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You know how important taking care of your skin is. During the warmer summer months, you always remember the importance of using sunscreen with a high SPF and putting on a sunhat every time you leave the house, but in winter it is easy to get a little slack.

However, protecting your skin should be a priority all year round, not just during the summertime. In this article, we will look at reasons why you should still protect your skin in winter, and what you can do during these months to keep your skin healthy.

An exercise stress test is a simple, non-invasive procedure designed to help assess the health of your heart. It involves using an exercise bike or treadmill while wearing special sensors on your chest, which are connected to monitors. As you pedal or jog harder, the monitors record your blood flow and how much oxygen your heart is receiving. A doctor’s referral is needed for an exercise stress test. The request to have one, however, can come from an employer or even from yourself. Here are six examples of when, and why, it is advisable to do an exercise stress test.

Photo Dynamic Therapy (PDT) is a form of treatment that has been used for over 30 years but is more recently gaining serious traction here in Australia. It's a type of light therapy that is best known for its ability to heal skin cancer. PDT allows doctors to use less radiation in order to kill the cancer cells because it works by using a combination of photosensitising agents with natural sunlight or artificial light sources. This article will discuss what Photo Dynamic Therapy is and how it can be used in modern medicine to treat a wide range of ailments.

Australians have a difficult relationship with the sun. We love the hot days and the beautiful coasts, but we are also more likely to develop serious skin problems, including skin cancer, as a direct result of UV exposure. There are plenty of places across the country where people are discovering worrying skin signs today, so if you want to know what to look for before you visit your doctors in Mackay, Shakespeare Medical Centre has four tips to help you know more about this fatal disease.

We've all been there. A weird twitch, itch, sound, mark or smell that makes you wonder if you should see your doctor or put it off and hope that it miraculously it goes away on its own. Those embarrassing little problems that you want to go away, most likely won't go away on their own and could even be big warning signs of something seriously dangerous that could be easily prevented with early intervention.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis, and it's also the most preventable cancer, but far too often, we only think we should see a doctor when we discover a new mole. Even if you don't have skin with lots of moles doesn't mean you are at low risk of developing skin cancer and that it’s critical to receive regular skin examinations as your overall health regime. Learn about the different types of skin cancer, how to check your own skin and what to look for, when to see a doctor and who is at high risk for skin cancer.