News and Features Related to Skin Problems & Treatments
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Cause of Port-Wine Stain Birthmarks Pinpointed
By Brenda Goodman HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they finally know what causes babies to be born with port-wine stain birthmarks and a rarer but related condition that often leads to lifelong struggles with blindness, seizures and mental disabilities. In a ne
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Pediatricians Endorse New Acne Treatment Guidelines
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pimples have long been the bane of teenage existence, but pediatricians say there is now enough evidence on effective treatments to put out the first guidelines on battling acne in children. There is a range of medications that can c
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Ingredient in New MS Drug Linked to Serious Brain Disease
By Brenda Goodman HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- The active ingredient in a drug that's expected to become a popular treatment for multiple sclerosis has been linked to four European cases of a rare but sometimes fatal brain disease called progressive multifocal leukoence
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Advances in Psoriasis Treatment
Psoriasis treatment has come a long way in the past 10 years. That's welcome news for the 7.5 million people with this complex skin disease. "Every year, we've had either a new medication or a new use for one of these medications," says Michael P. Heffernan, MD, a dermatologist with Central Derma
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Talking About Your Psoriasis to Others
One of the challenges of psoriasis is having to explain your skin condition to others. Most people don't know much about psoriasis, and many fear it's contagious. "That can make the job of explaining why your skin looks the way it does especially difficult," says Julie Nelligan, PhD, a Portland-base
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What Causes Psoriasis?
Psoriasis turns your skin cells into Type A overachievers: They mature about five times faster than cells in normal skin. And unlike normal skin cells, which naturally slough off, these cells pile up on the skin's surface almost faster than snow on a snowdrift. Why does this happen? What makes these
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Bedbug Remedy Based on Kidney Bean Leaves?
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A centuries-old bedbug remedy has scientists full of beans -- kidney beans to be precise. The bean leaves used to trap bedbugs hundreds of years ago in southeastern Europe may offer a model for a non-toxic, modern-da
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Temporary Tattoos May Leave Permanent Damage
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- As thousands of college students head to sunny spots for spring break, getting temporary tattoos may seem like a fun thing to do. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that they can cause blisters and permanent scarr
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Could Herpes Virus Affect Memory in Older Adults?
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who harbor certain infections, such as the herpes cold sore virus, may have poorer thinking and memory abilities than their peers, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 1,600 older adults, those wi
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Germs Fly in Roller-Derby Games, Study Finds
By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- As roller-derby skaters bump and smack one another on the track, a new study finds that they're exchanging more than bruises: These combative women are also swapping countless bacteria that live on their skin. Researchers who
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