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July 9, 2026

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1783612939292{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-top-width: 4px !important;border-right-width: 4px !important;border-bottom-width: 4px !important;border-left-width: 4px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;background-color: #FFFFFF !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 20px !important;border-color: #002C76 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Main Takeaways From This Episode: 1. Melanoma is often silent until it's advanced. Unlike many...

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August 25, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_raw_html css=""]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwZGF0YS10ZXN0aWQlM0QlMjJlbWJlZC1pZnJhbWUlMjIlMjBzdHlsZSUzRCUyMmJvcmRlci1yYWRpdXMlM0ExMnB4JTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZvcGVuLnNwb3RpZnkuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZlcGlzb2RlJTJGM25pNHFUZ2REVXJLeVNMbmI1SGxsaiUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RnZW5lcmF0b3IlMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjM1MiUyMiUyMGZyYW1lQm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRCUyMiUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYXV0b3BsYXklM0IlMjBjbGlwYm9hcmQtd3JpdGUlM0IlMjBlbmNyeXB0ZWQtbWVkaWElM0IlMjBmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwbG9hZGluZyUzRCUyMmxhenklMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] From “Terminal” to Triumph When Cheryl first heard the words “stage IV melanoma,” her world stopped. Doctors told her that treatments for her diagnosis hadn’t changed in 25 years, that her options were limited, and that she should enjoy the holidays with her family—...

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August 23, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="52814" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text css=""]Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer as it can quickly spread to other organs and become an untreatable disease. New treatment options such as immunotherapy may help control some patients’ melanoma metastasis, but in most cases, metastatic melanoma still causes the...

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April 21, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="48957" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Fiber is an essential nutrient in the realm of cancer prevention. It does not break down through digestion and helps maintain bowel health and prevent cancers, including colorectal cancer. However, recent studies have also found that fiber may also be an...

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March 23, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="48283" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The prevalence of skin cancer is rising at an alarming rate, with melanoma being the deadliest. Melanoma is renowned for quickly spreading to other organs (or metastasizing), drastically decreasing the likelihood of survival. Being able to stop the spread of...

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March 1, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="47798" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=""]Ocular melanoma or uveal melanoma is the most common tumor of eyes in adults. Every year, hundreds of people are diagnosed with this disease. For decades, no effective therapy for the disease existed. Many ocular melanoma patients, thus, have to be treated...

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March 15, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="41711" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]When people hear the word “vaccine”, they often think about vaccine’s preventive function that protects people from getting infectious diseases such as flu, hepatitis or Covid-19.  It’s true that traditional vaccines are developed to prevent infectious diseases, but innovative scientists...

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May 10, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26712" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Sunscreen has been the poster child for melanoma prevention since the mid-1900s. Since discovering the relationship between sun exposure and melanoma, medical professionals have strongly advised the public to apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen whenever skin is exposed. In fact, when...

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