Welcome to our blog. We wanted to create a blog for our patients and the general community, to answer some of your questions regarding skin care and skin health. With the vastness of the Internet, it is often difficult to know who to listen to, and where to get honest advice. If you are one of our patients then you know we are straight shooters, who give honest and trustworthy advice. If you are not one of our patients, just ask anyone in the South bay, and they will tell you who we are.
A wise man once said "if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life". That is how we feel about the field of Dermatology. We have devoted our lives to fighting skin disease and promoting skin health. If this blog helps even one person, well, that would put a smile on our faces.

Sincerely,
Dr. David Horowitz
Dr. Mark Horowitz

P.S.
Did you put your sunscreen on today?

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Too Few Middle-Aged, Older White Americans Being Screened For Skin Cancer.

HealthDay (4/21, Preidt) reported that "too few middle-aged and older white Americans are being screened for skin cancer, a particular problem among those who did not finish high school or receive other common cancer screenings," according to a study published in the American Journal of Medicine. Just "16 percent of men and 13 percent of women reported having a skin examination in the past year." Researchers found that "the lowest rates of skin cancer screenings were among men and women aged 50 to 64, people with some high school education or less, those without a history of skin cancer, and those who hadn't had a recent screening for breast cancer, prostate cancer or colorectal cancer."
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