With the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are outdoors now more than ever. Take precautions to avoid basal cell carcinoma — and learn how to spot it. Basal cell carcinoma strikes the basal cells in our ...

The primary job of basal insulin is to keep your blood glucose levels stable during periods of fasting, such as while you’re sleeping. Without this insulin, your glucose levels would rise at an ...

Jason C. Baker, M.D., is assistant professor of clinical medicine and attending endocrinologist at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York. He earned his medical ...

Basal cell carcinoma is a skin cancer that affects the basal cells. Basal cells are round cells in the epithelium, the outer layer of the skin. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin ...

Dermatologist Mark G. Lebwohl, MD, recalls once running into a doctor colleague at work with a scab on his lip. Crossing paths again weeks later, his colleague had the same scab. “I looked at him and ...

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common skin cancer, often caused by UV exposure, and originates in the epidermis's basal cells. Diagnosis involves clinical examination and biopsy to confirm BCC and ...

Figure 1: Attenuation of BAPs from soma to basal dendrites. Figure 2: Measurement of unitary EPSPs and their attenuation in basal dendrites. The asymmetry between the forward and backward attenuation, ...

Basal cell cancer is the most common form of skin cancer diagnosed in the United States. Basal cells are small, round skin cells normally found in the upper part of your skin. When these cells become ...

Basal cell carcinomas are slow-growing cancers. They typically appear as elevated or flat lesions present on the sun-exposed parts of the body such as the face, scalp, chin, neck or back. The lesions ...

Basal cell carcinoma is one of the most common skin cancers in America and Australia and incidence is also on the rise in the UK. This rise is thought to be attributable to an increase in exposure to ...