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Regional Collaboration In Australia's Northern Territory Reduces Skin Infections In Aboriginal Children A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. ...more	29 Nov 2009
What Are Cold Sores? What Causes Cold Sores? Cold sores (a cold sore), also known as fever blisters, are small sores, or blister-like lesions on the face or inside the mouth. They usually cause pain, a burning sensation, or itching before they burst and crust over. Most commonly, cold sores appear on the lips, chin, cheeks, inside the nostrils, and less frequently on the gums or the palate (roof of the mouth). ...more	28 Nov 2009
Our Skin Helps Us "Hear" Speech A new study from Canada shows that our skin helps us hear speech by sensing the puffs of air that the speaker produces with certain sounds. The study is the first to show that when we are in conversation with another person we don't just hear their sounds with our ears and use our eyes to interpret facial expressions and other cues (a fact that is already well researched), but we also use our skin to "perceive" their speech. ...more	27 Nov 2009
Eradicating MRSA With New Plasma Technology MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails. Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g. ...more	27 Nov 2009
What Are Chilblains? What Causes Chilblains? Chilblains or chilblain are small, itchy swellings on the skin, which are not painful at first, but can become painful. This inflammation of small blood vessels in the skin is also known as pernio and perniosis. It is a localized form of vasculitis in reaction to sudden warming from cold temperatures. The itching, swelling and blistering red patches are located on extremities, such as toes, fingers, ears and nose. ...more	26 Nov 2009
Discovery Leads To Effective Treatment Of Painful Skin Condition Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute, in collaboration with a worldwide group of physicians and scientists, have discovered a remarkable treatment for a rare, yet debilitating, skin condition. The study, published online November 24 in Molecular Therapy describes a new treatment for pachyonychia congenita, an ultra-rare genetic skin condition caused by mutations in a gene called keratin. ...more	26 Nov 2009
New Device Enables Early Detection Of Cancerous Skin Tumors -- Ben Gurion U. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye. During initial testing, the OSPI instrument (Optical Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging) revealed new textures of lesions that have never been seen before - including melanoma in patients who were diagnosed with various skin lesions and were awaiting surgery for their removal. ...more	26 Nov 2009
Skin's Healthy Balance Maintained By Surface Bacteria On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface trigger a pathway that prevents excessive inflammation after injury. "These germs are actually good for us," said Richard L. ...more	25 Nov 2009
Caldolor(R) (Ibuprofen) Injection Demonstrates Significant Fever Reduction In Hospitalized Burn Patients Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( CPIX) announced positive new top-line results from a study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Caldolor (ibuprofen) Injection in treating fever in hospitalized burn patients. Statistical significance was achieved for the primary endpoint of reducing fever in burn patients over the first 24 hours of treatment. ...more	24 Nov 2009
Anika Therapeutics Receives European CE Mark Approval For "ELEVESS Light" Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANIK), a leader in products for tissue protection, healing and repair based on hyaluronic acid ("HA") technology, announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for "ELEVESS™ Light," the Company's latest aesthetic product used for the treatment of fine lines and facial wrinkles. ...more	21 Nov 2009
Dermatologists Now Offer Non Invasive Skin Tightening The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Dermatology is offering a new non-surgical, needle-free skin-tightening procedure that doctors say smoothes wrinkles, firms up baggy or loose skin and improves body contours. The outpatient cosmetic procedure is performed with Thermage®, a device that contours skin all over the body face, eyelids, neck, abdomen, arms, legs and more using focused radio waves. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Burns Patients Awaiting Skin Grafts: Human Embryonic Stem-Cells Could Be Used To Generate Temporary Skin A study in this week's edition of The Lancet reports that the use of human embryonic stem-cells (hESCs) is a promising alternative for producing temporary skin substitutes for patients awaiting skin grafts after, for example, serious burn injuries. The article is the work of Dr Christine Baldeschi, INSERM and Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, Evry Cedex, France, and colleagues. ...more	20 Nov 2009
FDA Approves New Drug For Pain That Persists After Shingles The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it has approved Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), an often excruciating pain that can persist for weeks, months and even years in 10 to 15 per cent of people who get shingles. The medicated skin patch, which is made by Lohmann Therapie-Systems AD of Andernach, Germany and distributed in the US by NeurogesX Inc. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Basilea's Toctino(R) Receives Marketing Authorization In Canada Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. announces that Toctino® (alitretinoin), a new once-daily oral treatment for adults with severe chronic hand eczema (CHE) unresponsive to potent topical corticosteroids, has obtained regulatory approval from Health Canada. "We are delighted that Health Canada has approved the use of Toctino for patients with severe chronic hand eczema unresponsive to potent topical steroids. ...more	19 Nov 2009
University Of Montreal Study Reveals Danger To Fetus Of Certain Drugs More than six percent of expectant mothers in Quebec consume prescription drugs that are known to be harmful to their fetuses, according to a UniversitÃ© de MontrÃ©al investigation published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Half these women will voluntarily terminate their pregnancy fearing congenital malformations, which means the abortion rate among these women is 11 percent higher than in the rest of the population. ...more	18 Nov 2009
TAU Develops Dissolving Dressing For Wounds Packed With Infection-Fighting Antibiotics Despite advances in treatment regimens and the best efforts of nurses and doctors, about 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at Tel Aviv University could cut that number dramatically. Prof. ...more	18 Nov 2009
New Study Ushers In Spring-Time For Slow Inactivation The December 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology (JGP) contains a paper by Christopher Ahern (The University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and colleagues that explores pore mutation effects in Shaker and other K+ channels using in vivo nonsense suppression technology. The study was published online November 16 (http://www.jgp.org). ...more	18 Nov 2009
FDA Approves New Drug Treatment For Long-Term Pain Relief After Shingles Attacks The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the approval of Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch, a medicated skin patch that relieves the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a serious complication that can occur after a bout with shingles. Shingles is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - the varicella-zoster virus. ...more	18 Nov 2009
International Psoriasis Council Hosts Second Educational Symposium To Increase Global Knowledge Of Psoriasis Beginning Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, the International Psoriasis Council (IPC) will host its second symposium at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. The two-day conference brings together dermatologists from Asia, Eastern Europe and Spain to elevate the global understanding of psoriasis and its treatment. Sessions will be facilitated by leading dermatologists and nurses dedicated to psoriasis management and research. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Innovative Strategy Could Help People Follow Doctors' Orders, Take Medications People who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis Health System dermatologist has found. Researchers hope their findings, which appear in the November issue of the Archives of Dermatology, will inspire other health-care providers to use text messaging to encourage healthy habits in their patients, such as taking prescribed medications properly. ...more	17 Nov 2009
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