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April 19, 2012

Style Network Joins Universal Pictures, Pale Girl ...

May 6th Event to Feature “Style Experience” Tent, Special Performance by Indie Rock Band The 88, Skin Damage Assessments, Sunscreen Samples from Key Sponsor KIN...

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March 28, 2012

Where Can You Find Idaho’s State Senate on Twitt...

  In a reversal of what has become something of a national trend, the Idaho State Senate rejected a bill passed by the House that would have prohibited children under ...

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March 15, 2012

MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND PALE GIRL SPEAKS ...

  Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2012 The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) and Pale Girl SPEAKS announced today that they will partner in hos...

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March 9, 2012

Brian Williams and Hope

  The online community for melanoma patients has been abuzz today about a report by Brian Williams on a patient who had a remarkable experience with melanoma. She was ...

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February 21, 2012

EU Approves Zelboraf

The MRF is delighted to learn that Zelboraf (vemurafenib) has been approved in the European Union for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metas...

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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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