Skin Conditions

Australians risking skin cancer to avoid nanoparticles

9 Feb 2012

More than three in five Australians are concerned enough about the health implications of nanoparticles in sunscreens to want to know more about their impact. And while the initial scientific information released suggests little cause for alarm, it does justify the community’s confusion.

Eczema tied to higher impotence risk: study

8 Feb 2012

(Reuters) - Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, according to a Taiwanese study. Though the study of several thousand men with erectile dysfunction (ED), which appeared in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, addressed a link, researchers said more study is needed and it is still too soon to confirm that eczema alone can cause ...

Topical drug for inflammatory skin conditions banks on natural, safe profile

7 Feb 2012

An Oklahoma pharmaceutical skin care company thinks it has set itself apart in the crowded dermatology market with a line of safe, natural topical therapeutics for various inflammatory skin conditions that it plans on taking to a national market this year. DermaMedics LLC’s products contain a phytochemical called Therosol, which has natural anti-inflammatory and antiaging properties, [...]