Join ANewSKIN tonight with Live on the Boulevard at the El Dorado Town Center

Come check out ANewSKIN Dermatology’s booth at the Live on the Boulevard Concert tonight in the El Dorado Hills Town Center. We will be listening to some great music by Steelin Dan and playing Pop for Prizes! Come pop a balloon and you can win a prize from a FREE MedSpa Facial to $150 off a Botox treatment!  We would love to answer any questions you may have about our practice that’s located above the Wells Fargo Building on the second floor. Dr. Rosio is a board certified dermatologist by the American Board of Dermatology, and cosmetic surgeon, trained at Stanford University Medical Center. So come to the El Dorado Town Center Shopping Center tonight from 6-8 to listen to some great music and win some prizes! We hope we see you there.

Vitamin D Associated With Increased Risk Of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers.

 A study published in the Archives of Dermatology is looking at the link between Vitamin D and Non-Melanoma skin cancer.  “Vitamin D, which some studies have found may protect against diabetes, heart disease and cancer, appears to raise the risk of non-melanoma malignancies," according to a report on  Bloomberg News. It seems to be shown that it is better for an individual to not rely on getting all their vitamin D from sun exposure only. When in the sun, one should still wear sunscreen. If more vitamin D is needed, physicians recommend getting an increase in their vitamin D levels by ingesting the vitamin in pill form. "An analysis of data on 3,223 patients found those with the highest amounts of vitamin D from sun exposure had a 60 percent greater risk of developing the most common form of skin cancer than those with lowest levels."

        HealthDay (8/16, Gardner) reports that the study "stops short of saying that high vitamin D levels might actually cause these types of cancer, because ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure is necessary for vitamin D production in the body. It might simply mean that people with more sun exposure tend to develop more non-melanoma skin cancers." The link between sun exposure and non-melanoma cancer is proven to be true, but the connection between vitamin D and non-melanoma cancer is still under review. MedPage Today  reports that "It's unclear whether it's the damage from UV rays that accounts for the risk, or rising vitamin D levels that accompany exposure to the rays."  It’s important for the human body to get sufficient amounts of Vitamin D, to protect itself against other diseases, but not at the cost of cancer. But don’t shy away from the sun! The sun is still a great way for an individual to get the amount of vitamin D they need daily; instead, protect yourself against non-melanoma cancer by wearing sunscreen, and only staying in direct sunlight for short periods of time.  

Live on the Boulevard Free Concert Series

Come out and join ANewSkin Dermatology of Dr. Timothy Rosio, for the Live Concerts in the park her at the El Dorado Hills Town Center. Nashville recording artist DaveRussel will be playing some “down home” country music.  We’d love to see y’all there. Live on the Boulevard Concert Series features free Concerts every Thursday through September 22nd in the Steven Young Amphitheater from 6-8 PM. Stop by our booth and we will have “Pop for Prizes,” where you can win a variety of prizes from free facials to discount on laser services. We hope to see you there.

Healty Skin is 'Made in the Shade'



Shade Structure sponsored by Dr. Tim Rosio at AnewSKIN



Dermatologists have been helping to add sun shade structures to communities, schools, and non-profit centers with grants and education. Dr. Tim Rosio, a Sacramento region board certified dermatologist in El Dorado Hills, California says that  dermatologists are receiving much more moral support now that nonprofit organizations are saying that playing outdoors is a great way to prevent or deal with growing obesity in children. 



A recent article in USA Today (6/30, Szabo) reports, "At a time when one-third of children are obese or overweight, a movement is growing to provide more shade at playgrounds, parks and pools, both to reduce future cancer risk and promote exercise." As a result, "across the USA, communities are working to make school play areas greener, with more trees, shrubs and natural shade," says Richard Louv, co-founder of the Children & Nature Network, a non-profit group encouraging youngsters to play outdoors. However, trees take years to grow.  In the meantime, some schools and municipalities are erecting shade structures over playgrounds so children can avoid overexposure to the sun. Over the past several years, both the American Academy of Dermatology and the non-profit Shade Foundation, founded by a melanoma survivor, have donated grants to construct shade structures for children. Despite the AAD’s generosity thus far, those seeking grants for shade structures greatly exceed funding, and the AAD could only award 37 grants among some 500 applicants in 2010.



Shade structure sponsored by Dr. Rosio at AnewSKIN



About the AAD Shade Structure Program Each year the American Academy of Dermatology sponsors a Shade Structure program for schools across the nation to receive $8,000 grants towards building a Shade Structure at their school to shield the children from harmful Ultraviolet rays. Each shade structure comes equipped with a permanent sign displaying the AAD’s "Be Sun Smart" messages to promote the importance of sun safety.  Additionally, each of these schools is sponsored by a dermatologist of the AAD. Stanford trained dermatologist, Dr. Tim Rosio has sponsored a total of four schools in the past three years.