Skin cancer is a disease that receives more headlines and article column inches than ever before. Is this an indication that the disease is on the rise because people are more at risk to the causes of skin cancer. Or simply that the public information campaigns have made people more alert to spotting warning signs and getting them checked out by their doctors. The answer is probably a bit of both. So what causes skin cancer ? This article will answer this question and detail who is most at risk on getting the disease.

Skin cancer is a common form of cancer for people that expose their skin to the sun often. It can be readily treated if picked up quickly enough through screening sessions or personal inspection of the body for any moles, other skin blemishes or changes in existing marks on the skin. However preventing skin cancer from ever occurring is a far better approach. And prevention is far more successful if people are aware of the risk factors that make them more susceptible to the disease. This article will detail how a family history of skin cancer is a major risk factor for skin cancer in a person.

Sun tanning or sunbathing is a major reason for having skin cancer. Why? It is because this activity leads you to the exposure to the harmful ultraviolet rays.

Those "Double Tall Latte's" may be healthier than you think! A study at Rutgers University studied the effects of caffeine combined with exercise. What they found was very surprising. When used together, exercise and caffeine doubled the levels of a tumor-suppressing protein(phospho-p53).

Childhood should be a playful, carefree time. The unfortunate reality, however, is that the time that children spend playing outdoors may put them at risk of developing skin cancer.

If experts were to issue report cards on the welfare of our children, American schools would receive a big "F" in skin cancer protection and education.