FACT CHECK: In health debate, Obama’s stories of hardship don’t always hold up to scrutinyWASHINGTON — One of President Barack Obama’s health care “horror stories” is about a woman who, he says, lost her health insurance on the verge of breast cancer surgery because she didn’t disclose a case of acne to the insurer. That’s not what happened. Study: Tanning beds and UV radiation definitely cause cancer experts sayLONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category deeming both to be definite causes of cancer. Study: Tanning beds and UV radiation as deadly as arsenic, mustard gas, experts sayLONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as “probable carcinogens.” |