NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be an association between childhood cancer and birthmarks, according to a new study. Minor malformations, such as birthmarks, may reflect "altered prenatal ...

What Birthmarks Really Are Birthmarks are visible skin markings that appear at birth or shortly afterward, and they affect a ...

For as long as she could remember, Ilia Smith had a dark spot on the side of her hip that she considered to be a birthmark. It looked like an irregular square and contained different hues — from deep ...

A Nigerian-Irish woman, 42, was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2020. She loved tanning in her youth, and didn't think she was at risk of cancer because of her skin color. She now does everything ...

Her name was Mari Tisera. Her short life is now captured in family photos and videos of her dancing and happy. The student at George Mason University in Northern Virginia was a daddy’s girl who was ...

A mole or a birthmark are natural occurrences on the skin that cannot be avoided or prevented. While mostly benign and harmless, it is still important to differentiate between the two and watch out ...