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Winter Is Tough on Your Skin – Fight Back | Health & Fitness
SUNDAY, Dec. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The key to keeping skin soft in winter: Moisturize. “Skin tends to be drier when the weather is less humid, so individuals should moisturize at least twice a day, if not more often,” according to Dr. Vicky Zhen Ren, a dermatologist and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Ren offered some tips for getting that moisture back into skin. Use an ointment or cream rather than a lotion. Lotions have higher water content and not as much of the agents that prevent dry skin. Apply creams after a shower or bath to lock in the moisture. Choose lukewarm water temperatures…
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Your Cancer Answers: What is skin cancer mindfulness? | Health & Fitness
Joshua J. Marine said “challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” You can live a fulfilling life, no matter what comes up next, because you have overcome challenges, be it cancer or not, you have the right frame of mind and you know how to figure out the best action plan. If not identified at an early stage, melanoma has a high rate of morbidity and mortality. The mainstay of surgical intervention and the newest immunotherapeutic innovations in oncology are improving the fight. Nonetheless, the easiest way to live a life free from malignant melanoma, is to never have it. The next best…