Tag Archives: Skin
Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation
Jan. 16, 2013 People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center.
3-D mapping of lipid orientation in biological tissues such as skin
Jan. 15, 2013 A non-invasive method that makes it possible to observe in situ how assemblies of lipids are oriented in biological tissues, and which does not require any labeling or preparation, has been developed by physicists from the Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences (CNRS / Inserm / École Polytechnique).
3-D mapping of lipid orientation in biological tissues such as skin
Jan. 15, 2013 A non-invasive method that makes it possible to observe in situ how assemblies of lipids are oriented in biological tissues, and which does not require any labeling or preparation, has been developed by physicists from the Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences (CNRS / Inserm / École Polytechnique). This work, published on the 14 January 2013 in the online journal Physical Review X , should enable the detection and characterization of certain pathologies associated with molecular disorders in the skin or in the nervous tissue.
Supplements and cow’s milk play biggest roles in determining vitamin D levels in children
Jan. 14, 2013 Taking a vitamin D supplement and drinking cow’s milk are the two most important factors that determine how much vitamin D is in a child’s body, new research has found
HPV-associated cancer incidence rates point to needed efforts to increase HPV vaccination coverage
Jan. 7, 2013 Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the U.S., there is an increase in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase HPV vaccination coverage levels to prevent the occurrence of these cancers in the future according to a study published Jan. 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs
Dec. 31, 2012 Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at killing and preventing the spread of multiple-drug-resistant bacteria, or so-called hospital superbugs. A study report on the use of hydrogen peroxide vaporizers — first deployed in several Singapore hospitals during the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and later stocked by several U.S
Staphylococcus aureus: Why it just gets up your nose
Dec. 27, 2012 A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus ( S.
Scientists home in on cause of osteoarthritis pain
Dec. 27, 2012 Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at Northwestern University, have identified a molecular mechanism central to the development of osteoarthritis (OA) pain, a finding that could have major implications for future treatment of this often-debilitating condition.
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