This month, my research took me “doggedly” to the Skin Cancer Facts and Statistics site, provided by the Skin Cancer Foundation: skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts/ Oh.... Read more

This summer marked the initial forays by Democrat candidates into the 2020 presidential election cycle. With some 20 in the field, it’s tough to grab the spotlight. Some go the cannibalistic... Read more

As I researched this month’s Watchdog topic, this one hit me: “Female Skin Cancer Spikes 800%, Increase is Alarming …” An 800% increase since when? Well, the American Academy of Dermat... Read more

This month’s Watchdog update comes from a U.S. News article by Jeffrey Fromowitz, MD, FAAD. The board-certified dermatologist poses that, inexplicably, with all the great advances in researc... Read more

You can’t escape the BOGO ads – they’re on social media, the internet, magazines and more. Did you hit the Amazon “Prime Day” last month? Running for 48 hours over July 15-16, Prime Day offe... Read more

A recent story in Allure magazine reported that a 43-year-old Tennessee woman is “speaking up” about her 86 skin cancer surgeries. Lisa Pace, apparently, has dealt with skin cancer for over... Read more

When my sons were 4, 6 and 8 years old, I bought them their first knives. As parents know, you can’t buy one kid a gift – you have to buy all three, which got quite expensive. But I digress.... Read more

As the warmer temperatures settle in (finally!), it typically signals “shorts weather.” With that comes the annual realization for many of us that, OMG! My legs are white! It is also the tim... Read more

Attribute verb (used with object), at·trib·ut·ed, at·trib·ut·ing “To regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated” (dictionary.com) This month’s Watc... Read more

Oh, yes – it IS the season, for sure. As our industry’s primetime approaches full swing, so does the media coverage. For years, it’s been the modus operandi of those scribes to start slingin... Read more