Breaking news on dermatology
Manuka Honey Could Be The Answer For Treating And Preventing Wound Infections published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of manuka honey to treat bacterial infections in the face of growing antibiotic resistance...
Tanning Salons Lie About Health Risks Says Congressional Panel published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PST
A report compiled by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee slates tanning salons for not making the risks clear to their customers. The committee asked for a thorough investigation to find out whether tanning salons across the country make it clear to their clients the health issues associated with the services they offer...
Erivedge - Treatment For Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
Basal cell carcinoma is a form of skin cancer caused by regular sun exposure, or other ultraviolet radiation, which starts in the top layer of the skin (epidermis), is usually painless and grows slowly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new drug named Erivedge (vismodegib) for the treatment of adult patients with basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer...
FDA Approves Drug For Common Skin Cancer published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug to treat adult patients with advanced basal-cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer. The drug's generic name is vismodegib and was developed by the US part of Roche Holding AG. It will be sold in the US by Roche's South San Francisco-based Genentech under the brand name Erivedge...
Children With Severe Burn Injuries Are At A Much Higher Risk Of Health Complications And Death published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published Online First by The Lancet has found that children with burn injuries covering 60% or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) are at a much higher risk of experiencing severe complications or death. The authors urge the need for more attention to be given to such patients, with more vigilant and improved forms of therapy...
Are All Itches The Same? - Probably Not published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D...
All Itches Are Not Equal published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related to the itch's location...
New Findings On Aging Pediatric Bruises Published By Notre Dame Researchers published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. The research, which is funded by the Gerber Foundation, will have particular application to pediatric medicine, as bruise age is often key evidence in child abuse cases...
Skin Inflammation Controlled By Gatekeeper Signal published
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A new study unravels key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological inflammation of the skin. The research, published online in the journal Immunity by Cell Press, identifies a "gatekeeper" that, when lost, can cause inflammatory skin disease in the absence of injury or infection...
Unexplained Skin Condition 'Morgellons' Found To Be Non-Infectious, Not Linked To Environmental Cause published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has completed a comprehensive study of an unexplained skin condition commonly referred to as Morgellons and found no infectious agent and no evidence to suggest an environmental link. The full results are reported in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE...
Visible Signs Of Aging Improved By Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark Extract) In New Study published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Human skin is the body's first line of defense and often mirrors the health, nutritional status and age of a person. Over time, skin shows signs of aging due to the gradual breakdown of collagen and elastin. However, skin can be rebuilt and made healthier no matter one's age...
Kids Need To Use More Sunscreen published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PST
A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that most pre-adolescent children do not regularly use sunscreen, and worse, many suffer from sunburn at some point during their childhood...
Psoriatic Arthritis - New Drug Offers Relief published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Around 7.5 million Americans, which is about 2.2% of the population, suffer from psoriaris, an autoimmune disease causing red, flaky skin...
Impetigo - Ozenoxacin Phase lll Trial published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
The pharmaceutical company Ferrer has received approval to start phase III human trials of ozenoxacin, formulated as a topical treatment for infectious skin conditions. In February 2012, participants are expected to enter the multicenter, randomized, placebo controlled, parallel, double-blinded superiority clinical study, which is scheduled to complete in 2013...
Dermatologists Find Telemedicine Effective For Patient Care published
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
UC Davis Health System dermatologists, using videoconferencing technology known as telemedicine, have determined that live interactive consultations can improve clinical outcomes for patients because they usually involve beneficial changes in medical diagnosis and disease management that otherwise might not occur...
Study Published On Novel Treatment For Skin Lymphoma published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Promising findings on a novel combination treatment approach for a chronic type of skin lymphoma are published in JAMA's Archives of Dermatology by clinical researchers from Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine...
Live Interactive Teledermatology Consultations Lead To Better Clinical Outcomes published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PST
According to a report in the January issue of Archives of Dermatology, the use of live interactive teledermatology consultations can lead to improved clinical outcomes for patients, with most the consultations resulting in changes in diagnosis and disease management...
Smoke Inhalation Study Yields Surprising Results published
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients. Contrary to expectations, patients who died from their injuries had lower inflammatory responses in their lungs than patients who survived...
How Our Sense Of Touch Works published
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
According to a study published December 22 in Cell, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found out how sense of touch is connected in the nervous system and skin. These findings provide new opportunities for understanding how the brain gathers and processes information from hairy skin. David Ginty, Ph.D...
Silk Spun By Hybrid Silkworms Could Improve Sutures, Artificial Limbs And More published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Research has just been published showing that silk produced by transgenically-engineered silkworms in the laboratory of Malcolm Fraser, Jr., professor of biological sciences at University of Notre Dame, exhibits the highly sought-after strength and elasticity of spider silk. This stronger silk could possibly be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes...
Antiestrogen Supplements Might Reduce Melanoma Risk published
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
According to an investigation published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, antiestrogen supplements may lower the risk of women with breast cancer developing melanoma. The Swiss Research Foundation against Cancer, a nonprofit group, funded the investigation...
Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Higher Among Cancer Survivors published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals reveals that, cancer survivors have a higher chance of developing cutaneous melanoma (CM), one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer. Individuals with previously diagnosed melanoma are at the highest risk...
Women Who Use Sunless Tanning Products Spend Less Time In The Sun published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
According to a study published Online First by Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, a survey of young women indicates that those who use sunless tanning products spent less time tanning in the sun or under UV lamps, especially those who use sunless tanning products a lot...
Treating Crows Feet With Botulinum Neuromodulators published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
An investigation published Online First by the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals reveals that the onset action of two botulinum neuromodulators both improved the appearance of crow's feet (lateral orbital rhytids) even though one appeared to produce greater improvement than the other...
Gene Mutations Linked To Problems With Wound Healing published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Wound healing requires complex interactions between cells resident at the damaged site and infiltrating immune cells. As healing progresses, the growth of new blood vessels is critical to provide nutrients and oxygen...
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