Contact your legislators to oppose cuts to Medicare physician payments. Select your category below to send a message to Congress using the AADA’s Action Center. Mobilize to save our specialty: Stop ...

Radiation therapy plays an important role in treating cancer. However, it can also produce some uncomfortable or even painful side effects on the skin, such as itchiness, redness, blistering, and ...

Natural cancer treatments, such as black salve (also known by the brand name Cansema) and red salve, are sold to treat skin cancer. These products work by destroying the skin and tissue beneath, ...

Merck is the pharmaceutical company that makes a medication called pembrolizumab (Keytruda), which is used to treat different ...

Skin reactions are a common side effect of targeted therapy. Some of these medications can affect your hair or nails. Spotting a reaction early and getting treatment can prevent the reaction from ...

Quitting (or never starting) indoor tanning can help you live longer. By choosing not to tan, you reduce your risk of getting many types of skin cancer, including melanoma. You also reduce your risk ...

Skin cancer is cancer that begins on your skin. It’s the most common cancer in the United States. A common early sign is a spot on your skin that’s growing, bleeding, or changing. A board-certified ...

Dermatologist reviewed: Jennifer Adams, MD, DTM&H, FAAD; Carrie Kovarik, MD, FAAD; John Trinidad, MD, MPH, FAAD. Reviewer bios. Yes. Some studies suggest that taking certain blood pressure medications ...

Since its launch in 2022, a major focus of the Academy’s Your Dermatologist Knows consumer positioning strategy has been the ...