HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Melanoma Monday was on May 5, it is a nationwide awareness effort urging people to perform skin checks and take preventive measures against the deadliest form of skin cancer.

I was sitting with friends at the beach the other day when the topic of skin checks came up. There we were, five women in our twenties, and only one of us could say they'd had one. That's concerning ...

A Chicago-area doctor warned about a rise in skin cancer diagnoses in recent months as she urged people to get their skin checked routinely, with early detection key to survival rates. Dr. Amy Derick, ...

Wearing proper sunscreen and submitting to cancer screenings are the best ways to protect your skin from harmful ultraviolet rays this summer. It's important to protect your skin when outside by ...

Katie Lee receives funding from the NHMRC and The University of Queensland. H. Peter Soyer is a shareholder of MoleMap NZ Limited and e-derm consult GmbH, and undertakes regular teledermatological ...

I’ve been meaning to go to the dermatologist for years. At 32, with pale, freckled skin and a growing number of moles I obsessively monitor, I knew it was important — but I was nervous. Nervous about ...

HOUSTON — Though many know the risks of sun tanning, millions of Americans continue to lay out in the sun to obtain their desired glow. "I'm from that generation that worshiped the sun," said Ottley ...

When Mika Stambaugh went to the dermatologist for a simple skin check, she didn't expect to leave that appointment with a gaping hole in her face. “Shocked. Shocked. I mean scared, like whoa," the ...

The woman explained that she first noticed the issue three years ago when she was 27 years old and 'didn't like the look of ...