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All are welcome to attend Family Wellness Day, on Sunday September 26, 2010 from 11am-4pm.  There will be activities, speakers, health tips, and giveaways.  Topics include yoga, nutrition, pediatrics, cpr, breastfeeding, car safety, pharmacy, lamaze, dental health, child develpment, parenting support, children’s skin health, and more.

The event is being hosted at Happy & Healthy Pediatrics, and the program looks like it will be outstanding!  We are excited to participate in the event, and Dr. Amy Slear will be speaking at 2:30pm on Sun Safety and Winter Care for Our Children’s Skin.  A complete schedule of events can be found here. For more information, please call: (516) 216-5910

The Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign did a wonderful job organizing and promoting the skin cancer screening at the Wantaugh Park/Pool in collaboration with Senator Charles Fuscillo and Nassau County Executive Mangano.  We are thrilled to have been able to contributing to the success of our the screening, working along with doctors from Stony Brook Hospital as well as Dr. Steve Mc Clain from Mc Clain Labs.

A total of 142 patients participated in the free skin cancer screening, and 66 had to be referred for follow up of suspect lesions.

New York State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) is partnering with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and the Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign (CCMAC) to help protect residents from skin cancer after a summer in the sun.

Senator Fuschillo, County Executive Mangano, and CCMAC will be sponsoring a free skin cancer screening program on Thursday, August 26^th from 11 am to 2:30 pm at the Wantagh Park pool, which is located at 1 King Road in Wantagh, just south of Merrick Road. CCMAC will be working with Dr. Jeffrey Ellis of Belaray Dermatology, Dr. Steve McClain of McClain Labs, and the doctors from Stony Brook Dermatology to provide the free screenings. Residents can show up anytime during the program; no appointments are required. The program will be held rain or shine.

According to CCMAC, one in five people will be diagnosed with some type of skin cancer in their lifetime. Malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, is the fastest growing cancer in America, claiming one life every hour. People of all ethnic backgrounds and races can get skin cancer. One blistering sunburn during childhood or adolescence more than doubles melanoma risk later in life.

Residents who would like more information about the skin cancer screening program should call Senator Fuschillo’s office at 516-882-0630

May is skin cancer month, and the first Monday of May (May 3, 2010) is known as Melanoma Monday – with special activities nationally and locally.  To help spread awareness of skin cancer, and help our community prevent skin cancer, we have developed something very special.

We are proud to introduce our Sun Smart Skin Safe bracelets. They are available in both child and adult sizes, and  will be available for purchase in our office or by mail for $3 each, or 4 for $10.  100% of profits from the sale of these bracelets will be donated charity.  Charities will include the Melanoma Research Foundation, as well as local community skin cancer awareness and prevention projects.  Not only will you be making a donation by purchasing a bracelet, but you may also be helping to protect your skin.  How?  These bracelets do some neat tricks. They change color from white to blue when exposed to harmful UV rays – reminding you to protect yourself and your family.   Here are some tips on how to do just that.

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The UV Index scale used in the United States conforms with international guidelines for UVI reporting established by the World Health Organization. What follows is a description of each UV Index level and tips to help you avoid harmful exposure to UV radiation.

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More and more people are looking for ways to protect themselves from the sun’s UV rays.  Fortunately, there are many options to choose from  year- round.  So enjoy the sun – but protect the skin your in.

These include hats, seeking shade, covering up, sunglasses, and avoiding the peak UV times between 10am and 4pm.

Help spread the word!  Here is a link to a CDC flyer on the topic.

Your skin…. Your choice.

The cold weather can make skin dry, crack, hurt and itch… and one of the best things you can do to help your skin is to use wear protective clothing and minimize your exposure.  Last valentines day, we wrote about a pair of winter gloves that many of our patients have found to be most helpful in keeping warm.  This year, we want to focus on minimizing exposure.

Snow is pretty to look at while sitting next to a fire place… but get out there and start to shovel – and you are putting yourself risk.  Strokes, Heart Attacks, and Musculoskeletal injuries are most commonly reported.  But dermatologists often see the effects of exposure on the skin.  And from our perspective – the faster you get back inside, the less exposure injury there will be.

I have recently had the fortune of trying out a new type of snow shovel – the Wovel, which clears snow faster, easier, and more efficiently.  It is pretty amazing.   In my view, it works faster and with far less hassle than a snow blower.  Plus it is environmentally friendly, and requires no maintenance.   It is a must have tool for anyone who shovels.  It will save your back,  save your skin, and save you time!  After all – the faster the work gets done, the faster you can get back inside to relax and enjoy your hot cocoa.

To the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact, but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday sun can lead to burnt plants. Now a study into sunlit water droplets, published in New Phytologist, provides an answer that not only reverberates across gardens and allotments, but may have implications for human sunburn.

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