The Curly Girl Method – what’s the science? episode 170
On today’s episode of the Beauty Brains we cover beauty questions about
Shampoo and what it does to hair colorWhether collagen works in skin care productsThe Curly Girl method of treating hair
Beauty Science News
Is there asbestos in J&J baby powder?
Reuters says that J&J was selling product with asbestos in it. J&J says they weren’t. Science can’t answer that question but it can answer the question of whether you should be afraid baby powder is causing cancer. It isn’t.
Unilever Sues Target
Unilever, the parent company of the spa skincare brand Dermalogica, has file...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Podcast beauty products cosmetics Source Type: blogs
Johnson and Johnson's Latest Ethical Misadventures: Settled Kickback Allegations, Reportedly Concealed Knowledge of Adverse Effects of a " Sacred Cow " Product
Giant pharmaceutical/ biotechnology/ device company Johnson& Johnson has its famous" credo " which starts withWe believe our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses and patients, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services. In meeting their needs everything we do must be of high quality..Nonetheless, the company has a long history of ethical misadventures (lookhere, and see appendix below). Now late in 2018, we note two more Johnson& Johnson misadventures. In chronological order,$360 Million Settlement of Allegations of Kickbacks to Medicare/ Medicaid Patients to...
Source: Health Care Renewal - December 15, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: adulterated drugs adverse effects deception impunity Johnson and Johnson kickbacks legal settlements Source Type: blogs
4 Key Ingredients to Avoid in Cosmetics
You're reading 4 Key Ingredients to Avoid in Cosmetics, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
As you walk down a store’s beauty aisle, it’s easy to choose the most popular brands and products that line the shelves. After all, they are on sale and the labels claim to be organic or all natural. Despite these perks, what consumers fail to realize is that these labels can deceive consumers into believing their items are safe and toxin-free.
The truth is the beauty market across the United States has lacked regul...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Rosati Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement beauty pickthebrain toxic Source Type: blogs
Feds: We're Not Going To Stand For Asbestos-Bankruptcy Fraud
For well over a decade it ’s been apparent that the distinctive arrangements by which asbestos plaintiff’s lawyers acquire control of the bankrupt remains of defendant corporations they’ve sued, and then exercise control over those firms’ claims, disbursements, and general management, is fraught with self-dealing and sometimes fraud, ranging from the charging of unnaturally high fees to the concealment of double- and triple-dipping by claimants. Business interests have pursued a campaign in the states and Congress to require more transparency and better judicial oversight of asbestos bankruptcy trusts. Now they m...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 2, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Make Asbestos Great Again? - Trump Once Claimed " Movement Against by Asbestos was Led by the Mob, " Now is EPA Wants to Relax Asbestos Regulation
Introduction: An Old Public Health MenaceThis is somewhat personal. In the early 1980s, as a general internal medicine fellow, I gave a series of talks about important medical problems that generalist physicians often missed. One was asbestos related disease. Although asbestos had been heavily regulated since 1973, there were stilll large numbers of people exposed to it alive in the 1980s. One of my primitive slides, seemingly a picture of type writing, stated that around then, 2 to 4 million people who had histories of significant asbestos exposure were likely alive. Asbestos is known t...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 10, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: asbestos cancer conflicts of interest Donald Trump public health Source Type: blogs
Toxins In The Home: What You Don ’t Know Might Kill You
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Poisoning is the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the United States, and 91% of incidents occur in our very own homes. Unintentional poisoning can occur in a number of ways, potentially harming our health as well as our loved ones. In an effort to reduce the number of households affected, it’s important to understand where common toxic products might be lurking and how to create a safe and...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Haas Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement asbestos cancer cleaning products pickthebrain toxins toxins in the home Source Type: blogs
Jellybean 89 with Michelle Johnston (Dustfall)
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The fabulous @eleytherius. You may know her as Dr Johnston, as a long term LITFL contributor, as a Mega-FOAM performer, as a some-time feline choreographer or as a Fabulous Female of FOAM®. She sings, she dances and she writes books.
She is a creative powerhouse. She is an educator extraordinaire. But we’re not going to talk about that. We’re going to talk about Dustfall; a new novel by someone who you can relate to, somewhat works in critical care, someone that has ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Literary Medicine Dustfall Dustfall - A novel michelle johnston Source Type: blogs
Doctors, Data, Diagnoses, and Discussions: Achieving Successful and Sustainable Personalized/Precision Medicine
The following is a guest blog post by Drew Furst, M.D., Vice President Clinical Consultants at Elsevier Clinical Solutions.
