European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 men less Likely to spot skin cancer signs Virry Van to / a a t to _ or a. The stars and stripes new York apr Here s some thing to Ponder As you strip Down for the Beach this weekend a study suggests women Are better than men at spotting the skin cancer Melanoma on themselves. That May be one reason women have a lower death rate from Melanoma researchers said. Sixty six percent of female Melanoma patients in the study had found their own cancerous lesions versus 42 percent for men. Melanoma which is thought to come from too much Sun is highly curable if found Early but More dangerous if overlooked and allowed to Progress. A men May be less skin conscious than women Are or perhaps less prevention conscious than women Are or maybe they re less into seeing physicians for suspected lesions than a woman might be a said the study a Lead author or. Howard Koh. He stressed that those explanations and any link to women a higher survival rate Are a highly  nor has it been proved that women a higher survival rate results from biological differences Between the sexes he said. Koh an associate professor of dermatology Medicine and Public health at the Boston University schools of Medicine and Public health reports the study with colleagues in the june Issue of the journal of the american Academy of dermatology. The results suggest that Public education and screening efforts for Melanoma should  particularly at men and at body areas not easily seen such As the Back the researchers said. Melanoma is expected to strike 32,000 americans this year and cause 6,700 deaths. Its lesions Are irregularly shaped Marks that have mixed shades of Tan Brown and Black sometimes with dashes of red White or Blue. They Are usually bigger in diameter than a Pencil Eraser. Or. Darrell Rigel associate professor of dermatology at new York University in new York City agreed that women Are a much More aware about their skin and better at spotting Melanoma and that this May contribute to their higher survival. Rigel said on average about 85 percent of women Are alive 10 years after a Melanoma diagnosis compared with about 75 percent for men. A Quick guide to spotting Melanoma what it looks like Melanoma appears in Flat lesions showing the so called abcs asymmetry in which one half of the Mark does not match the other. Border irregularity with a scalloped or poorly defined Edge color variance Between areas of the Mark with shades of Tan and Brown Black and sometimes White red or Blue. Diameter larger than that of a Pencil Eraser dermatologists also say a mole that starts growing or changes in appearance should be checked by a doctor who is at highest risk caucasians who have had Melanoma whose Parent child or sibling has had Melanoma who have very fair skin who sunburn easily or who have More than several dozen  How to prevent it avoid the most intense Sun which occurs Between 10 . And 3 . Apply a sunscreen with Sun Protection Factor of at least 15 some 15 minutes to a half hour before going outdoors and reapplying every two hours. Wear protective clothing including a brimmed hat a Long sleeved shirt and Long pants during prolonged Sun exposure mss Eattle is chosen As site for russian consulate from wire reports Seattle a the russian government will probably open a consulate in Seattle by the end of the year said a top official at the russian embassy in Washington . Vladimir ave Schev counsel to russian ambassador Vladimir Lukin said he expected president Bush and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin to make the announcement  found in dumpster Woodward Iowa a Man rummaging though a dumpster for bottles and cans found the body of a 5-month fetus police said wednesday. Police officer Gene Battani said he suspects the Mother panicked after the fetus was born  twins parted Houston a surgeons have separated 13-month-old siamese twins whose hearts and livers were joined. If the twins survive they will be among Only about a dozen worldwide who have lived after once being joined at the Chest doctors at Texas children a Hospital said. The twins identified Only As Tiesha and Iesha were listed in stable condition  victim wins suit Plano Texas a an out of court settlement will provide the Money necessary for a cancer stricken teacher to receive medical treatment that could extend her life another five years her husband says. Judy butterly whose doctors say her breast cancer has spread to her lungs sued the Plano Independent school District after the District refused her insurance benefits. The District said the treatment of High dosage chemotherapy and Bone marrow replacement was too  Sale cracks record new York a a Gem studded Faberge Imperial easter egg dubbed the a love