Articles, tagged with "melanoma", page 1
02nd May 2013
Check out your Eye Q by testing out the simple Dermastir Eye Q test
Take a couple of minutes to answer the following questions and find the complete answer to your eye care needs. You will find out just what your eyes need to look and feel better!
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Author:
Ivan S. Pullicino B.Pharm. (Hons.) M.Sc.
14th March 2012
What are moles?
Moles are common among people. 'A melanocytic nevus' is a term given to skin moles, in medical world. They are not at all harmful and prove to be benign. They do not cause itching; in fact, they hardly bother. Not all moles may be prese...
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Author:
mariocora
20th April 2011
Moles can be removed by anesthetizing and then cutting the skin. A flat scar results. If the mole needs to be utterly destroyed, the full thickness of the skin needs to be taken away. Resultant scars can be very noticeable.
An alternative producing les...
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Author:
Jimaibo
12th April 2011
Anti cancer swimwear sounds like a miracle technology, conjuring ideas of a garment that would either help to alleviate cancer or outright prevent it. Unfortunately, this isn't true. However, one-piece swimsuits can, in a roundabout manner, be called anti...
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Author:
Paul Wise
14th March 2011
A patient reports flashes & floaters; however the ophthalmologist doesn't find evidence of retinal pathology on routine ophthalmoscopy. Considering this, are we justified in billing for extended ophthalmoscopy (EO)?
Answer: If the ophthalmoscopy is a r...
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Author:
Erin Lang Masercola
14th March 2011
Can you shed some light on billing 92225 or 92226 with modifier 50, RT/LT, or two units for a patient following a pseudotumor cerebri in a nursing home? How do you find out medical necessity for billing twice?
Both 92225 (ophthalmoscopy, extended, with ...
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Author:
Erin Lang Masercola
22nd November 2010
There was a time when tanned skin meant that a person has moved up in life; for it meant he had the time and money to take a vacation in a sunny beach!
Tanned skin was highly priced as it meant a healthy life, and thought to have slimming effect whi...
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Author:
jsocratous
01st September 2010
If you are troubled by moles or warts that seem to appear on your face, hands, feet or even in embarrassing places over your body then you need to get rid of them. Although most moles and warts are quite harmless, the fact is that they can transform into ...
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Author:
harry murphy
05th August 2010
Any person who's given the diagnosis of cancer gets right away scared of two things: dying and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is an really invasive treatment alternative which has to virtually wreck the entire body to be able to deal with the system and to ...
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Author:
amavanph
30th June 2010
Seborrheic Keratosis are unattractive lesions which can be similar in appearance to warts. These lesions are benign and are noncancerous. They may look frightening and cause concern about skin cancer but there is no reason to be concerned. They can be rem...
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Author:
Angelakenny
25th June 2010
Keratosis is also known as solar keratosis, keratosis pilaris and actinic keratosis. The spots are red in color and covered with a white and yellow skin crust. Additional keratosis can develop such as cutaneous horns, which procured from the face and the ...
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Author:
Angelakenny
03rd June 2010
Did you know that there are natural cancer treatments? Despite what you have heard from your doctors, friends, and the mainstream media, there are normal melanoma cures that exist these days. Quite a few people believe that the only way that they can trea...
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Author:
Richard Johnson
08th April 2010
Sun burn is the condition of the skin caused due to over exposure to sun and its harmful rays. When a person is exposed to ultraviolet radiation (both UVA and UVB) of the sun, his skin gets inflamed and reddish. The person may feel discomfort, irritation,...
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Author:
hoagrawal
08th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Dr Alireza Khosroabady DPM
If you've discovered moles on the soles of your feet, you may be wondering if you've cause for concern.
That depends on a few things. First of all, while not the most 'common' place for a mole to show up...
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Author:
Dr.Khosroabady
27th March 2009
Tanning salons were a huge fad in the mid-80's, immediately after being introduced by Fredrich Wolff in the late 1970's. Today, tanning beds are not as trendy as a few years back, now that the danger of melanoma (aka skin cancer) has spooked the largest p...
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Author:
Aaron Andrews