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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

National organizations such as the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Academy of Dermatology have designated this month to promote awareness of skin cancer. There are some sobering statistics out there that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and it is reported that... Read moreChevron
posted 05/09/2011, comments (0)|
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Ten Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Skin Cancer

As this is Skin Cancer Prevention Month we are giving you many ways that you can detect and prevent skin cancer. For example, in previous weeks we talked about ways to check your skin for skin cancer and we also told you about three things you should stop doing now to prevent skin cancer. This week we are going to discuss the questions you need... Read moreChevron
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How to Check Your Skin for Skin Cancer

The American Academy of Dermatology has designated May as Melanoma/ Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 53,919 people were diagnosed with melanomas of the skin in 2006, and 8,441 people died from it. The sad thing about these numbers is that skin cancer is preventable. ... Read moreChevron
posted 05/03/2010, comments (0)|
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Still Confused About Skin Cancer?

Whenever I write or talk about skin cancer, I always use the Australians as an example of a nation that had a high rate of skin cancer and through a series of very smart marketing and targeted messaging, managed to literally heal a nation.  Their skin cancer rates plummeted over a several year period, and children as young as two... Read moreChevron
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