A new study from the Journal of Investigative Dermatology has confirmed that the rates of melanoma are still on the rise among white Californians. All the more reason to protect yourself from the damaging rays of the sun, check your own skin routinely and have an annual skin cancer screening exam.

Title of article: “Continued increase in melanoma incidence across all socioeconomic status groups in California, 1998-2012”

Link to abstract:
http://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(17)31867-5/pdf