Search Results for 'Cancer'

Skin cancer check may come with new hairdo

A trusted hairdresser may be privvy to your deepest secrets -- your age, your real hair color and maybe even the name of your plastic surgeon. Your stylist also may be the first to spot the telltale signs of deadly skin cancer."Haird [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Hair Care Professionals Can Screen for Skin Cancer

Hair care professionals can alert clients to suspicious skin lesions and advise follow-up with healthcare practitioners, according to a study published in the October issue of the Archives of Dermatology. The difficulty of finding canc [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Skin Cancer Could Be Detected By Your Hairstylist

Skin cancer could be detected by hairstylists, which would help significantly in discovering melanoma cases early on, according to new research. Researchers the Harvard School of Public Health analyzed data from surveys filled out by 2 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

How to take care of your skin in the summer and prevent skin...

Join us Friday, May 13 at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT/ 10 a.m. PT) for an hour-long chat on summer skin care and protecting yourself from the damaging rays of the sun, which can cause signs of premature aging and skin cancer. Dr. Leslie Baumann, b [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Skin Care Recommendations When You Have Skin Cancer

Taking good care of your skin is important for everyone, and especially when you have melanoma or another type of skin cancer. While keeping skin clean and healthy and wearing sunscreen are important parts of caring for your skin after y [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Skin Care Shouldn’t Cause Cancer

The month of October is recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As one of the most common cancers in women in the United States, we need to be made aware of ways to do our best to help prevent new cases. One place to start [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Many sunscreens products may be accelerating cancer

Almost half of the 500 most popular sunscreen products may increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spread skin cancer. The reason for this is because they contain vitamin A or its derivatives. Experts say that su [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Skin care for female cancer patients offered in Maryville

Guided by volunteer cosmetologists, female cancer patients who participate in this class will learn how to use make-up and skin-care techniques to overcome the appearance-related effects of chemotherapy and radiation. The class will run [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Summer Skin Care/Preventing Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and it's one of the most dangerous. More than one million skin cancers are diagnosed annually. In fact, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime, according [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Breast cancer patients may have intense radiation

Intense radiation therapy of three weeks after surgery for early breast cancer patients cures the disease just as well as standard radiation of five weeks, according to a study as quoted by media reports Tuesday. The st [...]