CategoriesRSS FeedsLip Balms And Glosses May Raise Skin Cancer Risk April 27, 2008 16:00:00If you are a regular lip balm or lip gloss user you should perhaps bear in mind that there is a good chance your risk of developing skin cancer is greater, according to researcher, Dr. Christine Brown, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas. The balms/glosses actually attract the ultraviolet rays. Not only do we have to protect our skin from the sun, says Dr. Brown, but also our lips. In fact, one quarter of all Americans do not appear to use any form of lip protection. - [Read more] |
Revolutionary Genetic Test For Womens Hair Loss Launched April 25, 2008 08:00:00HairDX, LLC (http://www.hairdx.com) pioneers of consumer-friendly genetic tests for hair loss, today introduced the first meaningful test using genetic markers strongly associated with Female Hair Loss (Female Androgenetic Alopecia). The easy to understand test provides an accurate and understandable genetic analysis of a womans likelihood of developing this common type of hair loss. - [Read more] |
Scalp And Neck Melanoma Survival April 24, 2008 20:00:00"Skin cancers on the scalp or neck are more deadly than those elsewhere on the body, a large study has suggested", BBC News reported. The Daily Telegraph also describes the results of a new study that examined the prognosis (chance of survival) of patients who developed a malignant melanoma on their scalp or neck. - [Read more] |
FDA Clears Glove Made From New Type Of Latex April 24, 2008 11:00:00The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing the first device made from a new form of natural rubber latex, guayule latex. The product, the Yulex Patient Examination Glove, is derived from the guayule bush, a desert plant native to the Southwestern United States.Traditional latex gloves are made from the milky sap of a rubber tree, Hevea braziliensis. - [Read more] |
Sensitive Skin A Symptom Of Migraine April 23, 2008 12:00:00"Migraine hurts skin" is the headline in the Daily Mirror. The newspaper describes the symptom of sensitive skin, called allodynia, where sufferers of migraine find combing their hair, wearing jewellery or getting dressed "excruciatingly painful". The newspaper reports that 10% of people in the UK suffer migraine. The Daily Telegraph covers the same story and suggests "two thirds of migraine sufferers reported symptoms of the condition allodynia". - [Read more] |
Baby Friendly Bacteria Can Help Prevent Development Of Eczema April 23, 2008 08:00:00Eczema is a distressing condition for both parents and babies - the raw, red skin is painful to see and it is difficult to stop small children from scratching it. At worst, it can mean having to wet wrap wriggly toddlers each day with bandages soaked in moisturisers. It usually starts in the first year of life and affects about 10% of infants. Although most children eventually grow out of it, about half will go on to develop another allergic condition, such as asthma or hayfever. - [Read more] |
New Clinical Practice Guidelines On The Treatment Of Hirsutism April 23, 2008 07:00:00The Endocrine Society has released new clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of hirsutism in premenopausal women. The guidelines appear in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society.Hirsutism is defined medically as excessive terminal hair that appears in a male pattern in women. - [Read more] |
Most Lethal Melanomas Are On Scalp And Neck April 22, 2008 07:00:00People with scalp or neck melanomas die at nearly twice the rate of people with melanoma elsewhere on the body, including the face or ears, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found.The analysis of 51,704 melanoma cases in the U.S. confirms that survival rates differ depending on where skin cancer first appears. Those with scalp or neck melanomas die at a rate 1. - [Read more] |
Migraine Increases Risk Of Severe Skin Sensitivity And Pain April 22, 2008 07:00:00People with migraine are more likely to experience exacerbated skin sensitivity or pain after non-painful daily activities such as rubbing ones head, combing ones hair and wearing necklaces or earrings, compared to people with other types of headache, according to a study published in the April 22, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. - [Read more] |
Melanoma Lurks In Larger Skin Lesions April 22, 2008 07:00:00Skin lesions that are about the size of a pencil eraser are more likely to be melanomas, a deadly form of skin cancer, than smaller moles, according to a new study led by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers.In a new study published in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, the NYU researchers confirm that an important warning sign of melanoma moles that are larger than 6 millimeters, the size of a pencil eraser is still valid. - [Read more] |
ISA247 Is Safe And Effective In Treating Psoriasis April 19, 2008 07:00:00Ina phase III trial, a new treatment for moderate to severe plaquepsoriasis has been proven safe and effective. Additionally, there isalmost a linear relationship between drug dose and response, whichsuggests that patients can be accurately dosed in order to achieve aclinical response while minimizing side effects. These results werepublished on April 18, 2008 in The Lancet. - [Read more] |
Study Probes Pure Oxygens Healing Properties April 18, 2008 08:00:00Pure oxygen therapy is reputed to have many medical benefits, including saving limbs from amputation, and a QUT researcher is setting out to explore its healing properties.PhD researcher James Broadbent, from Queensland University of Technologys School of Life Sciences, is studying pure oxygen, or hyperbaric, therapys effects on chronic wounds. - [Read more] |
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