Melanoma: A Surgeon and Survivor’s Perspective
As a doctor, my job is to do everything I can to achieve the best possible outcomes for my patients. But as a cancer survivor, I feel a huge responsibility to help prevent new melanoma cases. Exposure...
View ArticleA Tan Is Not a Sign of Health: Sharon McKenna, Melanoma Survivor, Shares Her...
Knowledge is power, and I want to equip children with tools to protect them against sun damage. I also want to help them form habits that will last a lifetime.
View ArticleProtecting Your Skin Is Worth the Effort
I wish I could tell 16-year-old me to never start tanning. As a mother, I will try very hard to make sure my children never tan. I’ll do anything I can to avoid having to go through this again and to...
View Article5 Simple Sun Safety Strategies
Skin cancer can sometimes be deadly, and the treatment often leaves scars. Why take the risk? There are many ways to be sun safe. Find strategies that work for you and your family, so you can keep your...
View ArticleThe Truth About Sunscreen: 7 Facts That Will Set You Straight for Skin...
With summer around the corner, smart sun-lovers are planning how to keep their skin safe from sunburn and skin cancer while enjoying the warmer weather. Here are some important facts about sunscreen...
View ArticleLive and Learn: How Skin Cancer Made Prevention a Priority for Me
Even though I knew I had almost every risk factor for skin cancer, a lighter natural skin color, red hair, and a lot of sun exposure from my teen years as a lifeguard, I fell into the far too common...
View ArticleThe Sun Is My Vice
“Sun is my vice. It makes me feel good. It’s the root of my family name. Suns hang on the wall in my home reminding me and my children to shine—to be our best. We often speak of “vices” as something...
View ArticleYou Can Love the Sun…and Protect Yourself From It
The message I hope others can take from this is to make sun safety a habit to reduce the chance of getting skin cancer. It’s also important to be aware of changes in your skin, so that if you do...
View ArticleSPF Is My BFF
“As a teenager, I lived on an island. Every summer, I spent three or four days a week at a beach with friends or family. And on those rainy days when I couldn’t get my dose of sun, I would often go to...
View ArticleMen, Cancer, and Culture: How Our Culture Can Help Men Lower Their Cancer Risk
In the United States, June is a time when we pause and celebrate men by observing Father’s Day and Men’s Health Week and Month. During June, we also celebrate cultural observances like Native American...
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