by admin | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal (9/12, B3, Dooren, Glazer, Subscription Publication) reports that in a letter dated Sept. 7, the FDA warned L’Oréal’s Lancôme USA subsidiary that its online ads falsely promotes anti-wrinkle products as having medical benefits....
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
The AP (8/23) reports, “An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink.” Now, “with the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection caused by a common bacteria...
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to an article posted in Dermatology Daily, from the American Academy of Dermatology, reports that a new vaccine from Amgen called TVEC, which harnesses the power of a patient’s own immune system, appears to have some effect in controlling melanoma on a...
by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
1. Around and Between your Eyes. Afraid it will burn? Elta MD Sunscreen is guaranteed to not burn or sting if it gets in your eyes. Twenty percent of skin cancers on the face develop on the eyelids. 2. Lips. Use a waxy lip palm with SPF 30 and apply it often. Even...
by admin | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
HealthDay (8/3, Gray) reports that a 1,100-patient study published online July 19 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology “affirms that basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, should be viewed as a chronic disease.” Not only did...
by admin | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Sacramento (CA) Business Journal (7/20, Robertson, Subscription Publication) reported that in California, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) “has signed a measure into law that’s designed to protect…patients from the unlicensed practice of medicine in...
