MicroWave@lemmy.world to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBreaking the trend: Skin cancer incidence in young adults declineswww.eurekalert.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11cross-posted to: science@lemmit.online
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkBreaking the trend: Skin cancer incidence in young adults declineswww.eurekalert.orgMicroWave@lemmy.world to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmit.online
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoIt’s because everyone is staying inside.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoWhich is worse than risking skin cancer with sun exposure. These skin cancer rates include basal cell carcinoma, which comprises 90%+ of all skin cancers. (I think it’s really 98%+) Note it’s a carcinoma, not melanoma, meaning that it’s benign in almost all cases, and doesn’t spread unless untreated for a very long time. The severely curtailed vitamin D production from the lack of sunlight is far more damaging. It’s a significant cause of diabetes, and contributes to many disease processes. And you can’t really supplement vitamin D as the form our body makes from sun exposure is different than any supplement we can produce today. Then there’s the cardiovascular impacts.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI wasn’t making a value judgment, I was making a quippy conjecture.
It’s because everyone is staying inside.
Which is worse than risking skin cancer with sun exposure.
These skin cancer rates include basal cell carcinoma, which comprises 90%+ of all skin cancers. (I think it’s really 98%+)
Note it’s a carcinoma, not melanoma, meaning that it’s benign in almost all cases, and doesn’t spread unless untreated for a very long time.
The severely curtailed vitamin D production from the lack of sunlight is far more damaging. It’s a significant cause of diabetes, and contributes to many disease processes. And you can’t really supplement vitamin D as the form our body makes from sun exposure is different than any supplement we can produce today.
Then there’s the cardiovascular impacts.
I wasn’t making a value judgment, I was making a quippy conjecture.