There is a group of amazing folks congregating in Austin, Texas as we speak for the annual LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance meeting. The Alliance is a group of organizations brought together that serve people with cancer ages 15-40 and are filling a drastic void in cancer care and support.

Young adults are often the “forgotten” patients. They don’t fit in pediatrics and they don’t fit in with older patients. They are at the prime of their lives; going to school, dating, getting married, starting careers, having kids. When these 70,000 people each year are diagnosed they have very little…

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The Howard County, Maryland board of health unanimously approved regulations that will ban youth under the age of 18 from using indoor tanning devices making it the first jurisdiction to pass this type of measure in the United States. The vote took place after hearing from those for and against the regulations. Health Officer Dr. Peter Beilenson introduced the regulations in September. Tuesday, he defended the measure. “Teenagers are much more likely to burn with indoor tanning,” he said. “Fifty-eight percent report burning in indoor tanning. And burns, particularly at a young age, are clearly correlated with developing melanoma…

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