Implicating Wnt/ β-catenin Signaling in Age-Related Hair Graying
Researchers here report their evidence for increased Wnt signaling in hair follicles and skin in older mice to be implicated in the age-related graying of hair. They demonstrate accelerated hair graying through gene therapy to increase Wnt signaling in these cell populations, considering that it produces exhaustion in the cell populations responsible for hair pigmentation. It remains to be seen as to whether the reverse effect can be produced via suppression of this pathway in older animals.
Aging is a physiological process associated with progressive structural and functional declines of tissues and organs. The h...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 25, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
YoDerm Provides Consultations and Prescriptions Within 24 Hours
In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can span weeks or even months, leaving those with acute or chronic skin conditions frustrated. YoDerm is trying to change that. For a fee of $59, patients can submit skin problems and upload photos through an online platform, receive a consultation from a board-certified dermatologist, and have a prescription sent to their local pharmacy – in less than 24 hours.
The idea for YoDerm stemmed from co-founder and CEO Ben Holber’s personal experiences. Growing up, he had chronic acne and was unhappy with the “pretty traditional experience” of scheduling difficulties...
Source: Medgadget - October 11, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Dermatology Exclusive Source Type: blogs
The Road Through Chemo
Everyone ' s road through chemotherapy is a bit unique. We all face our demons of nausea, fatigue, hair loss, and emotional ups and downs differently. We struggle through. And then we somehow make itI am always interested in hearing about other ' s chemo misadventures.Stephen Blyth wrote about his chemo story in the Boston Globe. He begins with the advice from the National Cancer Institute:" The National Cancer Institute tries to be helpful: “At some point during chemotherapy, you may feel: Anxious; Depressed; Afraid; Angry; Frustrated; Helpless; Lonely. It is normal to have a wide range of feelings while going through c...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 10, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds cancer treatment chemotherapy medical advice Source Type: blogs
Mossy rose galls
I talked about oak apples at the end of the May, on Oak Apple Day by no coincidence, as it happens. But there are other kinds of galls. Here’s a mossy rose gall growing on a dog rose (Rosa canina) on the edge of local woodland.
As with oak apples, these growths (a mossy rose gall, rose bedeguar gall, Robin’s pincushion gall, or moss gall) are the result of a type of wasp, in this case the tiny Diplolepis rosae, laying its eggs (approximately 60 of them) in an unopened leaf axillary or terminal bud. There is a chemically induced distortion of the bud, which triggers the rose to generate what is essentially a...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 3, 2017 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Dante Labs Full Genome Sequencing: A Medgadget Review
Conclusion
In reading my report I found it was important to be mindful of the complexity of the genome’s effects and the relative infancy of much of the research surrounding this. For instance, I possess gene variants associated with both an increased and decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, based on current research. There are a number of more clear-cut aspects to the sequencing, such as drug interactions and carrier status of genetic diseases, which I think do give genuine peace of mind.
The more light-hearted traits around food preferences and lifestyle quirks do appear to have impressive accuracy. And I am sure t...
Source: Medgadget - September 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Genetics Source Type: blogs
On Losing My Mother
It has been 3 years since my Mother died at 9:41pm on a hot August night. She was 62 and pancreatic cancer had ravaged her body in a short 7 weeks. I was there. I remember the room, the funeral home removing her body and my 45-minute drive home with my Yorkie. It was surreal and I didn’t cry.
Reflecting back on her loss and the associated grief, I didn’t start to grieve until 6 months after she passed. Immediately following her death, my siblings and I had a condominium to sell, clothing and household items to pack, and a funeral to plan. I told myself I was too busy to allow the sadness and grief in.
During this time,...
Source: World of Psychology - September 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Grasher, MS, LPC, LMFT Tags: Aging Family Grief and Loss Personal Bereavement death in the family Death Of A Parent grieving honoring memories Shock Trauma Source Type: blogs
Why does hair turn gray?
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If you look at photos of President Obama taken before he ran for president and since he left office, you’ll notice a distinct difference: where there used to be only dark brown hair, there is now far more gray than brown. It seems that the stress of running a country would turn any person’s hair gray. But is stress really to blame? And why does hair turn gray, even for those of us who don’t have jobs quite as stressful as President of the United States?
