By Alan Mozes
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Though shrouded in secrecy during his lifetime, historians have gone to great lengths to posthumously chronicle the mysterious circumstances surrounding the health of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.

That he suffered from both polio and heart disease is now well-documented. But a new study suggests that he may also have had -- and possibly even died from -- melanoma.

TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The drug riluzole, approved in the United States to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), slows the growth of highly aggressive melanoma skin cancer, according to a new study.

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- An American woman's risk of developing the skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma appears to increase if she lives in areas where UV radiation is high, such as in the South, a new study found.