Skin cancer has been a hot topic lately. Are Blacks at risk? How do you get it? What does skin cancer look like? Contrary to…
Dr. Brooke Jackson is a board certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon. A graduate of Wellesley College, Georgetown University medical school she completed her Dermatology training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit before completing two fellowships, Laser Surgery at Harvard and a second in Mohs micrographiic surgery (skin cancer). She founded the Mohs surgery unit at MD […]
or the most part, it’s pretty safe to say the majority of people know the importance of wearing sunscreen before and during sun exposure, right?…
Dark-skinned people produce more melanin — the pigment that gives skin its color — than Caucasians. Melanin helps block damaging ultraviolet rays from the sun…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion. Energizer Holdings is pulling nearly two dozen formulations of UltraMist off store shelves due to the risk that the lotion can ignite when exposed […]
Researchers at Northwestern University believe they have found a way to cure skin diseases through a topical, gene-altering lotion. "We like to treat skin diseases with topical creams so that we avoid side effects from treatments taken by mouth or injected," said Dr. Amy Paller, chair of dermatology and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University […]
