Sunscreens - and Ratings

Sunscreens - and Ratings - May Improve

June 11th, 2007 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Shade your kids. Strong new evidence suggests overall sun exposure in childhood, not just burns, is a big key to who later develops deadly skin cancer.

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