She booked a routine skin check and expected a clean bill. What arrived instead revealed a Medicare coverage gap that catches ...

Most adults should have a full-body skin check by a board-certified dermatologist once per year. Those with higher risk factors — personal or family history of skin cancer, many moles, history of ...

FOR A LOT of guys, a dermatology appointment sits in the same category as replacing the tires on their car: It’s important in theory, but easy to avoid in practice. Maybe it feels awkward. Maybe you ...

ATLANTA — I’ve been meaning to go to the dermatologist for years. At 32, with pale, freckled skin and a growing number of moles I obsessively monitor, I knew it was important — but I was nervous.

A 68-year-old with a lifetime of sun exposure books the annual full-body skin exam her primary care doctor suggested. She expects it to work like the yearly wellness visit: covered, no bill, done. A ...