What is atopic dermatitis?
It's a chronic, often long-lasting skin condition marked with itching, skin rashes, inflammation. Eczema is often substituted as a clinical term. The atopic dermatitis triad includes: eczema, asthma and allergies like hayfever (and when the term atopic dermatitis is used, we often mean the triad) and is is... Read more
The top "skin issues?"
Spider veins, varicosities, sellulite and pedicure stuff.
Here's what you should know:
Spider/varicose veins:
Spider veins are superficial blood vessels that increase in time (sometimes becoming varicosities) and that spread. They are typically found on the leg area. They're more common in... Read more
Ok - this was truly new to me - and maybe that's because experts have just recently figured out this new association. Apparently if you suffer from serious atopic dermatitis, meaning skin reactions to "some causative agent" and they are serious enough for hospitalization - the agent causing the severe skin reaction may be a pollen-associated... Read more
With Americans hunkering down to deal with the financial crisis on hand, who doesn't want to make a deal?? Well if beauty or anti-aging treatments are still on your to do list, but they've been relegated to a somewhat less prioritized status, you may be in for a nice surprise. Since cosmetic therapies and procedures are not covered by... Read more
Yesterday we focused on anti-aging skin care tips on my new radio show, HealthBeat. You can listen to an archive of it at http://www.modavox.com/VoiceAmericaHealth/ "Great Genes" (November 4)- but here's a rundown of some of the things we mentioned and some we didn't get to, when it comes to "aging skin:"
1- The leading cause of... Read more
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