Browsing by Author "DeAnn Lazovich"

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    Indoor tanning tied to cancer
    (2010-05-25) Engebretson, Mark; DeAnn Lazovich
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. If you frequent an indoor tanning salon, listen up: Your risk of getting melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, is 75 percent greater than for people who don’t tan indoors. In addition, the more time that people spend at tanning salons, the greater their risk of acquiring melanoma. These are the results from a case-control research study involving more than 2,200 people. DeAnn Lazovich, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, led the study. The bottom line? Lazovich says stay away from indoor tanning salons. For Public Health Moment and John Finnegan, I’m Mark Engebretson
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    Melanoma Monday
    (2011-04-25) Engebretson, Mark; DeAnn Lazovich
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. May 2, is Melanoma Monday, an annual event to promote the prevention and detection of melanoma. Last year, more than 100,000 Americans were diagnosed with melanoma. About 75 percent of all skin cancer deaths are from melanoma, with nearly 9,000 in 2010. But melanoma is very curable, if detected early, dermatologists say. So, what are the risk factors? We asked DeAnn Lazovich, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota. So, how can you lower your risk?
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    Tanning beds and cancer
    (2009-09-09) Finnegan, John; DeAnn Lazovich
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. For many Midwesterners, the tanning bed is a necessity of life. Now, it’s also officially a cancer-causing agent, according to the World Health Organization. In a recent report, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer states that there is a causal link between ultraviolet radiation produced by tanning beds and cancer. DeAnn Lazovich a University of Minnesota cancer epidemiologist, explains. Based on this report and her own research, Lazovich offers advice. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.