It's hard to escape the positive vibe that is currently circulating within the optics industry. As well as publishing record results in quarter one, many of the industry's big hitters have also published encouraging growth forecasts for ...
Tags: optics industry, cosmetic medical systems, semiconductor tools
The next time your baby develops a rash or your teen has a severe acne outbreak, help is just a quick appointment away. Loyola University Health System pediatric dermatologists now offer same-day or next-day appointments to see your child. ...
Tags: Pediatric Dermatologist, Health System, Kid, Same-Day Appointment
If you really want to motivate teens to use sunscreen, you might try appealing to their vanity. A new study suggests that telling teens about the negative effects of sun exposure on their appearance is more likely to convince them to use ...
Tokyo-based Nikkiso Co Ltd,which is developing and commercializing deep ultraviolet(UV)light-emitting diodes,says that it is establishing a new factory in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.The firm aims to start production in mid-2014 and install ...
Tags: DUV LEDs, LED Production Plant, led
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for the use of Novartis’ Xolair (omalizumab) as an add-on therapy for the treatment of chronic spontaneous ...
More than a third of all Americans -- and nearly six out of 10 U.S. university students -- have used indoor tanning, despite widespread knowledge that the devices contribute to skin cancer risk, a new study finds. Researchers at the ...
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U.S. researchers say they used epithelial stem cells to regenerate different cell types of human skin and hair follicles that may help those going bald. Dr. Xiaowei "George" Xu, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine ...
Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests. Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton ...
Researchers say they have pinpointed a preservative found in many popular wet wipes and baby wipes as the cause of allergic skin reactions in some children. Reports of reactions have ranged from disfiguring patches to crusting, swelling, ...
Tags: Baby Wipes, Preservative, Rashes
To advance understanding of psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting up to 7.5 million Americans—and help scientists and clinicians improve treatments and patient outcomes, the National Psoriasis ...
Actavis plc (NYSE: ACT) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Telmisartan Immediate-Release Tablets, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg, a ...
Three hundred children are being recruited for a clinical trial to establish whether or not specialist silk clothing really does help in the treatment of eczema. The £1m CLOTHES trial — Clothing for the relief of Eczema ...
Tags: clinical trial, silk clothing, eczema, Kim Thomas
Today confirmed that its subsidiary, Warner Chilcott Company LLC, has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market Ethinyl Estradiol and Etonogestrel Vaginal ...
Skin cancer researchers report in a new study that in the sunny state of Florida, tanning salons now outnumber McDonald's fast-food restaurants. There are also more indoor tanning facilities in Florida than CVS pharmacies as well as some ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Skin cancer
Skin cancer researchers report in a new study that in the sunny state of Florida, tanning salons now outnumber McDonald's fast-food restaurants. There are also more indoor tanning facilities in Florida than CVS pharmacies as well as some ...
Tags: Skin cancer, Health, Medicine