¶ … Sunscreen and melanoma: Is our prevention message correct The idea that sunscreen is an effective weapon against melanoma has become so commonly cited it has become a cliche: not only do primary care providers make the recommendation to wear sunscreen with a SPF over 15 -- even magazines and popular memes underline this advice. However, according to Planta (2011), evidence-based research does not support the idea that sunscreen protects against cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). In fact, although rates of sunscreen use have increased in recent years, the rates of this particularly deadly form of melanoma have also continued to rise at a rate of 3% per annum (Planta 2011). There is also a correlation between the use of sunblock and the likelihood of developing sunburns, which leads to an elevated risk of developing melanoma. Even children whose parents applied sunblock more regularly, according to one Swedish study of children ages 5-7, had higher rather than lower rates of skin cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded "there is no evidence that sunscreens protect you from malignant melanoma"...
While "although there is convincing evidence that nonmelanoma skin cancer is related to cumulative sun exposure, there is less evidence of that association with CMM. If CMM were related to cumulative sun exposure, one would expect that outdoor workers would have a greater incidence of CMM than indoor workers. However, that is not the case" (Planta 2011). In fact, CCM is increasing most rapidly amongst individuals who spend the bulk of their hours indoors and who receive three to nine times less solar UV radiation than those who spend most of their time outside. "Furthermore, there is a higher incidence of CMM among whites living in northern states such Delaware, Vermont, and New Hampshire (>30 per 100,000), which enjoy less year-round sunlight and UV radiation than southern states such as Texas, Florida, Arizona, and New Mexico (
The effectiveness of passing along means should not be underestimated either, a point which can be underscored by the following quotation from Blackmore. "Take the song 'Happy Birthday To You'…Those words affect you, probably quite without any conscious intention on your part, by stirring up a memory you already possess" (37). If the traveling mindset referenced by de Buton could be even half as ubiquitous as the song of
(the Shame of the Nation: Separate and Unequal by Nathan Glazer. The New York Times. September 25, 2005) In the work entitled: "Kozol Discusses "Shame of a Nation" During Hauben Lecture" the author, Brian Whitson states: "The proportion of black students attending public segregated schools is at its highest since the death of civil rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr. is the news related by Kozol to a "...sold out
One of the reasons that zombie films have endured for as long as they have is because they help people to get a glimpse of what the future may possibly hold. By obtaining such insight into a possible future, people are able to better prepare for it and to not fear it as much as they might without such movies. One of the implications of the zombie meme's tendency to
Allocation of funds for education as a model is a notion that is looked at in the academic construct. This work emphasizes this paradigm. The issues of this construct will be viewed as an exemplar. The issue of an equitable and justified funding incorporating the ideas herein will be developed. The paradigm concept and conceptual themes of meme and the paradigm will be concurrently explored to clarify the allocation of
behavior of an organism is determined by memes. Instances of memes are pottery and ways of constructing arches, attire and fashion, tunes and cliches. Memes multiply themselves in the meme pool by jumping from brain to brain through a process which can generally be referred to as imitation in the same way that genes are propagated in the pool of gene transmission from a body through eggs or sperms.
Why Do Memes Go Viral Why Does Alice Follow Bob? The answer to the question “Why Does Alice Follow Bob?” is a simple one. Barring simply knowing Bob as a friend or from work, people follow one another on social media platforms when they see another individual post content that interests them. If Alice is friends with someone Bob knows and sees many comments and “shares” from Bob in her feed, she
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