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Local people are invited to meet specialist nurses from Medway Community Healthcare to get advice about problem skin conditions.
The team will be at Hempstead Valley on Thursday 18 July 2013 from 9am to 4pm. More
The difficulty of slowing the rise in skin cancer cases is revealed in a new study, the results were released on 16th Aug. It shows those many in the South East to be unaware of the risks, failing to protect themselves or their children, and unable to recognise potentially harmful symptoms. It also shows that men are significantly less able to identify changes to the skin which should prompt medical attention. The figures come as data from Nuffield Health’s UK hospitals show a 16% rise in skin cancer cases among the young (16-34) since 2007. More