Which Sunscreen Is The Best Sunscreen?
It’s sunscreen shopping season and the just-released 2012 Sunscreen Guide published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) helps steer consumers toward healthy, affordable choices for…
Melanoma
Black Folks Need Sunscreen, Too!
(BlackDoctor.org) — There is a myth that dark skin doesn’t burn, and therefore doesn’t need sunscreen. The reality is that all complexions can burn. Darker…
New Research Warns Of A Dramatic Rise In Skin Cancer
(BlackDoctor.org) — The deadly skin cancer, melanoma, has risen over the last few decades. Early screening and detection was thought to be helpful but it…
Why Blacks Have Higher Melanoma Mortality Rates
(BlackDoctor.org) — With the incidence of skin cancer on the rise, it has never been more important for the public to practice the prevention and…
Most African Americans Say No To Sunscreen
(BlackDoctor.org) — Did you know that regardless of the color of your skin, and no matter what time of year it is, sunscreen is a…
Natural Remedies For Melanoma
Clinical trials are currently studying many alternative treatments for melanoma. These include new forms of immunotherapy, such as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. Your doctor may…
Lymph Nodes Test Helps Fight Melanoma
Using so-called “sentinel node” biopsies to determine if melanoma has started to spread saves some patients the pain of having all their lymph nodes removed,…
Characteristcs of Fast-Growing Melanomas Identified
body { background: #FFF; } Potentially fatal skin cancers called melanomas are more likely to grow fast when they’re thicker, symmetrical, elevated, have regular borders…
Individuals’ Risk of Melanoma Increases with Time Outdoors, Especially in High-Sunlight Areas
(BlackDoctor.org) — Researchers have shown for the first time that individual risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is associated with the…
What Is Melanoma?
Each year in the United States, more than 53,600 people learn they have melanoma. This number has more than doubled in the past 30 years.…
