People with diabetes face special skin challenges. Because diabetes affects the capillaries, the small vessels which feed the skin its blood supply, thickening of the skin increases the difficulty to supply nutrients to the skin.
Freckles are small brownish spots of melanin on the skin of people with fair complexion. Predisposition to freckles is genetic and is related to the presence of the melanocortin-1 receptor MC1R gene variant. Freckling is caused by the same process as that which produces sun tanning, although the distribution of melanin is uneven. Most people who have freckles have light skin.
The skin is often known as “the largest organ in the human body”. This applies to exterior surface, as it covers the body, appearing to have the largest surface area of all the organs.
Mrs. Kalawati, around 58 years old, was brought to me by her daughter on 18-01-05 in great distress with a severely distended abdomen. She had not passed stool since about a week and on asking also said that she had not passed any gas since few days though she had tried all sorts of churans for it. She had a constant feeling of rumbling in abdomen and had no appetite or thirst. If she were fed forcefully she would throw up. I suspected intestinal obstruction from the presentation.
Losing a modest amount of weight through dietary changes and increased physical activity reduces the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women with prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet diabetic. This finding comes from a new study, published in the February issue of Diabetes Care, of women who participated in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a landmark clinical study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A “team approach” to treat depression in elderly people produces effective, lasting results, a new U.S. study finds.
FDA considers the sale of unlicensed or unapproved influenza – related products as a potentially significant threat to the public health and is taking measures to protect consumers from fraudulent products that claim to prevent or treat seasonal or avian (bird) influenza in people.
BioCell Technologies has released the results of a bioassay which supports the effectiveness of its dietary ingredient BioCell Collagen II in preventing wrinkles.
Mesotherapy is the process of multiple micro-injections of medication, homeopathic products and/or vitamins into the middle layer of the skin to treat or correct a problem. In the United States, Mesotheraphy is one of the most successful cellulite treatments currently available. Mesotheraphy is a good non-surgical alternative to liposuction for the treatment of cellulite, weight loss and body contouring. The procedure takes about 20-30 minutes with minimal discomfort.
India-based Saj Group, which specialises in building eco-friendly resorts, is to open the ayurveda-based Saj Earth Resort at Nedumbassery, Kerala, in 2007.