Ultraviolet rays have been proven to cause not only skin cancer,
but also wrinkles and other signs of premature aging. Two
studies published in the March Archives of Dermatology provide
the best estimate of the significant and steadily growing
prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancers in USA. While, these
cancers are rarely fatal and can be treated if caught early, one
must not mistake them as being entirely harmless, with many
experts concerned non-melanoma skin cancers are reaching
epidemic proportions. A recent study by researcher from Harvard
indicates over 13 million white, non-Hispanic people living in
the USA in 2007 had had at least one non-melanoma, primarily
either basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma. The second, more
detailed study of data from two Medicare databases conducted by
Howard Rogers, a Connecticut dermatologist and his colleagues at
several medical schools found that the number of procedures for
treating such skin cancers between 1992 and 2006 ballooned
nearly 77%, to around 2 million ca