(WKBN) – May 4 is Melanoma Monday — a day dedicated to raising awareness about the deadliest form of skin cancer. If caught ...

May brings the promise of warm weather, beach days and summer cookouts, but it also brings an important health milestone: ...

ATHENS, Greece — Although melanoma occurs much more frequently in people with lighter complexions, people with darker skin are also at risk, according to experts who spoke at the 11th World Congress ...

Skin cancer occurs when skin cells multiply abnormally, forming a tumor. Sun spots are due to an overproduction of a pigment called melanin in a small area of skin. Melanoma, the most severe type of ...

Maya Angelou has long been credited with saying, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Nobody thinks she was referring to skin care, of course—but when it ...

In today’s Health Alert, the entire month of May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. But the first Monday focuses on melanoma, ...

Skin cancer cases continue to rise, with melanoma increasing nearly 50 percent over the past decade.