Identifying a potential melanoma is as easy as knowing your ABCDEs. Watch our video on the ABCDEs of #melanoma to learn what to look for when examining your skin. #SunAwarenessMonth2022 https://t.co/Aih3P7ULDC
During National Sun Awareness Month this May, we’re giving you the chance to have a certified #dermatologist answer your questions on #SunSafety. Submit your “burning questions” here: https://t.co/Aih3P7UdO4 and keep your eye out for the Q&A video releases.
The UV Index was invented by 3 Environment Canada scientists on this day in 1992! It was created to publish forecasts of the intensity of ultraviolet radiation from the sun, in the hopes that Canadians would use it to reduce their risk of #skincancer
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Watch this video about how to spot skin cancer and learn the A-B-C-D-Es of melanoma. Know what to look for and if you notice any changes in your skin or moles, ask your doctor for a referral to see a certified dermatologist. https://t.co/E3rt5QQiKG #SunSafetyEveryDayEveryBody
Clothing & sunglasses are just as important as sunscreen to protect your skin. For sunglasses, choose those with UV protection. For clothes, the tighter the weave, the better the protection. Get more tips here: https://t.co/E3rt5QQiKG #SunSafetyEveryDayEveryBody
A Skin Patient Charter of Rights was launched by @CanadianSkin in 2019. To learn how this Charter was developed and what it means to patients, check out this new open access @JCMS1926 podcast: https://t.co/xi6anHivxF
Just published! Special journal issue of Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed to commemorate the late Dr. Nikiforos Kollias, expert biophysicist who studied interactions between light and the skin. Wonderful scientist, colleague and mentor. https://t.co/AxyrcXZ9Nv
Congratulations to Dr. Sunil Kalia for receiving a prestigious Health Professional-Investigator Award from @msfhr (Michael Smith Fdn for Health Research). Dr @kaliaderm will be investigating novel optical methods for #skincancer detection & evaluation. https://t.co/FkNjJmdxv5
How can we determine the incidence of keratinocyte carcinomas (the most common cancers) on a population basis? ...Analyzing health insurance billing claims might be one way as reported by T. Zhang et al in #JEADV#skincancer https://t.co/I0jUBgfsKz
Discrete choice research methodology used by Dr. Rebecca Pinca and @kaliaderm to study why people don't use sunscreens. Great presentation during today's #CDNDermConf in Calgary.
It's been an honor to serve the @ILDSDerm as its president. The best part has been meeting and working with so many dermatologists from around the world. Thanks for coming to @wcd2019milan and see you in Singapore in 4 years for WCD2023!
This is the @UBCDerm research group that's behind all the cool discoveries in biomedical photonics that've been featured in the news lately: a low cost skin cancer device and a multiphoton laser microscope. Meet the #Photomedicine Institute @VCHResearch, @BCCancer, & @UBCmedicine
#DYK that UBC, BC Cancer the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have made huge strides in cancer research with the development of a low-cost, melanoma-detecting laser probe? The device would help to detect early cases of skin cancer and save countless lives! 📷UBC