April 13th, 2010 by David Kroll, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Americans for Medical Progress, Animal Research, Animal Rights Activists, Animal Testing, Animal Trials, Biology, Lab Rat, Lab Tests, Pro-Test For Science, Scientific Techniques, Scientists, Speaking of Research, Terrorism, UCLA, University of California-Los Angeles
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[On April 8th] at the University of California at Los Angeles, a rally [was] planned to raise awareness about the value of responsible animal research and to denounce acts of terrorism toward animal researchers and their families. The highlight of the “Pro-Test” rally [was] the presentation to legislators and the media a petition with nearly 12,000 signatures of scientists who support the use of animals in research.
The rally and the petition drive [was] a joint effort of Americans for Medical Progress, Pro-Test for Science, and Speaking of Research.
I stand together with my colleagues who conduct animal research in honor of their application of knowledge to advance biology and relieve human suffering, all while a growing movement of animal rights activists up the ante from protests to attacks on researchers, destruction of homes by arson, and even the vandalism of graves of researchers’ loved ones. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Terra Sigillata*
April 13th, 2010 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: adapalene, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, alitretinoin, anti-aging, Cosmeceutical, Cosmetic Products, Dermatology, Evidence-Based, Human Skin, isotretinoin, Lack of Evidence, OTC, Over-The-Counter, Photoaging, Plastic Surgery, retinaldehyde, retinoic acid, Retinoids, Retinol, retinyl-acetate, retinyl-palmitate, tazarotene, tretinoin, Vitamin A
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Many over-the-counter (OTC) cosmetic products contain retinoids and are promoted (advertised) as anti-aging products.
An article in the February 2010 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal is a review of the evidence behind retinoids in cosmeceutical products. It turns out there isn’t much. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
April 13th, 2010 by Nancy Brown, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: 1970s, Baby Boomers, Dermatology, Malignant Melanoma, Oncology, Preventive Healthcare, Skin Cancer, Sunblock, Sunburn, Sunscreen, Tanning, teens, Young Adults
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Baby boomers may have a new reputation. According to new cancer research, they are five times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma — the type of skin cancer that kills the most people.
The incidence rates of melanoma have risen from 7 cases per 100,000 people in the 1970’s to 36 cases per 100,000 today. The rising rate corresponds to the increase in tanning during the 1970’s, when baby boomers were young adults.
Parents and grandparents of teens should be checked by dermatologists as part of their preventive healthcare. I can only hope that teens today will be responsible for the stopping of this increase as they’ve grown up with the message that sunscreen is important and should be a daily part of their lives.
Photo credit: tata_aka_T
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Healthine.com by Nancy Brown, Ph.D..
April 13th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: American Chemical Society, Antioxidant, Anuj Chauhan PhD, Cataracts, Contact Lens, Contact Lenses, Dry Eye, Eye Conditions, Eye Therapy, Glaucoma, Nanobricks, Ophthalmology, Optometry, University of Florida, Vitamin Clusters, Vitamin E, Vitamin Structures
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Researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville have developed a vitamin E-secreting contact lens that can bring the valuable antioxidant directly to eyes.
Vitamin E is packaged into clusters within the lens and the aggregate works to slowly release the chemical while remaining invisible to the eye.
“These vitamin structures are like ‘nanobricks’,” said Anuj Chauhan, Ph.D., lead researcher of the study. “The drug molecules can’t go through the vitamin E. They must go around it. Because the nanobricks are so much bigger than the drug molecules -– we believe about a few hundred times bigger –- the molecules get diverted and must travel a longer path. This increases the duration of the drug release from the lenses.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
April 12th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, General Medicine, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Policies, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare reform, Healthcare System, Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Exchanges, Insurance Rate Increases, Massachusetts, Paul Levy, Primary Care
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Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, suggests we watch Massachusetts for what might be coming with healthcare reform:
Things are playing out just as one might predict in the Massachusetts small business and individual insurance market. The Insurance Commissioner turned down proposed rate increases, the state’s insurers appealed to the courts, and now they can’t write policies.
Perhaps more concerning is what Dennis Byron, a commenter on Mr. Levy’s blog, says about insurance exchanges:
I care because I am one of those who has been cancelled by my insurer (Fallon), solely, I believe, because I am an individual, have been told to go to the exchange, but the exchange does not work. This is a perfect example of why you don’t want the guys that run the registry running your healthcare.
If nothing else, this exposes the risks inherent to mandating unproven policy initiatives on a national scale that have yet to be even worked out in a single state.
*Sigh*
-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
