Archives for October 2008
World Psoriasis Day Supplement Available On EPG Patient Direct
EPG Health Media this week launched a ‘World Psoriasis Day’ supplement on its public health website http://www.epgpatientdirect.org. The temporary feature is intended to raise awareness of the annual international event, which was held this year on Wednesday 29th October.
Original post by Dermatology News From Medical News Today
New Topical Approach To Treating Nail Fungus Circumvents Problems With Current Therapy
A novel topical therapy for nail fungus, NB-002, has demonstrated a new topical approach to healing nail fungus by penetrating skin pores and diffusing through the skin that surrounds the entire nail plate, according to a study conducted by NanoBio Corporation. The data represent a unique approach to treating nail fungus (onychomycosis), [...]
Targeting Skin Immune System For Radically Improved Vaccines
UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research. The grant, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Professor Mark Kendall, titled “Nanopatch Delivery of DNA-Based Malaria Vaccines to [...]
ELASTIderm Eye Treatment Regenerates Elastic Fibers In Skin Around The Eyes, New Study Finds
Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMPI), a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems, announced today the publication of a study of its copper-zinc malonate eye treatment ELASTIderm™ in the September 2008 issue of Experimental Dermatology, a premier journal of investigative dermatology. The results of the study suggest that six weeks of treatment with [...]
About Laser Eyelid Surgery, Traditional Eyelid Surgery And Asian Eyelid Surgery
From the 1970’s through the 1990’s cosmetic eyelid surgery consisted primarily of cutting out skin and fat from the eyelids and reconnecting the skin for a tighter look. However, as time went on, these patients’ eyes began to look hollow. More recent eyelid plastic surgery procedures have moved toward preservation and redistribution of the precious [...]
The New Facelift Procedures: Surgical Vs. Non-Surgical Facelift
The Three Ways of Facial Aging - Facial aging has always been associated with the visual signs of sagging skin. For decades, the favored treatment of this sagging skin has been a facelift. When aging recurred, another facelift was done, and so on. After a second or third facelift, the individual no [...]
Endoscopic Sympathectomy A Minimally Invasive Procedure To Decrease Excessive Sweating
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center will broadcast an endoscopic sympathectomy to decrease excessive sweating in the hands, feet, under arms or face. This technique is minimally invasive with a small incision made in each side of [...]
Advanced Viral Announces Phase IIb Wound Healing Trial For AVR123
Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADVR), announced that it has commenced a Phase IIb efficacy study for AVR123 in wound healing. The Phase IIb trial is being conducted at the Friedrich Alexander [...]
Topical Treatment For Cold Sores Achieves Efficacy Of Oral Drugs; Represents Paradigm Shift In The Treatment Of Skin Infections
Scientists at NanoBio Corporation have demonstrated for the first time in humans that a novel topical treatment for cold sores (herpes labialis), NB-001, speeds healing of lesions as effectively as the leading oral systemic drugs but without safety or toxicity concerns. [...]
Physicians Can Now Predict Mild To Severe Baldness In Younger And Older Men With A Genetic Test
Pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc. and its subsidiary HairDX, LLC, today unveiled the next generation of its genetic screening test for male pattern baldness. The HairDX test is available immediately thru qualified physicians’ offices.
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