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Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, probably making up more than half of all diagnosed cases of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). READ MORE

Skin Cancer

Kristen Willard

Like an Itch That Couldn’t Be Scratched, My Hives Kept Coming Back

My skin itched, swelled and left me hopeless until my chronic spontaneous urticaria was finally treated successfully

Kristen Willard

Como una comezón que no podía rascarse, mis ronchas seguían reapareciendo

Mi piel me picaba, estaba inflamada y yo había perdido la esperanza hasta que finalmente trataron mi urticaria crónica espontánea con éxito

An arm with urticaria/hives

Managing Chronic Hives That Come Out of Nowhere

Finding relief from chronic spontaneous urticaria — what treatments might work?

woman with curly hair browses her phone with a contented expression while sitting on a sofa

5 TikTok Health Trends: Heart or Hype?

You can’t believe everything you read on social media. Find out what experts have to say about the Japanese walking method, salmon sperm facials, under eye red light therapy and other viral health trends.

woman putting vaginal estrogen cream on her face

Can Using Vaginal Estrogen Cream on Your Face Make You Look Younger?

Dermatologists weigh in on the pros and cons of an emerging skincare trend

Leah Adams

I Paid for My Lifelong Love of Tanning with a Melanoma Diagnosis — at Age 26

Young and invincible, I believed melanoma only affected older people. I was wrong.

Leah Adams

Pagué por mi pasión de broncearme con un diagnóstico de melanoma cuando tenía 26 años

Joven y, según yo, invencible, creía que el melanoma solo afectaba a personas mayores. Estaba equivocada.

Doctor giving intravenous drip of Immunotherapy treatment for Melanoma to a female patient

Immunotherapy for Melanoma, Explained

The aggressive nature of melanoma makes it a difficult cancer to treat, but newer immunotherapy options harness the body's immune system to better recognize and destroy cancerous cells.

Doctor giving intravenous drip of Immunotherapy treatment for Melanoma to a female patient

Explicación de la inmunoterapia para el melanoma

La naturaleza agresiva del melanoma lo hace un cáncer difícil de tratar, pero opciones de inmunoterapias más nuevas aprovechan el sistema inmunológico del cuerpo para reconocer y destruir de mejor forma las células cancerosas.

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