A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that patients who were worried about potentially cancerous moles waited significantly longer for an appointment than those worried about their wrinkles. To arrive at the findings, researchers posing as patients called every board-certified dermatologist in 12 cities including Boston, Cleveland, Lansing and [...]

Harvard Medical School has published a special report entitled Skin Care and Repair that helps clear up some of the common confusion regarding sunblocks and sunscreens. With deadly melanoma cases increasing an average of three percent each year, many people are looking for products to protect their skin from harmful sun damage. Unfortunately, many of [...]

Congratulations, you’ve got your cancer under control and you’re ready to enjoy your summer vacation in the great outdoors. But there’s a problem. Your cancer treatments have left you with some special clothing needs that aren’t being addressed at the local mall. In the past, finding appropriate attire after a mastectomy, ostomy, or other major [...]

Researchers in Sweden have found that women with endometriosis have a 37 percent greater chance of developing ovarian cancer than women in the general population, regardless of the number of times they have given birth. Additionally, they have documented an increased rate of malignant melanoma, endocrine and brain tumors, and kidney, breast and thyroid cancers [...]

Research at the Postgraduate Medical School at the University of Surrey has led to a new drug, HXR9, which shows promise for treating malignant melanoma as well as lung, prostate, and kidney cancers. This new drug therapy is designed to stop processes that normally occur in the embryo from being mistakenly reactivated in adult cells. [...]

Chemists at Duke University are getting closer to developing a method which would enable physicians to detect skin cancer without having to perform a biopsy. The new technology uses highly controlled laser pulses from a fibre-optic cable to bombard hemoglobin and melanin molecules beneath the skin’s surface. The laser procedure causes previously invisible hemoglobin and [...]

This brief video shows a board-certified dermatologist, Dr Coyle Connolly, performing a biopsy on a patient with suspected basal cell carcinoma. Enclosure – YouTube Video of Dr. Connolly Performing Biopsy Source: Google Video Tags: Skin Cancer Melanoma Detection Physician Connolly Skin Care New Jersey Linwood