{"id":10260,"date":"2021-07-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=10260"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:33:54","slug":"just-asking-skin-check-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10260","title":{"rendered":"Just asking &#8230; skin check much?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/melanoma-detection.jpg?resize=308%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10349\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/melanoma-detection.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/melanoma-detection.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/melanoma-detection.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The summer heat is hot, but this is also the time of year that the UV rays have a greater chance of causing skin cancer now than in the fall, winter, or spring. And some locations have a greater incidence of skin cancer than others &#8211; like in Utah, Vermont, and New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>I think most people don&#8217;t even think about it, but getting your skin checked for the ABCDEs of melanoma is critical.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have someone who can do skin checks for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The summer heat is hot, but this is also the time of year that the UV rays have a greater chance of causing skin cancer now than in the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-just-asking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ABCDE-of-melanoma-detection-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-2Fu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1871,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1871","url_meta":{"origin":10260,"position":0},"title":"The Internal SPF. 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You couldn't get that taken care of before it got THIS bad?VIDEO: I did this on KDKA-TV this past Friday, talking about the relative risks of sun over-exposure versus sun under-exposure.For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower's website.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bookmark and Share","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7602,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=7602","url_meta":{"origin":10260,"position":2},"title":"Tips For Skin Protection From The Sun","author":"Will Clower","date":"July 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunlight may feel wonderful on your skin, but too much exposure to the UV rays can encourage skin cancers.\u00a0In fact, the World Health Organization explains that up to 2 to 3 million people globally now have non-melanoma skin cancer (which is the less aggressive form), and approximately 132,000 now have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activity","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=528"},"img":{"alt_text":"Effect of UV rays on skin, infographic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UV-on-skin-infographic.jpg?fit=880%2C1192&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UV-on-skin-infographic.jpg?fit=880%2C1192&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UV-on-skin-infographic.jpg?fit=880%2C1192&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UV-on-skin-infographic.jpg?fit=880%2C1192&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1870,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1870","url_meta":{"origin":10260,"position":3},"title":"The Internal SPF. 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