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The truth about internet profiles
By admin at 15 March, 2010, 4:05 pm
There’s more honesty out there than you thinkNearly 17 years ago, the New Yorker ran what is probably still the best-known cartoon about the world wide web. It featured two dogs sat at a computer, with one pawing the keyboard while saying to his chum, “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”The notion that the internet is full of barefaced liars remains a popular one. And with good reason: dating sites allow Devito-esque men to pass themselves off as Schwarzenegger, while teens on MySpace Photoshop away their acne
Read More >>Adapalene-Benzoyl Peroxide Combination Gel Improves Symptoms of Acne Vulgaris
By admin at 12 March, 2010, 1:16 pm
Adapalene-benzoyl peroxide gel is more effective than the individual components for the treatment of inflammatory acne, and it has a rapid onset of action. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources
Read More >>Systemic isotretinoin in the treatment of rosacea – doxycycline- and placebo-controlled, randomized clinical study
By admin at 11 March, 2010, 4:00 pm
Conclusions: Isotretinoin 0.3 mg/kg is an effective and well-tolerated therapy option for the treatment of rosacea subtype II and III and can therefore be used successfully as an alternative to therapy with oral antibiotics. (Source: JDDG)
Read More >>Factors predicting acne in Chinese adolescents clarified
By admin at 11 March, 2010, 4:00 pm
Genetic predisposition, psychologic stress, insomnia, and high calorie consumption, amongst other factors, all significantly predict the onset of acne in Chinese adolescents, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News – Dermatology)
Read More >>Diet in dermatology: Revisited
By admin at 11 March, 2010, 6:10 am
Kaimal Sowmya, Thappa Devinder MohanIndian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology 2010 76(2):103-115Diet has an important role to play in many skin disorders, and dermatologists are frequently faced with the difficulty of separating myth from fact when it comes to dietary advice for their patients. Patients in India are often anxious about what foods to consume, and what to avoid, in the hope that, no matter how impractical or difficult this may be, following this dictum will cure their disease.
Read More >>Testosterone synthesized in cultured human SZ95 sebocytes derives mainly from dehydroepiandrosterone
By admin at 10 March, 2010, 4:00 pm
Please cite this paper as: Testosterone synthesized in cultured human SZ95 sebocytes derives mainly from dehydroepiandrosterone. Experimental Dermatology 2010.Abstract: Human sebaceous gland possesses all the steroidogenic enzymes required for androgen synthesis.
Read More >>The epidemiology of adolescent acne in North East China
By admin at 9 March, 2010, 4:00 pm
Conclusion Adolescent acne includes a familial genetic predisposition.
Read More >>The effect of isotretinoin treatment on plasma homocysteine levels in acne vulgaris
By admin at 7 March, 2010, 4:00 pm
Isotretinoin has revolutionized the treatment of acne by improving the cosmetic outcome and decreasing the psychological damage. However, use of isotretinoin is associated with significant side-effects such as mucocutaneous involvement, dyslipidaemia and liver dysfunction, as indicated by increases in liver enzymes
Read More >>Severe Acne Responds to Combo Therapy (CME/CE)
By admin at 6 March, 2010, 4:43 am
Patients with severe acne had significantly greater improvement when topical adapalene/benzoyl peroxide (Epiduo) was added to oral doxycycline, according to results of a randomized clinical trial.
Read More >>New Treatments and Good Skin Care Helping Patients Control Acne and Rosacea
By admin at 5 March, 2010, 9:00 pm
Acne and rosacea are two seemingly different skin conditions that have one important thing in common: both are chronic and extremely common skin conditions. However, dermatologists recommend that with proper diagnosis, treatment and a healthy dose of good, old-fashioned skin care, acne and rosacea can be less of a nuisance for patients. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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