Long Term Breastfeeding May Increase Risk of Eczema in Children

While evaluating the results of several studies addressing on the effect of breastfeeding and the risk of childhood eczema, the results have been a controversy, but majority of reviews and research done on this topic reports a common conclusion that there is relationship between long term breastfeeding and risk of childhood eczema. Recently a research [...]

Dr Scott Reuben Accused of Falsifying Medical Research

It’s what NaturalNews says – The largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer’s speakers’ bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals. Now being reported across the mainstream media is the fact that Dr. Reuben accepted a $75,000 [...]

Increased Incidence Of Skin Cancer Among Asian Living In Singapore

A Journal published at “Journal of the American Academy of dermatology” concludes that Incidence of skin cancer among peoples of singapore has increased from 1968 to 2006 and especially among older chinese. The incidence rates of skin cancers in Caucasian populations are increasing. There is little information on skin cancer trends in Asians, who have [...]

A Hope For Chronic Hair Pullers

A paper published in Archives Of General Psychiatry has given a new hope for those suffering from chronic hair pulling syndrome also known as trichitillomania. Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive urge to pull your hair from your scalp, eyebrows or even  other areas of your body like pubic hair. It results in noticeable hair loss [...]

Study Finds No Association Between Streptococcus Pharyngitis And Pityriasis Rosea

A study at Department of Dermatology and STD, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India suggests that there is no association between streptococcus pharyngitis and pityriasis rosea. Pityriasis rosea is self limited skin condition of uncertain etiology. The exact cause of pityriasis rosea is not known but various hypotheses have been postulated incriminating [...]

New Study Suggest Rifampin is the most sensitive antibiotic for acne vulgaris

In a study Researchers at Shiraz University, Department of Biology of School of Sciences, Iran found that rifampin was the most sensitive antibiotic in vitro for acne vulgaris.They suggest a combination of rifampin with other antibiotics may be more efficient in treating Acne vulgaris.They report their findings in the December 2008 issue of the Indian [...]

Activated protein C can stimulate wound healing in patients with skin ulcers

Current research suggest that Activated protein C can stimulate wound healing in patients with skin ulcers that are refractory to conventional wound-healing therapies,according to the article published in november issue of Archives of Dermatology. The treatment of skin ulcers frequently presents a management challenge. Nonhealing wounds with poor response to conventional wound management therapy represent [...]

Indigo Ointment May Help Treat Patients With Psoriasis

An ointment made from indigo naturalis, a dark blue plant-based powder used in traditional Chinese medicine, appears effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease for which no cure exists, only therapies that bring it [...]

Skin Creams Can Make Your Skin Drier

Many people have noticed that as soon as you start using a skin cream, you have to continue with it; if you stop lubricating, your skin becomes drier than when you started. And now there is research to confirm for the first time that normal skin can become drier from creams. Izabela Buraczewska presents these [...]

New skin disorder mobile phone dermatitis

Doctors are being warned to be alert to a new allergic skin disorder, caused by mobile phones, according to the British Association of Dermatologists. A new phenomenon called “mobile phone dermatitis” has been discovered, in which people who spend long periods of time on their mobile phone develop an allergic reaction to the phone’s nickel [...]