As we’ve often written, Melanoma and skin cancer can occur anywhere on the body. Indeed, this blog just recently covered a rare Melanoma that can begin in your body. Today we’re going to stick with that theme of Melanoma developing where you normally wouldn’t expect it, and focus on Melanoma of the Nails (fingers and … Read more
As we’ve mentioned numerous times before, Melanoma can show up anywhere it wants on your body. Even those areas which rarely, or never, see the sunlight of day; so to speak. Over the past week or so, we’ve been concentrating our posts on specific areas of the body to help our readers gain a better … Read more
Unfortunately, many people still believe that skin cancer and Melanoma are things you’re at risk for mostly when you’re older. But that’s just not true. In fact, the seeds of Melanoma are most often sewn in our adolescent and early adult years. The sunburns we incur during that time can significantly increase our chances of … Read more
When you share or retweet a joke or meme, you often bring a smile to someone’s face for a few seconds. When you forward on one of our skin cancer and Melanoma Awareness blog posts, there is always a chance that you might have just put someone on the path to saving his or her … Read more
July has returned, and so once again we’ve arrived at America’s birthday. When our Declaration of Independence was adopted on July Fourth, 1776, the Second Continental Congress who were sweltering in blazing-hot Philadelphia showed the world that they had courage and conviction…but, they didn’t have sunscreen. In 2016, you’re more likely to be out barbequing … Read more
If you live in an apartment, or work in an office building, you’ve likely seen them around a lot. If you own a home, perhaps you’ve hired them at one time or another. We’re talking about Outdoor Workers and sun exposure of course. The men and women whose jobs are to paint, construction, landscaping, roofing, gutter-cleaning, … Read more
Okay, so there’s technically nothing “good” about moles per se; unless you are Cindy Crawford, Sherilyn Fenn or Eva Mendez. As far as the ‘typical’ Moles go, there is really bad about them either. So the title of this post is, theoretically, justifiable. At any rate, today we’d like to talk about moles. And maybe, with some assistance from … Read more