Ep 128 Skin Cancer: We love and fear the sun

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

For every article about the risks of sun exposure or a guide to sunscreens, you don’t have to look far to find one about the health benefits of sunshine or a how-to for achieving the best tan. Messaging around sun exposure is mixed, to say the least, and it’s no wonder that despite having more sun protection tools than ever before, rates of skin cancer have never been higher. In this episode, we delve into the relationship between UV radiation and skin cancers, answering your (sun)burning questions about the different types of cancers and how sunscreens actually work. We then explore the history of sun protective methods and how attitudes around tanning have changed dramatically over time. We wrap up the episode with a look at rates of skin cancers around the globe today and exciting research showing the benefits of sunscreens as well as how AI might be used to help diagnose skin cancer. Tune in for an info-packed episode that will have you reaching for that sunscreen bottle.

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0:00.0	Many put their hope in Dr. Serhat.
0:02.6	His company was worth half a billion dollars.
0:05.2	His research promised groundbreaking treatments for HIV and cancer.
0:09.5	But the brilliant doctor was hiding a secret.
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0:20.3	Hi, my name's Ali Phillips, and this is my story. I'm one of those genetically unlucky people where my skin is very light and I've always had a lot of moles. I inherited this from my mom who also has a history of skin
0:35.9	cancer so I have been having moles removed since I was a small child. I never
0:41.2	thought anything about having moles removed. I just thought it was mainly for cosmetic reasons.
0:47.4	I started laying in the tanning bed when I was a sophomore in high school because I wanted to be tan for prom. That was the popular
0:54.8	thing to do back in the early 2000s when everyone wanted that bronze look. I remember
1:00.8	reading all the waivers that you signed when you go to the tanning salon. I remember
1:05.0	thinking cancer from a tanning bed.
1:09.0	That won't happen to me, never heard of it.
1:11.0	So every spring then, I would lay in the tanning bed a couple
1:15.6	nights a week to prepare for prom. I really loved myself when I had a tan. I thought
1:21.2	it made me beautiful. Then college came around and there was no more
1:25.1	prom to prepare for, but I still wanted to be tan like all the other girls on
1:29.0	campus. So I kept going to the tanning bed.
1:36.6	Until one day in the spring of 2006 in my freshman year of college,
1:42.0	I got a rash all over my body and I took a break from tanning because I figured that's what caused my rash. While I had this rash I
1:45.2	had accidentally scratched off a mole on my left thigh and it bled. I had always
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