{"id":15124,"date":"2025-08-10T21:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=15124"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:44:51","slug":"be-warned-about-the-dangers-of-tanning-skin-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=15124","title":{"rendered":"Be warned about the dangers of tanning | Skin cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">I can\u2019t tell you how sad this article makes me (Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning, 6 August). Sunbeds and extreme tanning cause skin cancer. My son, aged 23, discovered a mole on his back. It took quite a bit of persuasion for him to go to his GP. Seemed quite simple: cut it out, end of. The mole became more moles, more operations. It then became his arms, then his lungs, and then two brain tumours. Two years from his diagnosis, he died. I would plead with people to avoid sunbeds, tanning without sun cream and complacency. I will never get over the death of my son.<br \/><strong>Ruth Heggarty<\/strong><br \/><em>Sheffield<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> It is indeed regrettable that art nouveau has long been neglected generally in France (Editorial, 8\u00a0August), but the city of Nancy is an outstanding exception. Furniture, glass and other works by \u00c9mile Gall\u00e9, Louis Majorelle and others are richly represented in the Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019\u00c9cole de Nancy. The Mus\u00e9e des Beaux Arts de Nancy has extensive collections, and the Villa Majorelle, the designer\u2019s former home, is devoted to his work. An essential destination for the enthusiast.<br \/><strong>Ron Wells<\/strong><br \/><em>Eastbourne, East Sussex<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Gaby Hinsliff\u2019s interesting article on an artificial intelligence future can be usefully extended to historical studies. Finally, we will be able to read Genghis\u2019s and Attila\u2019s sides of the story (When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn\u2019t it time to ask what the boundaries should be?, 8 August).<br \/><strong>Peter Taylor<\/strong><br \/><em>Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Dr Nick Williams\u2019 letter (6 August), saying he uses planes rather than trains because the latter are unreliable, appeared on the same day you reported that flights were suspended from Birmingham airport, affecting thousands.<br \/><strong>John Shirley<\/strong><br \/><em>London<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> I went to the Millet exhibition on Thursday, and of course the sawyers aren\u2019t cutting up a giant penis (Letters, 6 August). It\u2019s clearly a very large salami.<br \/><strong>Anne Cowper<\/strong><br \/><em>Bishopston, Swansea<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> A clear case of apartheight (Blackadder star Tony Robinson vents anger over \u2018heightism\u2019, 7 August).<br \/><strong>Tracey Gilbert<\/strong><br \/><em>Exeter<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>letters<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t tell you how sad this article makes me (Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning, 6 August). Sunbeds and extreme tanning cause skin cancer. My son, aged 23, discovered a mole on his back. It took quite a bit of persuasion for him to go to his GP. 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