Skin Disorders
Definition
Skin disorders include a variety of medical problems associated with the skin. Three common forms of skin disorder are dermatitis, psoriasis (pronounced suh-RY-uh-siss), and ...
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Skin Infections
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It is the front line of defense against many types of pathogens, and remains disease-free over most of its area most of the time. Howev...
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Carlotta Aiken's cheeks are sprinkled with brown spots, just like her grandmother had.
"She lived to be 93," Aiken tells Dr. Simon Yoo, who is using a laser to remove the spots, a ben...
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Remember the roaring 80’s? That age of takeover titans and M&A gods, when excess blew into the city on the wings of leveraged buyouts and cocaine dust? It seemed, at the time, like an era...
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Sunscreen and insect repellent in the same bottle? The products may save time, but the government is questioning if there should be more oversight. The issue: A handful of small studies, using anim...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who suffer from severe
psoriasis die younger than people with mild cases or without
the disease, for reasons that are unclear, researchers said
Monday. "Patients with se...
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White marathon runners seem to face an increased risk of skin cancer because of long sun exposure, Austrian researchers report.
The research team, all dermatologists at the Medical Un...
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Their cheeks glow red for no apparent reason, the condition comes and goes and can worsen over time. It is almost like acne, but generally affects people age 30 to 60.Researchers now believe they h...
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Their cheeks glow red for no apparent reason, the condition comes and goes and can worsen over time. It is almost like acne, but generally affects people age 30 to 60.Researchers now believe they h...
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Skin Disorders
Skin Infections
Dermatologists Target Ethnic Skin Woes
