Living in Shade

When people do think about protecting themselves from the sun, which is not often enough at all, they first think of course about their skin. After that if were they might think about their eyes. Another area that hardly ever gets thought about is your hair.
Just like other parts of your body, your hair suffers [...]

I came across a very saddening story from over in Manchester, England. Its the tale of Nick Hobin. Nick was a 32 year old fair skinned man who its said stayed away from the sun whenever possible. Yet the young father, still passed away earlier this month from melanoma.
The article from the Manchester Evening News [...]

By now I’m sure that everyone knows that skin cancer and sun exposure is for real and a major problem in our modern world. Still, some people don’t pay heed to warnings and shrug at taking simple precautions. The only way those things are going to change is to effect a culture change through teaching [...]

A very interesting study was reported this week in the latest issue of Archives of Dermatology. The study examined just who was noticing the signs of melanoma. A lot of people don’t think about it until they notice something odd on their skin, then they decide to go and get it checked out. However, this [...]

Parents have to remember that their children can’t make decisions for themselves. Thus it is the parents responsibility to make these decisions for them. One area that parents seem to forget about a whole lot is protecting their children’s eyes from the damage caused by the sun.
Countless times I’ve observed families at the beach where [...]