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(Ashville NC Citizen Times, Hartford CT Courant 3/19/13) North Carolina state house calls for prohibiting anyone younger than 18 from using commercial tanning beds and are re-writing restrictions that allow 14-17 year olds to use tanning beds with parental permission. The American Academy of Dermatology says the risk of Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin […]
(Los Angeles Times, Daily Mail 3/18/13) Genital waxing, lasering, etc., has become increasingly fashionably popular in the last decade. There are pros and cons to this fashion practice. The growing popularity of the “Brazilians and Manzilians” has led to a fivefold increase of patients admitted to the hospital with injuries to their genitals. There have […]
• 53 percent of Rosacea patients did not know what it was prior to their diagnosis. • 75 percent of patients suffered symptoms for over a year before being diagnosed by a physician. Without treatment, rosacea may worsen, causing thickening of the skin, visible enlarged blood vessels, and eye symptoms. • 50 percent of patients […]
(Boise ID Weekly, AAD 3/14/13) The Idaho house Bill 268, which would place age restrictions on indoor tanning passed by a vote of 8 to 2. The bill now goes to the full house for consideration. Scientific evidence has found a 75 percent higher risk of developing melanoma (the deadliest form of skin cancer) in […]
(Medscape, AAD, 3/7/13) The AAD found that skin cancer detection phone apps are inaccurate. These applications, which are intended to help assess the potential malignancy of skin lesions, could be doing users a disservice. People who use I-Phone diagnosis as a substitute for skin cancer screening by a dermatologist are risking delaying diagnosis, which can […]
(ABC News 8/11). Plastic surgery is increasingly popular among baby boomers, and now doctors are seeing a rise among individuals in their 80s and 90s. It seems that baby boomers live more active lifestyles than previous generations did, and they want to look as young as they feel. YOU GO BOOMERS!!
How much time in the sun do you need to stay healthy? Sunlight is beneficial. It gives us Vitamin D, prevents insomnia, and wards off depression. It also causes skin cancer, cataracts, age spots, and wrinkles. So find out how much of a good thing you really need! Ultraviolet B light is strongest 11:00am to […]
(J Clin Oncol. Posted online December 6, 2010) It may seem like captain obvious – but I hope this motivates patients to use proper sunscreen and reduce the melanoma cancer rate by a whopping 50%. Researchers at the University of Queensland have reported the results of a study, which confirms that individuals who are diligent […]
Some Fourth-Year Medical Students Lack Proficiency in Detecting Melanomas (Reuters 2/12) According to research presented at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting, some fourth-year medical students are not particularly proficient when it comes to detecting melanomas. In a study in which students were presented with patients complaining about carpal tunnel syndrome and wearing simulated melanomas, […]
Visiting a tanning salon for “base tan” will NOT protect your skin from DNA (cancer) injury. (Pigment Cell Melanoma Research 02/2011) People with darker skin (such as African ancestry) tend to be much less susceptible to ultraviolet (sun) induced DNA damage (skin cancers) than those with lighter skin (such as Northern European ancestry). So many […]
Age is no guarantee of wisdom (Archives of Dermatology 12/2010) More than 30 MILLION people use tanning beds in the U.S. each year despite the fact that the World Health Organization has designated tanning beds as cancer causing. Researchers have suggested that the increasing incidence of Melanoma and non-Melanoma skin cancers is due to the […]
What growing tomatoes and skin care have in common? Why things don’t work anymore. The secret of why a good thing doesn’t last forever. It’s strange how good things do not last forever. Growing tomatoes is a real art. The same plants, same weather, and same soil and all of the sudden – lousy […]
