I’m usually quite proud of my Irish ancestry, but one unfortunate vestige of that heritage is pasty white skin that sunburns quite easily. When my mother was pregnant with me and my twin brother, the doctors discovered a large melanoma… Read the rest
Category Archives: Cancer
Getting Some Sun — Without The Cancer
Did you know that as much as 80 percent of your lifetime exposure to sunlight happens before the age of 18? This early sun exposure slowly causes DNA damage and puts us at risk for skin cancer later on. One of the biggest risk factors for developing… Read the rest
Men, Don’t Forget Sunscreen!
We’ve already reached the summer solstice, and the sun is now the strongest it will be all year. So now’s a good time to remind everyone to use sunscreen anytime you go outside for more than 30 minutes. Even if you’re almost… Read the rest
PSA Test For Men Now Officially “Not Recommended”
It’s been a tough couple weeks for medical tradition. First we had all women being warned their calcium supplements may do more harm than good; now the medical community is in a tizzy over the new recommendations against using the PSA … Read the rest
Finally, A Blood Test For Liver Cancer?
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I’m very skeptical of the common practice… Read the rest
