Put sun safety ahead of sun tan, Australia
The AMA is reminding people that it is the season to be sun smart to reduce the risk of skin cancer.
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Limes: Health Benefits, Nutritional Information
Find out all about limes, including nutritional information, their potential health benefits and simple ways to incorporate more of them into your diet.
Articles examine relationship between skin and endocrine disorders
Two studies and an editorial published online by JAMA Dermatology examine the relationship between skin disorders and endocrine diseases. In the first study, Dipankar De, M.D.
What is cost effectiveness of confirmatory testing before treating nail fungus?
An analysis based on data from previously published literature suggests it is more cost effective to treat all suspected cases of nail fungus (onychomycosis) with the oral medication terbinafine than...
Immunotherapy breakthrough led by UCLA researcher now approved as standard of care for advanced melanoma
A first-of-its-kind (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy has been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as first-line treatment for metastatic melanoma, allowing greater access to this therapy for...
FDA propose to ban use of tanning beds by under-18s
The US regulator is proposing to restrict the use of sunlamp products to adults aged 18 and over as a safety measure to cut rates of eye injury, skin damage and skin cancer.
POSTECH team creates a more durable protein hydrogel based on elastic silk-like protein
Prof. Hyung Joon Cha (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) and a team of researchers examined the behavior of sea anemone to create a mechanically durable hydrogel.
Saline water better than soap and water for cleaning wounds, researchers find
Many scientific advances have been made in the delivery of care and infection prevention for open fractures, but the standard practice of wound cleaning with soap and water before surgery has...
Use of nanoparticles administered via hair follicles will combat surgical site infections and wounds
"...nanoparticle size will help them to carry things into the skin better than current antiseptic regimes...
Nanotechnology sunscreen filters out dangers
A sunscreen that encapsulates the benefits of current commercial products within nanotechnology offers protection without harm as it does not enter the bloodstream.