Long-term, systemic antibiotic use for the treatment of adolescent acne can promote fat accumulation Published March 14, 2023 | Originally published on MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events A growing body of evidence is showing that the healthy gut microbiome—a community of microorganisms that live together in the gut—influences many aspects of human growth and development, especially during […]
TCM for Post-COVID Hair Loss By Sarah Li, PhD Long-term side effects following COVID-19 infections include many different symptoms including autoimmune, metabolic and neurological manifestations. Many of these side effects appear to be brought on by the increased amount of stress COVID-19 puts on the body. Hair loss is one side effect that falls under […]
Published April 4, 2022 | Originally published on Newswise: Diabetes Treating wounds with an extract taken from wild blueberries may improve healing, according to a new study. The research will be presented this week in Philadelphia at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2022. More than $50 billion is spent on […]
Reuters Health Medical News|April 13, 2021 Thiazide diuretics, which are used by many older patients to control blood pressure, are linked to increased risk of certain skin cancers in a new Canadian study. The analysis of data from more than 300,000 Ontario adults aged 66 and older revealed that prolonged use of thiazides, including hydrochlorothiazide, […]
April 06, 2021 International Journal of Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors reviewed 19 articles featuring the results of randomized, double-blind, controlled trials to determine the effect of oral hydrolyzed collagen supplementation on skin hydration, elasticity, and wrinkles. A total of 1125 patients were included, with 95% being women. Although the oral supplement formulation and dosing […]
March 22, 2021 The Journal of Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this retrospective study, the mean vitamin D level in 250 patients hospitalized with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) was 16.51 ng/mL (sufficient level is >30 ng/mL). The majority of patients had vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/mL) and while 20.16% had vitamin D insufficiency (20–30 ng/mL). Patients with […]
February 02, 2021 International Journal of Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors performed a systematic review using the PubMed database that included 11 interventional clinical trials and 42 observational studies conducted between January 2009 and April 2020. They found several dietary factors associated with acne promotion, including a high glycemic index and/or glycemic load diet, dairy […]
— Western diet increased odds of currently having acne by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 10, 2020 Dietary habits — particularly fats and carbs — were associated with risk of acne in adults, a French study found. Looking at daily dietary records of nearly 25,000 individuals, consumption of one portion of fatty and […]
05.01.2020 Findings may point to an opportunity for earlier diagnosis of PsA by Judith Lin, MD Psoriatic arthritis can be difficult to diagnose in early stages of symptom onset due to the variable clinical presentation, limited exam findings, overlapping features with other diseases, and lack of reliable biomarkers. Perhaps it is not too surprising that […]
When topical treatments fail, phototherapy offers potential for improvement 10.01.2019 by Andrew D. Bowser Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Phototherapy, a strategy used to treat skin disease for thousands of years, remains an effective and relatively safe option for many psoriasis patients today, according to the co-chair of a working group that has developed new, comprehensive […]
by Diana Swift, Contributing Writer January 30, 2019 Both atopic and autoimmune arthritis conditions were independently associated with functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), an Australian population-based study found. Furthermore, while functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are associated with increased anxiety, and more than half of IBS cases are secondary to psychological disorders, the associations between FD, IBS, […]
IT’S CONFIRMED. DAIRY PRODUCTS AND SUGAR CAUSE ACNE. As our sugar and dairy consumption has increased over the last 100 years so has the number of people with acne. We now have over 17 million acne sufferers, costing our health care system $1 billion a year. Eighty to ninety percent of teenagers suffer acne to […]
– Lower rosacea risk seen among coffee drinkers in study of nurses by Ashley Lyles, Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 17, 2018 Higher caffeine consumption, especially from coffee, was associated with lower risk of developing rosacea, a longitudinal, observational study among women found. The inverse relationship between caffeine and rosacea added up to a 24% lower risk for […]
August 15, 2018 Dermatitis TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This review reported the current understanding of the mechanism of action of bleach in modulating atopic dermatitis (AD). Bleach baths are reported to improve clinical symptoms of AD and restore surface microbiome by eradicating bacteria, most notably Staphylococcus aureus, as well as reducing biofilm, thus reducing the need for topical […]
April 24, 2018 Journal of Drugs in Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A total of 139 identical and fraternal twin pairs were surveyed at the Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, the largest annual gathering of multiples, to identify genetic and environmental factors that may affect acne severity. The percentage of twin pairs concordant for acne was […]
April 10, 2018 Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Common nonpharmacological therapies for acne include laser/light-based therapies, chemical peels, and fractional radiofrequency microneedling. Although significant reductions in acne lesions were demonstrated in the majority of 33 studies, only 7 studies had a high methodologic quality. When a best-evidence synthesis […]
March 28, 2018 Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This retrospective study sought to determine if hydrochlorothiazide use was linked to the development of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC). Researchers examined data from the Danish Cancer Registry from 2004 to 2012 and the […]
by Kristin Jenkins, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 08, 2018 Weight gain was independently associated with a significantly increased risk of onychomycosis, even after controlling for potential confounders, researchers found. Analysis of data from approximately nine million patients in the Korean national insurance system showed that those who gained weight (hazard ratio [HR] 1.09) over a period […]
Antibiotics play an important role in medicine, but as you may already know, the CDC states that they are frequently overused: up to 50% of antibiotic prescriptions are not optimal or effective.1 Systemic effects are particularly dramatic when antibiotics are given to infants, and research suggests that the effects of antibiotics on the pediatric microbiome […]
~Probiotics may also reduce need for topical corticosteroids by Ingrid Torjesen, Dermatology Times February 11, 2018 A daily capsule of a cocktail of probiotics may reduce both the severity symptoms in moderate atopic dermatitis and the need for topical corticosteroids to treat symptom flare ups in children, research published in JAMA Dermatology suggests. In recent years, research […]