U.K. passes Australia in number of annual melanoma deaths, article says.
Australia's
(12/20, Miranda) reported that the U.K. "has passed Australia in the number of annual malignant melanoma deaths." According to "figures released by Cancer Research U.K...the popularity of" vacations abroad in warm and sunny places "contributed to a massive rise in skin cancers, particularly among older people." Currently, "more than 9500 people in the U.K. a year are now being diagnosed with malignant melanomas," and about 1,800 people die from that disease. Still "another 500 Britons die each year from other forms of skin cancer." The U.K. is now preparing "to launch a campaign to educate people about the dangers of sun-chasing holidays abroad." Meanwhile, "the British Association of Dermatologists found because the weather was normally so bleak in the U.K., Britons desperate for a healthy glow overdid it and burnt on the few days it was bright."
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