Stress doesn’t actually turn hair gray. In fact, hair doesn’t actually “turn” gray. Once a hair follicle produces hair, the...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Healthy Aging Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Ailments and Their Add-ons
You get one ailment, and it always seems to bring along its ' friends ' . A few examples are cancer with chemotherapy causes digestive issuesand temporary baldness. It can sometimes also cause long term cardiac issues - which can eventually kill you. With rheumatoid arthritis you can get things like Sjogren ' s Syndrome which causes dry eyes and other fun things. Afew examples are:" ... [RA]inflammation can result in conditions affecting skin, heart, lung, eyes, mental health, etc. Conditions likeosteoporosis, cataracts,depression, cancers, etc. are more common. And add to that infection based conditions like influenza, p...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 21, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments being a patient comorbidities Source Type: blogs
Activating Hair Follicle Stem Cells to Enhance Hair Growth
This work, I think, is not significant for the hair growth, but for the fact that the researchers involved have found a simple way to enhance the activity of a stem cell population. It suggests that the research community might expect to find analogous (but probably quite different) simple ways to selectively achieve the same outcome in other stem cell populations that support other tissue types. Losing hair is somewhere in the vicinity of inconvenient and annoying. There are any number of other tissues in which the age-related decline of stem cell activity is ultimately fatal, and those seem to me to be the more important...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 16, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
August 2017 NIH News in Health
This month’s NIH News in Health includes:
Making Sense of Your Health Risks – a guide to better understanding health risks that we hear about from the news, loved ones, or our own reading and results. (The guide is available in both English and Spanish.)
Getting It Straight: Improve Your Posture for Better Health
Yoga May Help Treat Back Pain
Feature Website: HIV/AIDS Resources
Missing Strands? Dealing with Hair Loss (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - August 14, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Annette Parde-Maass Tags: Health Information Literacy HIV/AIDS Source Type: blogs
The Age of Designed Babies Arrives
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In the film Gattaca, a couple desiring to have a child visits their neighborhood geneticist:
Geneticist: You have specified hazel eyes, dark hair and fair skin. I’ve taken the liberty of eradicating any potentially prejudicial conditions. Premature baldness, myopia… alcoholism and addictive susceptibility… propensity for violence, obesity, etc.
Marie Freeman: We didn’t want… Diseases, yes, but– [looks at Antonio]
Antonio Freeman: We were just wondering if it’s good to leave a few things to chance?
Geneticist: We want to give your child the best possible st...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 4, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Clinical Trials & Studies Genetics Health Regulation & Law Human Subjects Research & IRBs Media Reproductive Medicine Research Ethics genetic engineering Source Type: blogs
How to Read News About Breakthrough Medical Technologies?
In the era of “fake news”, click-bait articles and a tremendous amount of spam, it is important to be vigilant. We have to spot what’s real and what’s fake medical news. It is easy to over-hype a technology or get false hope, but we must battle this. I summarized the best methods that help filter gold out of the information garbage.
Don’t let online scam artists (or anyone else for that matter) fool you!
I received an e-mail recently. It looked just as my phone bill, every detail of it seemed to be real. The sender was noreply@telekom.hu, which also seemed believable since the phone company’s name is also ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 27, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Social media in Healthcare fake news gc4 hype medical news online online scam technology Source Type: blogs
How patients get taken for a ride !
I've noticed a disturbing trend these days. For-profit healthcare companies, clinics and hospitals are advertising direct to the public - either on hoardings, or by taking out full page ads in newspapers. They promise the equivalent of a miracle cure - and one of the most fashionable trends these days seems to be to use platelet-enriched fractions of plasma. These are used for all kinds of treatments, from head to toe, depending upon the specialisation of the doctor. Neurosurgeons inject it in the CSF ( cerebrospinal fluid) to treat autism; trichologists inject these in the hair follicles to treat baldness ; and orth...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - July 11, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Scalp Cooling to Prevent Hair Loss from Chemo Cleared in US for Solid Tumor Patients
Thanks to a new FDA clearance, cancer patients with solid tumors undergoing chemotherapy will now have the ability to have their scalp cooled by the DigniCap system to help prevent hair loss. Previously only indicated for breast cancer patients, the DigniCap Cooling System moves cool liquid through a cap worn by a patient during chemo sessions.
Cooling of the scalp narrows the blood vessels in the layers of tissue from which hair grows, which helps to keep the chemo agents out, and the colder temperature also slows down biochemical processes that participate in the chemo intake. The result is decreased hair loss, the amou...
Source: Medgadget - July 6, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Oncology Source Type: blogs
