The Statistics, Causes and Cures Behind Skin Cancer
Education & Research Increasing skin cancer rates can be addressed with preventative behaviors, early detection and prompt treatment.
The Olympic swimmer found out the hard way that it’s not just sunburns that can damage skin. Every day exposure can be dangerous too.
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After Sgt. Lee McNeill got a facial injury while serving overseas, he had a hard time finding an oral surgeon who could help him — until he met Dr. Kevin Neshat.
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In the short time he’s held office, the nation’s doctor has proven himself a fierce opponent of the nation’s opioid crisis. He addresses the work being done to eradicate stigma and save lives.
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The founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation holds fast to his organization’s commitment to zero preventable patient deaths and explains why he’s confident they’ll make their goal.
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When the Oscar-winning actress was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she felt pressure to stay silent. Now she's speaking out in the hope that women everywhere can stay healthy.
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Mental health conditions are common among teens and young adults, personally impacting one in five Americans. This is a reality that model, actress, writer and social activist Corinne Foxx knows all too well.
Education & Research Increasing skin cancer rates can be addressed with preventative behaviors, early detection and prompt treatment.
Health Hacks Getting adequate sleep is essential to a healthy lifestyle. That’s why it’s so important to find a mattress that best supports restful sleep.
Prevention & Treatment We learn in grade school that skin is the largest organ of the body. Yet as we age, many of us neglect to pay sufficient attention to the health of our skin.
Sponsored One of last year’s most powerful PSAs about the opioid epidemic came from an unexpected source: three Connecticut teens.
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Prevention & Treatment Almost half of all adults over 30 in the United States have gum disease, a condition that is treatable and currently has better outcomes than ever before.
Prevention & Treatment Living with celiac disease and its diet necessities has become easier with more gluten-free food and beverage options available.
Sponsored What does it mean to be a man? That’s one of the questions being asked on college campuses in light of a sexual violence epidemic that has become increasingly pressing following the #MeToo movement.
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Sponsored As the opioid crisis generates alarming stats, surgeons radically rethink their pain management approach with new tools.
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Prevention & Treatment In an exclusive Q&A with Mediaplanet, AAPD President Dr. James Nickman explains how parents can instill in their kids healthy dental habits early on and prevent oral disease as they grow up.
Prevention & Treatment For Adina Epstein, a cancer diagnosis came almost too late. Now, she wants to advocate for earlier screenings and diagnoses.
Education & Research Title IX requires schools to respond to sexual assault and harassment that limit a students’ ability to engage in education. When choosing a college, students must examine whether schools take this seriously.
Education & Research Thousands of nurses are showing their commitment to the field and their patients by becoming oncology certified nurses.
Sponsored With the use of radiopharmaceuticals, pain from bone metastases in breast, prostate and lung cancer doesn’t have to come with severe side effects.
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Advocacy As a size 2 teen, she was told she’d need to lose weight to cut it as a model. Now she’s a social media maven, modeling the biggest fashion brands in magazines and on the runway.
Health Hacks Letting high blood pressure go untreated can lead to severe heart conditions like heart attack and stroke. Here are a few key ways to keep your numbers down.
Prevention & Treatment Though the aviation and health care industries may seem worlds apart, they can learn from one another in implementing simulations to improve safety outcomes.
Prevention & Treatment The list of social media apps demanding our attention grows daily. The pressure to be active on all of these networks, can quickly become exhausting.
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Prevention & Treatment Dental visits are about more than catching cavities and cleaning teeth. Dentists also check your mouth for signs of other diseases.
Prevention & Treatment The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids offers a six-part guide for families to help protect their children.
Sponsored A new strategy combining traditional cancer research with modern computer analytics is giving researchers new tools in the war on cancer.
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Health Hacks Hearing can be a crucial part of living. Not only does it raise your awareness about the world, but it’s also important for safety, enjoyment of music and communication.
Prevention & Treatment Dr. Allison Arthur cares about your skin — but she also knows that summer is the time for fun in the sun. The Mayo Clinic-trained dermatologist offers a few key tips to help you and your family stay burn-free.
Prevention & Treatment Medical innovations have nearly eliminated CHD mortality for infants, but experts say closer and longer-term care is needed for their optimal health.
Advocacy As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage our country, the private sector is working to change the landscape of addiction treatment in the United States.
Sponsored College is a time for cultivating passions and forging friendships. Unfortunately, for some, the transition to independence can also lead to anxiety, depression or worse.
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Prevention & Treatment Two experts in the field talk to Mediaplanet about the biggest contributors to sleep deprivation in America and what is being done to help people get better sleep.
Prevention & Treatment The patient safety landscape in 2018 is changing rapidly as public and private sector players work together to ensure safe, high-quality care for all patients. But challenges remain.
Prevention & Treatment For years, sleep apnea wasn’t considered a serious health issue and many of its sufferers don’t even know that they have it. But today doctors are recognizing the serious risk lack of sleep can pose.
Prevention & Treatment As every state and district has different protocol for dealing with an active shooter, colleges need to have hands-on training to get everyone on the same page.
Education & Research The media loves to talk about sex. Unforunately, some of our most ubiquituous forms of media get a lot wrong when they take on sexual education.
Advocacy Intimate portraits of children living with rare diseases bring much needed awareness to a once near-invisible community.
Advocacy Pediatric oncology is a dynamic, challenging field. Nurses balance treatment with the utmost care for the smallest patients.
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Advocacy Ilene Corina experienced the worst and best of health care. Now she’s dedicated her life to helping other patients take charge.
Advocacy Professionals and patients are joining forces to raise awareness and effect change for patients living with alopecia areata.
Advocacy Julie Nimoy retraces her father Leonard’s battle with lung disease — stressing how fans and at-risk individuals can limit their chances of following in his footsteps.
Advocacy Read the touching tale of Dominic and Plato, a dynamic team that shows us a novel — and adorable — solution to overcoming the challenges of deafness in a noisy world.
Prevention & Treatment Barry Leshin, M.D., FACMS, president of American College of Mohs Surgery and Lisa M. Donofrio, M.D., president of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery provide some simple tips on how people can prevent skin cancer.
Prevention & TreatmentYou eat right and stay active, but are you focusing on eye health? The president of the American Optometric Association has some simple steps to help.
Health HacksFebruary is American Heart Month, and we at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) want to encourage all Americans to include more movement into their days.
Education & ResearchEmpowering your teen to make healthy decisions about sex can be easier with trust and transparency.
Education & ResearchIf you have diabetes, the risk of foot wounds can be deadly serious. Here’s what all patients should know about diabetes wounds and their treatment.
Prevention & TreatmentWhen you go to sleep and wake up not only depends on your personal preferences, biological differences play a role as well.
Education & ResearchFrom their sexual role models to masturbation techniques, we caught up with two of Refinery29's health editors — and nothing was off the record.
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