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Asian Americans Increasingly Adopting Risky Skin-Care Habits, Stanford Survey Suggests.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 18-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
STANFORD, Calif. -- A new survey from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a significant number of Asian Americans living in California adopt unhealthy sun-exposure behaviors as they become more westernized. The findings underscore a need for increased skin-health awareness on the part of primary care physicians, dermatologists and people of Asian ancestry, who may incorrectly assume that pigmented skin and hair protect against skin cancer.

"Skin screening and self-examination recommendations, which are often targeted more to people with fair skin, should definitely include different ethnic groups," said dermatologist Anne Chang, MD, an instructor at the medical school, who noted that skin cancer rates have been reported to be rising significantly...

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