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Your Health Matters is an online health resource that compliments the weekly on-air Your Health Matters live news segment, Tuesday's at 8:00 am on FOX45 Morning News. Physicians from the University of Maryland Medical Center, Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, and Maryland General Hospital will offer healthy living and disease prevention tips to help our community live healthier more productive lives.

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HEALTH TIP

Season-less Sunscreen

Summer may feel like a distant memory, but that does not mean you should be putting away the sunscreen.  No matter what the season, keep exposed areas of you skin, like your face and hands, lathered with a sunscreen that has a SPF of at least 15!

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