The New York Times on Monday examined how “dermatology is fast becoming a two-tier business in which higher-paying customers” seeking cosmetic procedures “often receive greater pampering” than “medical patients for whom health insurance pays fixed reimbursement rates.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 29th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
A national analysis of physician office and emergency department records shows that the types of skin infections caused by community-acquired MRSA doubled in the eight-year study period, with the highest rates seen among children and in urban emergency rooms. The study, conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, examined annual data from the National Center for Health Statistics of patient visits for skin and soft-tissue infections from 1997 to 2005.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 29th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. announced the introduction of Xolegel CorePak™ for the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis. Now, patients with this chronic skin condition need only one prescription to get quick itch relief and to safely manage the overall condition long term. The two products in Xolegel CorePak are new Xebcort™ Gel, a 1% hydrocortisone gel, and Xolegel® (ketoconazole, USP) Gel, 2%. Xebcort Gel provides quick symptom relief and is presented as a 0.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 29th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
A study was released by Anne Steinemann, a researcher at the University of Washington claiming fragrance ingredients contained in a selection of consumer products are potentially toxic. The fragrance materials industry has the highest concern for the safety of its products. We have a sound four-step safety testing process.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 28th, 2008 under 27918.
Comments: none
There’s something new under the sun at South Dakota State University: Researchers are working with molecules that protect against skin cancer and may even help undo the sun’s damage. Distinguished professor Chandradhar Dwivedi, head of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department in the College of Pharmacy at SDSU, said the work could be commercialized within 10 years. “We are looking at a number of molecules that can be used with sunscreen or without sunscreen.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 26th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
Gel-Del Technologies, a St. Paul, Minnesota based biomedical device company announced that it has concluded clinical trials of CosmetaLife, a dermal filler injection that company officials say holds potential to be a more effective alternative to currently available treatments for deep lines and wrinkles that activates a more natural skin correction. The company began clinical trials of CosmetaLife, a gel-particle product for injection to correct wrinkles, at six U.S.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 25th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
MacroChem Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MACM) announced results of a Phase 2 clinical trial involving 37 patients who completed a 48-week, U.S. multi-center, open-label efficacy and safety study of EcoNail, a topical antifungal lacquer for the treatment of onychomycosis (nail fungus).
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 25th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
PhiloGene, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to VEGFb for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma. This approval is for a larger subset of melanoma patients than was requested, and includes melanoma in stages IIb through IV.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 24th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
Dr. Michael Law, a board certified plastic surgeon in Raleigh, North Carolina, sees patients from all parts of the world seeking natural looking plastic surgery. “Fat grafting has changed the results of facial plastic surgery dramatically. Traditional facelifts simply do not provide the natural result of microfat grafting,” says Dr. Law. Fat grafting has been performed by plastic surgeons for decades.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 24th, 2008 under skin health.
Comments: none
Doctors at Melbourne Internal Medical Associates (MIMA) Cancer Center have become the first in Florida to treat cancer using RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). They are also the first in the world to use this technology to deliver stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in the treatment of soft tissue carcinoma.
This post is an original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: July 23rd, 2008 under 1183.
Comments: none
