This month’s issue of Ladies’ Home Journal has a timely and important article on how to Save Yourself from Skin Cancer. Where I live the sun has just started making itself felt in a big way, and we’ve pulled out the sunscreen for daily application for us and the kids.

This article emphasizes the seriousness of the growing skin cancer problem — one million new skin cancer cases will be diagnosed next year in the U.S.! With 90 percent of those being sun-related, it’s no surprise that most experts are advising daily and heavy use of sunscreen products. And while many doctors will tell you to use sunscreen year-round, it’s not your imagination that they’re needed more in the summer time. Studies show that UVA and UVB rays can be up to three times stronger in the summer than in winter months. So it’s a good idea to get in the habit of applying a sunscreen daily now, before the summer months bring the strongest rays.

Look Inside >>  May 2009