Among Caucasians, the rate of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, more than tripled between 1980 and 2003.
Less conclusive evidence suggests that sunscreen might also hamper basal cell carcinoma and melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
The suspect was botulism, the deadliest form of food-borne illness, with symptoms ranging from double vision to suffocation.
High-factor sun cream cannot be relied on to protect against the deadliest form of skin cancer, research has suggested.
The risk of developing melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – is more than doubled in those with a history of sunburn.
Of the 11 people who came down with the deadliest form of anthrax after germ-laced letters were sent through the mail in October, six survived.
Nonetheless, Genentech has said it planned to apply this year to the F.D.A. for approval for Avastin to treat glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.
Yet the amount of spores needed to produce inhalation anthrax, the deadliest form of the disease, could be far smaller than previously believed.
Only Cipro states specifically on its label that it can be used against inhalational anthrax, the deadliest form of the disease.
The parasite that causes the deadliest form of malaria is showing the first signs of resistance to the best new drug against it.
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has been essentially untreatable after it spreads, with a median survival rate of eight months from the time of diagnosis.
