Brandi Jones has over two decades of experience as a nurse in an acute care setting. Her clinical background includes pediatrics, medical-surgical, and women's health. She also specializes in ...

Melanoma usually appears in locations where the skin receives frequent sun exposure, like the face, neck, shoulders, arms and legs. These melanomas are often linked to ultraviolet (UV) damage and may ...

A concerned cat owner took to Reddit to find out what happened to their pet’s mouth after noticing some brown spots on his gums—then they realized what it was. In a viral post shared in October under ...

The sun has many wonderful benefits. One favorite? It triggers the production of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that boosts feelings of well-being. Still, too much sun exposure isn’t always a good ...

Melanoma in situ (MIS) is the earliest stage of malignant melanoma. Over the past two decades, the incidence of MIS has increased. Lentigo maligna (LM) is a subtype of pre-invasive melanoma associated ...

A research team led by Haruyo Yamamoto, Chisa Nakashima, and Atsushi Otsuka from Department of Dermatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering at ...

A typical image preprocessing workflow. The facial image is corrected for white balance with Python's OpenCV. A square region of interest (ROI) containing the main lesion is cropped. ROIs from five ...

Freckles are small, light brown spots that increase in number and darkness with sun exposure. Freckles themselves are not skin damage, but indicate sun sensitivity, increasing risk for sun damage. New ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New spots and lesions appearing on your skin, especially after sun exposure, can be alarming. While often harmless age spots, ...

The appearance of a new lesion or spot can be cause for concern – particularly if you’ve been spending time in the sun. While they can often be harmless age spots, new areas of pigmentation can also ...

As temperatures heat up and more Americans are heading to the pool, beach and other outdoor spaces, sun exposure is bound to spike too. For many people, regardless of skin color, this can mean a rise ...