Sunday, February 12, 2012

Skin Cancer Statistics: What You Need to Know

Hi everyone. Today I want to talk about some simple statistics about skin cancer so you can see how it affects so many lives. This is especially important for younger people who seem to feel they are invincible and cannot imagine that their behavior (such as using a tanning bed) will affect their hea...
9/ 3/08 12:29pm

Thanks Doctor for another great post.  Hopefully our readers will take this information seriously and do everything they can to protect their skin from damage.  Maybe we can start to reduce that number down from one million.

 

Check out our info on sunburn, sunscreen tips and tanning facts.

 

All the best, sue

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Anonymous
7/ 6/09 10:40pm

I wish more schools had extensive teaching on the importance of sunscreen in our younger years. Teach our kids to put it on just like a hat or shirt. making it a routine. I send sunscreeen to school with my 1st grader and often she was told no that there was no time to put it on . By a teacher I might add. Our schools aren't helping.

9/13/10 12:25pm

i have had this ras on my upper arms and on my shoulders since dec. 1st. and can not use anything to make it go away dr. said it was infartago and the other dr. said it was a rash i already knew that

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