Like all parts of the body, the skin ages and looses some of it�s endearing properties as we grow older. But with proper care and maintenance, your skin can stay healthy and glowing even through old age by using products that help fight the effects of the sun�s damaging rays. Tanning is a practice that [...]
Read More..>>Cryosurgery is the treatment used to remove small cancerous growth from the skin. Liquid Nitrogen, which is one of the coldest substances on earth at a stable temperature of -196 Degrees Celsius is applied to the growth, in effect freezing the cells leaving a lump of frozen tissue that simply falls off as the surrounding [...]
Read More..>>Moles are a sure sign of skin melanoma if they appear after the age of 20. Many Dermatologists recommend a screening procedure be done on a monthly basis is it does develop after the specified age. If the mole undergoes change rapidly or is exhibiting one of the following symptoms, then immediate medical exams are [...]
Read More..>>Everybody has heard of the Genome project, the DNA mapping project that aims to map out the entire human DNA sequence and define/identify all the parts they play in our daily lives. It turns out that there is a specific gene that handles the skin’s response to the Sun’s Ultraviolet rays triggering the tanning process [...]
Read More..>>Skin affects many around the world and kids are not immune to the threat posed by the disease. Kids like many other things are very much susceptible to the disease just as we all are. The best thing to do with kids is to teach them properly the value and importance of protecting one’s skin [...]
Read More..>>In 2003, almost 50,000 people were afflicted with skin cancer in the United States alone. Of those, about 8,000 dies as a result of the said disease. So it has caught the attention of health experts from around the world and many countries have taken steps to slow this statistic if not totally prevent the [...]
Read More..>>Scientists have identified the protein which is responsible for the development of a mole into a tumor or for the skin feature to remain, well simply a mole. Skin melanoma’s have the skin’s pigment producing cells running amok causing one of the deadliest forms of cancer in the world that is responsible for many deaths [...]
Read More..>>There are billions of dollars being spent on the various types of skin cancers out in the world that kills millions every year. This is a common case of economics and the need to earn money where pharmaceutical firms pour money into research that would be most profitable for their business. Many sufferers are crying [...]
Read More..>>Study into the treatment and cause of a very rare type of skin cancer called Merkel Cell Carcinoma is not going as fast as it should and many are dying due to this. This form of skin cancer is very hard to diagnose, leaving even well seasoned dermatologists to let it go as a simple [...]
Read More..>>Just recently, scientists have discovered that skin cancers such as mucosal and acral melanomas are brought about by a number of DNA abnormalities that happens in a gene called the KIT gene. Scientists say that if they can figure the mutation out, there is a great possibility of creating cures for it as well.
Melanoma is [...]
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