trophy egg a sold for $3.19 million at soothe by a auction House wednesday. The Sale was a record for a Faberge egg and for any russian work of Art said soothe by a spokeswoman Laura Stewart. The egg was sold to an Anonymous collector. The egg was commissioned by Czar Nicholas ii apparently for his wife the czarina Alexandra for easter in 1905. Astronomers find evidence of other planetary systems Pasadena Calif. Apr scientists have found evidence that seven stars in our Milky was Galaxy May be orbited by planets Nasa announced thursday. In the past decade researchers have claimed to discover evidence of planets circling about two dozen stars. But so far scientists have not conclusively established the existence of any planetary system outside our own. Using a new method that involved analysing infrared Light from space astrophysicists Kenneth Marsh and Michael j. Mahoney at nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory found nine unlike stars that appeared to be orbited by companion bodies. Two of those stars were found to be orbited by faint stars Mahoney said. But the seven other stars May be orbited by planets faint stars or a Brown dwarfs a gaseous bodies too big to be planets but too Small to become stars. Other scientists praised the new method but said they Arentt yet convinced the astrophysicists found planets outside our solar system. A the landscape of previous efforts to detect planets is littered with the corpses of claims that Haven t been substantiated a said David Black director of the lunar and planetary Institute in Houston. A a it a Way too soon to Tell if Marsh and Mahoney really discovered other worlds he said but the method used is a very interesting. Very  existing telescopes cannot detect objects As Small As planets outside our solar system. So scientists have searched for planets by looking for wobbles in a stars motion or variations in its radio wave pulses that might indicate the gravitational tug of a body nearby. Marsh and Mahoney instead Analysed the infrared Light emitted by the swirling disks of Gas dust and debris surrounding stars. It was in such a disk surrounding the Sun that matter is believed to have clumped together to form Earth and other planets in our solar system 4.6 billion years ago Texas Law officers Call for Boycott Over rap song about killing police Austin Texas up a Law enforcement officials outraged about rapper inc to a song cop killer have called for a Boycott of Warner Brothers records and time Warner inc. For publishing the song. A what we can to believe is that people who Are in the business of entertaining the Public would enter into a business relationship that would jeopardize the lives of the men and women that police our communities a Mark Clark of the combined Law enforcement association of Texas said wednesday. Officials of the Austin based group planned to give details of the Boycott later thursday. Among the targets of the Boycott is time Warners six flags Over Texas a huge theme Park in Arlington. Texas police Are not alone in their concern about the song Clark said. A a we be heard from police groups from around the  among the lines police Are concerned about Are lyrics that say a i got my 12-gauge sawed off. I got my headlights turned off. In my bout to bust some shots off. In my bout to dust some cops  in a statement the company said a rime Warner is committed to the free expression of ideas for All our authors journalists recording artists screenwriters actors and directors. We believe this commitment is crucial to a democratic society where the full Range of opinion and thought a whether we agree with it or not a must be Able to find an  Joe Malone chief executive officer of sound warehouse a record retail Chain based in Dallas had no comment and company officials would not say whether outlets were Selling the album. But a clerk at a Dallas area sound warehouse said that the album Lindy count has been available at Chain outlets for about a month and that sales were moderate. Scout s Good deed May have saved Tot s life Tulsa okla. Apr Adam kiddy earned his cub scout aquanaut badge a few months ago. He used those skills last week to save a 2-year-old girl who had fallen into a Pond. Adam 9, was fishing at a Tulsa Park when april Phillips fell into the water. A i thought she was going to drown a he said tuesday. A i dropped my fishing Rod and jumped in. It scared me to  Betty goad 69, said she was watching april and her three other great grandchildren when she turned her head a moment. Then she heard a splash. Goad waded in up to her Knees and reached out but april was too far away. Seconds later Adam jumped in she said. A i just feel he saved her life a goad said. A the was pretty Brave. Other boys would have just stood