Mercury Legal to back Sun Awareness Week
Mercury Legal will be showing its support for the British Association of Dermatologists’ annual Sun Awareness Week this May (6th – 12th May). The annual event, which forms part of the BAD’s wider Sun Awareness campaign, running from April to September, has been...Cases of skin cancer on the up
New NHS figures have revealed that the number of skin cancer cases in Scotland have risen by over 30% during the past decade. In 2013, there were 1,172 cases of melanoma, making it the sixth most common form of cancer. The most common form of the disease is still lung...Concerns about melanoma diagnosis after man dies following years of suffering
Concerns have been raised regarding rates of melanoma diagnosis after a man developed the disease and went for years undiagnosed until he eventually passed away. Terry Wheeldon, from Manchester began using sunbeds in 1999 shortly before his marriage to wife Joann,...Salon fined for failing to ensure under-18s ban
A tanning salon chain in Bristol has been fined after it failed to enforce age restrictions in one of its outlets. Gloden Ltd was fined £4,000 alongside £1,500 in prosecution costs at Bristol Magistrates Court yesterday (18th March). The firm, which operates five...Melanoma drug fast-tracked to NHS patients
An unlicensed and experimental new drug has been fast-tracked to skin cancer patients under a new government scheme, in an effort to get pioneering drugs to seriously ill patients much quicker. Pembrolizumab, a treatment for advanced skin cancer, is the first medicine...
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