Topical treatment with moisturizers and emollients such as petroleum jelly should be the first line of therapy for treating psoriasis in pregnant and breast-feeding women, according to new recommendations from the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board based in Portland, Ore. These products should be tried first because they cause no known adverse effects. Psoriasis, a [...]
In an effort to halt the spread of AIDS, health officials in New York City recommended yesterday that treatment with anti-AIDS drugs should begin as soon as an individual is diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, rather than waiting for it to begin harming the immune system. New York [...]
At the occasion of the 4th DNDi Partners’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr Carlos Gadelha, Secretary of Science, Technology and Strategic Products, Brazilian Ministry of Health, announced that Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) granted registration of a new paediatric dosage form of benznidazole, developed through a partnership between the Pernambuco State Pharmaceutical [...]
December 07, 2011 – Winter Park Laser & Anti-Aging Center is celebrating the beauty of the holidays and of women with the Orlando & Winter Park community by hosting their annual “Holiday VIP Client Appreciation Bash” on December 14, 2011 from 5:30pm-7:30pm at their office to display their various cosmetic medical spa services open their [...]
Beauty Research, a beauty blogging web site, recently discussed new anti-aging solutions from NuFace and Perricone MD. Both brands offer hope to those experiencing the signs of aging skin. NuFace is known for its microcurrent technology which stimulates facial muscles in order to smooth and firm sagging, wrinkled skin. The technology is now available in [...]
Mayor Dennis Phillips said in about 10 days the Kingsport Police Department is going to be busy in every business in town that sells synthetic marijuana and bath salts, now that a new ban has been approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The BMA gave final approval Tuesday night on a synthetic drug [...]
It looked like a meth cook’s dream. Seven average-looking white plastic buckets were stacked in a white shed. Inside the buckets were ingredients such as cold tablets, alcohol and rock salt used in making the street drug methamphetamine. Darrell Weaver, director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, stood before the shed [...]
On Dec 3, two Malaysian women were caught trying to smuggle drugs in via the Woodlands Checkpoint. One of them was carrying heroin and the other, Ice. While heroin addiction has been a scourge here for more than 50 years, Ice or methamphetamine abuse is a more recent entry. Known as crystal meth in the [...]
Cell Therapeutics Inc. and MTA announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Division of Oncology Products 1 has notified CTI that their October 2011 resubmitted New Drug Application is considered a complete, Class 2 response to the FDA’s April 2010 complete response letter. Pixantrone is a novel aza-anthracenedione that has structural and physio-chemical properties. [...]
“Mommy is Still Mommy: Cancer Can’t Change That” is the latest children’s book quickly becoming a favorite among cancer patients, hospitals and treatment centers. This vividly captivating children’s book simplifies the effects of cancer treatment and changes the way it impacts your family. It will touch the hearts of your children as it cleverly tackles [...]
Who says dogs are not our best friends? Researchers from the North Carolina State University have found evidence that shows evolutionary breakpoints on canine chromosomes that are associated with dog cancer. The study shows how much our lives depend on the gift of life from our dog, especially those who are dying of cancer themselves. [...]
The room is darkened, and flute music plays softly. Then I barely feel the first stick. Acupuncture needles are very tiny, just the thickness of a few hairs — not at all the vast implement some people think of when they envision acupuncture. By the third stick, I feel an overwhelming desire to close my [...]