European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ulph Joby adulthood Many children hive had enough Tun us posture to Start a to a cancer. Damage from Sun begins in childhood  new York times t takes years to gel skin cancer. Most of us get an Early  this is the message on two potentially life saving pasters being Dison ruled in the United sales by the skin cancer foundation in an Effort to halt a fast growing health threat the posters depict children playing on the Beach choir tender skin exposed to the searing Sun. While most people Don l snarl worrying about skin cancer until midlife the foundation s experts warn and the posters suggest that the disease actually starts in youth. By age 20, the experts note an american has typically received so percent of his or her lifetime exposure to skin damaging ultraviolet rays from sunlight. By adulthood then Many children have had enough Sun exposure to Start a skin cancer. Young adults in Pursuit of a healthy Tan olten fail to take warnings about Sun exposure seriously until they have visible skin damage. Although their tans May fade after the sunbathing season the ultraviolet damage to their skin accumulates year alter year Afler year. The foundation cites statistics that underscore the need for prompt attention starting with parents and paediatricians and including All adults who supervise children during outdoor a Clivilles. Each year at East half a million americans develop superficial skin cancers basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma both of which can be dealt Wilh surgically. Almost All superficial skin cancers by the Way Are caused by repeated exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Though the numbers Are far smaller the More frightening statistic concerns malignant Melanoma an aggressive devastating skin cancer that is fatal in 25 percent of cases despite the Best available therapy. Melanoma strikes about 23,000 americans each year Las year in killed 5,600. In the past 50years, the incidence of Melanoma has risen 760 percent fora child born in the United slates in the 1930 $ the lifetime risk of developing Melanoma was 1 in 1.500 ii has risen to 11n Isodor children bom in the mid-1980 9, h nothing is done to intervene it will reach t1n 100 by the year 2000, Melanoma was Long thought to occur independently of Sun exposure developing primarily in an existing mole whose cells mysteriously went haywire. Recent data however show that Sun exposure particularly in childhood olten is the trigger. In this Case it is not so much the cumulative effect of repealed exposure but the occurrence of one or More blistering or painful sunburns during childhood or adolescence. To a study of 107 Melanoma patients at Massachusetts general Hospital in 1963, or. Arthur j. Sober and some colleagues found that the patients were far More Likely to recall having suffered a severe sunburn during adolescence than 8 similar group without Melanoma. Sober said he might have attributed this finding to selective memory among cancer patients except that australian researchers also found that excessive exposure to sunlight in childhood increased the risk of Melanoma. Two other facts underscore the relationship Between Melanoma and sunlight most newly diagnosed Melanoma cases involve parts of he body that Are frequently exposed to the Sun at the same time the rates of Melanoma Are highest among caucasians who live close to the Equator where the Sun is most intense. Or. Sidney Hurwitz a professor of paediatrics and dermatology at the Yale University school of Medicine said skin cancer rates Ara climbing at an alarming rate and much of the blame seems to lie in today s outdoor oriented life style in which even Young children Are excessively exposed to the Sun s harmful  for adults with Melanoma and less serious skin cancers As Well four risk factors stand out spending an average of More than two hours a Day in the Sun for 10 to so years. Having a predominantly indoor Job but enjoying outdoor recreational habits. Having Light coloured eyes Blue Green or Hazel. Having skin that tans poorly and sunburns easily. A person with All four factors about 1 person in 50 has a 55 percent greater Chance of developing Melanoma than someone with none of the factors according to a study by or. Sober and or. Robert Lew. Of the University of Massachusetts medical Center in Worcester. They recommend that such people avoid intense Sun exposure and sunburns use sunscreens with an , Sun Protection Factor of 15 or higher when spending extended time outdoors and remain under close medical supervision with Complete skin examinations at least once a year. For children preventing serious Sun damage is clearly the Best approach. Adults should be especially anxiety strikes without warning Cox news services or some the blackest terror surfaces at the oddest Momenta. On Bridges Over Blue water. In an empty elevator. In an unaccustomed restaurant. Suddenly there it is the metallic taste the palpitating Hearthe shortness of breath that makes air seem thick and acrid to 38-year-old Stephen Zimtbaum. A new York financial consultant eating lunch with someone was torture Whan i was in a situation where i was forced to eat Wilh others it would be a terrifying experience he says hell on  Zimtbaum Ter lied that his hands would tremble while wielding a knife and Fork is one of 10 minion americans who suffer from anxiety a class of disorders now recognized As distinct and debilitating diseases Page 16 the stars and stripes each with its own biochemistry treatment and origin. Scientists now recognize five fundamental types of anxiety disorders panic disorder social phobia simple phobia obsessive compulsive disorder and Post traumatic stress disorder. To those with rational fears of falling and drowning such disorders May sound alike. To scientists they Are distinct mental illnesses All fuelled by anxiety a general irrational dread accompanied by an overwhelming desire for escape. Or. Steven Paul of the National Institute of menial health nigh says researchers Are learning thai anxiety is to psychiatric diseases what fever is to physical diseases in the last few years we have realized lever signals different diseases with Milf Creel courses he says. They respond differently to  researchers Ara becoming More sophisticated in learning to diagnose and real separate anxiety disorders he says. Three types of drugs Anli a depressants. Ranqui liners and anti anxiety drugs called Mao inhibitors successfully quell arvely disorders although the episodes May recur when a person slops taking medication. Many people with mild phobias or anxieties tuesday april 28,1987 successfully conquer their fears without drugs. Some overcome them through repealed exposure to the object of their fears. Some conquer them through self hypnosis and other relaxation techniques. But for some the struggle with anxiety is a lifelong Bailie. We believe there Are Many connections Between alcoholism and anxiety Paul says. A Good percentage of Annety sufferers Are alcoholics. They use alcohol As an Over the counter medication that mimics very poorly the action of  ongoing studies Are aimed at determining Why panicked people hyperventilate doctors thought for years thai excess oxygen contributed to anxiety attacks and that the Way to quell the attack was to re breathe Carbon dioxide by exhaling into a paper bag. 11 May have been bad advice. Researchers now say panic May be caused by an excess of Carbon dioxide which is the final product of tactile metabolism  May be the body s Way of countering the process by blowing Oil Carbon dioxide from the blood. Or Lazlo Papp. A researcher at Mew York s Columbia University anxiety research program says the Throe most common anxiety disorders Are of ten accompanied by panic attacks not Normal panic experienced by