Did you know one in five Americans, one in three are Caucasians, will develop some form of skin cancer in their lifetime? The odds are even worse if you are a golfer.
Repeated exposure to the sun can lead to skin damage and even skin cancer. Golfers who spend hours in the sun, usually during the hottest part of the day, are particularly vulnerable. Prevention is the best defense again the sun.
Remember, every burn is a bad burn. It’s actually our skin’s way of protecting itself from cancer-causing radiation from the sun.
Contact a CHI Health Sports Medicine team member to learn more.
Discharge data from US emergency rooms have shown an increase in walking pneumonia among all age groups this year. The increase was highest among children ages 2 to 4, and prompted an alert from the Centers for Disease Control.
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Is it considered abnormal to have discomfort as your bladder empties, or to have difficulty emptying completely? Let our experts help.
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Alcohol consumption, night shift work and stress are three of the eight little known breast cancer risk factors our nurse practitioner discusses.
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