Lifestyle and the ‘lag effect’:What’s causing the rise of early onset cancer

Lifestyle and the ‘lag effect’:What’s causing the rise of early onset cancer

Since 1990,cancer in people aged 18 to 49 has increased by 80 per cent worldwide. But why?

  • bySarah Berry

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There is only one type of safe tan. This is how to achieve it

There is only one type of safe tan. This is how to achieve it

There are disturbing reports that commercial sunbeds are making a comeback in Australia despite being illegal since 2016.

  • byStephanie Darling
I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me
Opinion
Opinion

I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me

It’s been a challenging winter and I know my fellow doctors,nurses and paramedics are exhausted. A line from Spider-Man has been echoing in my mind.

  • byFarrukh Tufail
‘It took me decades to realise’:An Australian of the Year’s advice to teen girls
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Good Weekend

‘It took me decades to realise’:An Australian of the Year’s advice to teen girls

Professor Georgina Long,2024’s Australian of the Year with fellow melanoma researcher Richard Scolyer,on life,death – and what young women need to know.

  • byBenjamin Law
Hayley’s melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different
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Cancer

Hayley’s melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different

The Sydney teacher is one of dozens of Australians who contributed to a global trial set to transform treatment of melanomas and,potentially,other cancers.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards
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‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards

There are dozens,possibly hundreds,of other similar videos on social media,prompting leading advertising figures to call out marketing tactics lacking social responsibility.

  • byAisha Dow
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SPF loophole:Experts’ aerosol sunscreen warning for parents

SPF loophole:Experts’ aerosol sunscreen warning for parents

Radiation and melanoma experts say updates to the TGA’s rules for sunscreen labelling fail to address issues with aerosol sunscreen safety.

  • byMary Ward
No hat,no play is ditched after grade 6. One high school is changing that

No hat,no play is ditched after grade 6. One high school is changing that

Eva Urtone’s primary school had a no-hat,no-play policy,but the policy was forgotten by year seven. Her high school is about to become one of the first in the state to mandate hats.

  • byRobyn Grace
‘Frightening … reckless’:The companies selling extreme suntanning to young Aussies
Investigation
Health

‘Frightening … reckless’:The companies selling extreme suntanning to young Aussies

A joint investigation by The Age,The Sydney Morning Herald and A Current Affair has uncovered the dangerous advertisements and dubious claims being used to promote a new wave of tanning products.

  • byAisha Dow andGeorgia Westgarth
Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

A program trying to harness AI to radically change how skin cancer is detected is being considered by the Albanese government.

  • byClay Lucas andHenrietta Cook
$275 to see a GP:Australians priced out of life-saving skin cancer checks

$275 to see a GP:Australians priced out of life-saving skin cancer checks

Cancer experts want free screenings for high-risk patients to detect deadly melanomas before they take hold,as people delay checks due to the rising out-of-pocket cost.

  • byHenrietta Cook andClay Lucas