It is the word that seems to be on everyone's lips these days; anxiety. And lets be honest; is that really so surprising?  Even in the day-to-day routine of life, it seems the world is bombarding us from every direction.  Stress causes your heart to race, your breathing clinch and your brain fog up until its impossible to think clearly.  Anxiety is especially challenging for young people who have yet to develop the coping skills that come with maturity. Imagine then, the additional stress of a diagnosis of melanoma or cancer. It’s like lighting a fuse. That’s why it is more...

Let’s face it; as essential as sunscreen is to our daily life, putting it on is an absolute pain in the #%&!!  Why not make it as easy as possible? That’s where spray or aerosol sunscreens come into play. A quick spray here; another hit there! It’s fast. It’s easy. It doesn’t get on your hands - what could be wrong with that?  Quite a bit to be honest! First off, coverage of a spray is a fraction of a liquid sunscreen. Spray sunscreen is diluted by high levels of propellant in the canister. In short, on average, only half the...

It was the perfect storm. When Claire was diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma at the age of 14, it absolutely blindsided us. She wore sunscreen, never tanned and got annual skin screenings. What was missed was the risk associated with hypothyroidism; a condition that can occur as a result of puberty. Claire became fully symptomatic at the age of 14; a diagnosis coinciding with drastic and quick changes in a mole that had always been prettily sitting on her ankle.