Personalized/precision medicine is a growing field and that trend shows no sign of slowing down.
In fact, a 2016 Grand View Research report estimated the global personalized medicine market was worth $1,007.88 billion in 2014, with projected growth to reach $2,452.50 billion by 2022.
As these areas of medicine become more commonplace, understanding the interactions between biological factors with a range of personal, environmental and social impacts on health is a vital step towards achieving sustaina...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Clinical Decision Support Genomics Healthcare HealthCare IT Personalized Medicine Drew Furst Elsevier Elsevier Clinical Solutions Precision Medicine Source Type: blogs
DIY In-Home Environmental Assessments with yogi by Live Pure, Interview with CEO Greg Sancoff
While consumers have long been able to buy a variety of tests for in-home assessment of environmental contaminants, a new company, Live Pure, is seeking to simplify the effort required to perform these assessments with yogi, an all-in-one test kit. The new product is designed to deliver peace of mind to consumers concerned about their home environment, simplicity in the form of an intuitive device that makes it easy to capture samples which are sent to a lab for testing, value with a price point claimed to be 60% lower than hiring individual specialists to perform the tests, and quick results returned within ten business d...
Source: Medgadget - January 10, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Public Health Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 218
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 218, all about colours.
Question 1
What colour are you if you are suffering from ‘argryia’?
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Purple or Purple/Grey
Argyria is t...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 15, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mark Corden Tags: Frivolous Friday Five amphotericin B argryia black lung blue bloater ciprofloxacin coal workers pneumoconiosis COPD emphysema infantile acrodynia mercury pink disease pink puffer Red man syndrome rifampicin silver skin teic Source Type: blogs
One Barely Noticed Settlement by Pfizer Suggests the Futility of Polite Protests about Health Policy
A few days ago we noticed just one more marcher in theparade of legal settlements. But it was once again a huge health care corporation, and it had aspects that demanded attention.Pfizer Makes $94 Million Settlement of Allegations of Fraud to Delay Generic CompetitionA tinyitem in Becker ' s Hospital News on November 28, 2017, stated:Pfizer will pay $94 million to resolve allegations that it used fraudulent patents to delay generic competition for its anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex.The lawsuit, brought by 32 direct purchasers of Celebrex in April and certified a class action lawsuit in August, claimed Pfizer attempt...
Source: Health Care Renewal - December 3, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: adverse effects Celebrex deception impunity legal settlements Pfizer restraint of competition Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: How Emotions Are Like Asbestos
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Medical student Arya Shah remembers two seemingly similar patients, who in the end were more different than she first thought, and the lesson they taught her about the value of exploring her feelings instead of hiding them away. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the November issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 13, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective bedside learning emotions empathy patient care teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
Four Benefits of Counterfactual Thinking
Three days ago my husband was told he didn’t get the promotion he wanted and had almost been promised by his boss. He has been angry (and sad and frustrated and going through Elizabeth Kubler Ross’ stages of grief) and he has lost sleep the last over the situation. His reaction and behavior has reminded me of friends and family members who have received potentially devastating health news. But bad business news and bad health news are both areas where counterfactual thinking can help if one does it in the mindset of brainstorming, instead of that of regret.
Counterfactual thinking is defined as “thinki...
Source: World of Psychology - October 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jill L. Ferguson, M.A. Tags: Grief and Loss Industrial and Workplace Inspiration & Hope Interview Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Coping Skills counterfactual thought Disappointment Expectations Failure Pessimism Worry Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 72-year-old man with cough and increasing dyspnea
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 72-year-old man is evaluated for a 2-year history of cough and a 1-year history of increasing dyspnea. He describes the cough as nonproductive, and his shortness of breath is worse with exertion. He does not have chest pain, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, or any other symptoms. Medical history is otherwise unremarkable. He has a 15-pack-year smoking history but quit 40 years ago. He worked as a construction worker for 40 years. He takes no medications.
On physical examination, temperature, blood pres...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 3, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > Tags: Conditions Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
The legal system must change to protect doctors
Anyone watching daytime or late-night cable TV has to notice that every third commercial is for a toxic tort. As my wife had breast cancer, one, in particular, caught my eye. In it, the claim was made that: “If you suffered from permanent hair loss due to chemotherapy, you might have a claim because less toxic treatment was available.” This struck a chord with me because my wife was in that transition period between traditional chemotherapy and newer biologic treatments. I remember my wife’s oncologist saying that as of that moment, traditional chemo was still the standard of care, but the newer treatment...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 14, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/thomas-d-guastavino" rel="tag" > Thomas D. Guastavino, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs
