A clinical trial treating the papillomaviruses responsible for genital warts was on target at the halfway mark, according to Australian of the Year 2006 Professor Ian Frazer and trial manager, sexual health specialist Dr David Jardine.
Bayer plans to enter the market for wound-healing products. Bayer Innovation GmbH ? a subsidiary of Bayer AG ? has developed a leading-edge technology for the manufacture of bioresorbable wound dressings on the basis of silica gel fibers. A ceremony was held on May 4 in Leverkusen to mark the inauguration of a pilot plant which will manufacture the wound dressing in sufficient quantities to enable clinical trials to be carried out.
A widely used diabetes drug dramatically boosted the potency of platinum-based cancer drugs when administered together to a variety of cancer cell lines and to mice with tumors, scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report.
Skin patch screening test for allergy to fragrances ? second only to nickel as the most common cause of contact dermatitis in the Western world ? may not detect some cases of allergy to a widely used fragrance chemical, Swedish scientists are reporting.
The Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency have published an updated report of the Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK . The original report was published by the Department of Health in 2002. Five years later, the new report takes into account up-to-date information and current predictions about climate change in the UK .
Prior to their diagnoses of melanoma, Meghan Rothschild and Lexi Lewis were two of the estimated 2 to 3 million teens that use indoor tanning beds. In spite of repeated health warnings issued in the media about the risks of indoor tanning, neither was prepared to find out that she had melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
With summer is right around the corner, people will be enticed by the sunny, warm weather to spend time more outside. Yet heading outdoors without proper sun protection can lead to sunburn, premature aging and even skin cancer. This year more than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 108,230 of those will be new cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Excessive exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is the most important preventable cause of skin cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the “Critical Path Opportunities for Generic Drugs” report identifying many of the unanswered scientific questions that impede the development of generic versions of commonly used drugs.
Complications from a 2002 car accident left Hurlburt, a borderline diabetic, with recurring cellulitis and staph infections. One of those infections developed into a troublesome open sore that, despite the use of oral antibiotics, continued to fester for nearly eight months.
As temperatures rise and more time is spent outside, Dr. Karl Gruber, a noted pathologist and founder of LUCA Sunscreen, reminds us of the dangers of sun exposure and how to protect ourselves and our children from the risks of skin cancer.