous year has brought the death of a loved one.  Often, when someone dies of melanom...

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December 6, 2011

Public Servants

  Newscasters tell us that the approval rating for the US Congress is at an all-time low—under 10%.  We hear a lot about a “do-nothing” Congress...

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Melanoma News |
November 22, 2011

Taking a Chance on Hope

His wife died of melanoma a few months ago and he was talking about hope. I can’t claim to have known her well, but in my own encounters with her and by all accounts,...

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November 8, 2011

Washington, D.C. Melanoma Patient Community Celebr...

For Immediate Release: November 8, 2011 Contact: Jenni Glenn   Brooke Gilchrist              &nbs...

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October 31, 2011

New Initiative Focuses on Ocular Melanoma

For Immediate Release:  October 31, 2011 Contact:         Berna Diehl          &nb...

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October 27, 2011

Third-Annual MelaNoMo’! Fundraiser raises ov...

The third annual MelaNoMo'! Fundraiser, held by Neil Gaines, raised over $30,000 for the Melanoma Research Foundation. Diagnosed at stage 3a in 2008, Neil teamed up wit...

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Philadelphia Miles for Melanoma 5K

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14th Annual Denver Gala

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5th Annual #GetNakedJax

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