Category Archives: Skin Check

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What you need to know about sun damaged skin

Plus: Why not all sunscreens are created equal. Applying sunscreen before leaving to spend time outdoors could be as common-place as brushing one’s hair or remembering to pick up your wallet and keys. Unfortunately, often it’s not, and this simple oversight leads to many new cases of skin cancer and other cases of sun damaged …

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Why You Should Be Using Broad-Spectrum Sunscreen

People with sun damaged skin can be found all around the world. To protect your skin, you have just a few options, but they're both very effective. You can avoid the sun or wear protective clothing when out in it, or you can use the best sunblock, which is often called "broad-spectrum." This term means …

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April is National Cancer Control Month

April is National Cancer Control Month, a period during our busy year when the attention turns to combatting and overcoming this disease. According to researchers, more than 550,000 Americans die each year in the United States from one or another form of this disease. Although skin cancers don't account for a large percentage of the …

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Skin Cancer Awareness: What it Means for You

We hear so much about very dangerous forms for cancer such as when the disease strikes a breast, the liver, the colon or the lungs. But what often is overlooked is that skin cancer is the most common cancer found in America. For that reason, skin cancer awareness is important, because you'll learn how this …

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What Men Should Do to Avoid Skin Cancer

A recent survey told some frightening news: barely half the men in the U.S. use sunscreen, and more than two-thirds don't know the warning signs of skin cancer. Those are numbers we'd really like to get changed by men learning how to avoid skin cancer. Skin cancer affects both men and women of all ages, …

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8 Winter Skin Care Tips

Down here in the Houston area, we don't have winters characterized by tons of ice and snow and sub-zero temperatures. But we do have enough cold air and wind to play havoc with your skin. It's that time of year, and here are some ways to breeze through it with great-looking, healthy skin. Be good …

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