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Kevin Berman, MD, PhD

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posted 09/17/2008, comments (2)

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 health and their lives years down the road.... Read more Chevron

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Kevin Berman, MD, PhD

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posted 09/08/2008, comment (1)

Skin Cancer Prevention and Your Medicine Cabinet

I want to talk about how several commonly used medicines may reduce the incidence of cancer, with specific focus on skin cancer. Many times, we hear news stories how certain foods we eat or medicines we take may cause cancer, there are several medicines that actually may help prevent skin cancer. So you may be able to lower your cholesterol and... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/08/2008, comments (3)

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posted 09/04/2008, comments (3)

Smell Your Way to Cancer??? U-huh!!

Physicians have long since used "smell" to make diagnoses - you can smell necrotic, dying tissue; you can smell an infectious, pus filled exudate; you can smell the by-products of certain drugs in your urine; you can smell someone who has been on the Atkin's diet long term (their breath has ketones in it because of the high protein intake). ... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (3)

Take an Antioxidant, Avoid Melanoma?

Here's an interesting approach to sun exposure and its dangers. Take a powerful antioxidant in anticipation of a day at the beach or a day of prolonged sun exposure to reduce oxidative damage to moles that might be highly receptive to cancerous changes. NAC (n-acetylcysteine) is a unique drug because it is inexpensive, has relatively few side... Read more Chevron

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