Lower Antioxidant Level Might Explain Higher Skin-Cancer Rate In Males

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  December 3, 2011

EXCERPT: "Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer."   more

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