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May201005

Miranda Henley, PharmD.

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Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention

As summer draws near and the weather gets warmer we will be spending an increasing amount of time outdoors enjoying the sunlight.  Sunscreen is often not the first thing we think of when heading outdoors but it should be as the prevalence of skin cancer continues to rise.  In 1930, 1 in 5,000 Americans was [...]

Mar201009

Miranda Henley, PharmD.

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Shingles

Original Post: February 4, 2010
Did you know that if you had chicken pox as a child you are at risk of developing shingles? Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.  The virus stays in your body and can resurface as shingles later in life.  Half of people age 85 or older have [...]