How do you change someone’s mind about a bad beauty product?
Anonymous asks…My partner both uses and (attempts to) distribute Nu Skin/Pharmanex/Epoch/LifePak products. I don’t know how he started but he says it was related to his contact dermatitis on his hands and needing better moisturizer. The products are 5x the price of high street products, and they make a lot of outlandish claims. I think he’s effectively wasting his money in a huge way and also possibly harming himself. He buys -every- product of theirs, not just ones for hand moisturizing as he originally started with. How can I convince him he’s not using miracle products like he thinks he is and ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Beauty Biz Claims Problems Source Type: blogs
AdDRESSing the Causes of Rash
Conclusion: DRESS syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition with an estimated mortality rate of 10 percent. Suspicion must be high because it may present as a spectrum of nonspecific clinical and laboratory findings.Tags: rash, tox cave, DRESS, DRESS syndrome, RegiSCAR, hepatitis, myocarditis, myositisPublished: 8/7/2014 2:50:00 PM (Source: The Tox Cave)
Source: The Tox Cave - August 7, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
AdDRESSing the Causes of Rash
Conclusion: DRESS syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition with an estimated mortality rate of 10 percent. Suspicion must be high because it may present as a spectrum of nonspecific clinical and laboratory findings.Tags: rash, tox cave, DRESS, DRESS syndrome, RegiSCAR, hepatitis, myocarditis, myositisPublished: 8/7/2014 2:50:00 PM (Source: The Tox Cave)
Source: The Tox Cave - August 7, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
After retirement, a visit to a dermatology office
I’ve always been good at pattern recognition and my visual-spatial orientation is excellent. Photography is my hobby, so it was only natural that as a medical student and internal medicine resident, I loved my dermatology electives. Each day yielded up a new parade of interesting skin lesions and rashes, and by the end of my rotations I was confident in my diagnoses and recommendations. Contact dermatitis? Steroids! Eczema? Steroids! Psoriasis? Yep, you got it: steroids again! Pimples? Well that was a diagnosis that required antibiotics. But sometimes, when it was really bad: yes, steroids!
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 31, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Miranda Fielding, MD Tags: Physician Cancer Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Are Omega–3 Essential Fatty Acids bad for skin? The Beauty Brains Show episode 41
Are omega-3 fatty acids good for skin? Or, do these oils actually damage your skin? This week Randy and I explain what omegas, polyunsaturated oils, and Essential Fatty Acids really do for your skin. Plus – Beauty Science News!
Click below to play Episode 41 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
Show notes
Beauty Science News – Are you science savvy?
I found an interesting article on the top 10 scientific terms that scientists wish you’d stop using incorrectly.Randy and I banter about a few of them including:
“Proof”
Theory vs hypothesis
Nature vs nurtu...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiThe Beauty Brains Tags: Best Claims Natural Podcast Safety Source Type: blogs
Is Sea Buckthorn oil good for skin?
Kashish’s question…My sister is using some products from Seabuck Essence and she is getting very good results. I wanted to ask that is anyone else also trying this product and shall i use it? She told me that its made up of Seabuck Thorn, a herb which is very good for human body.
The Beauty Brains respond:
Sea Buckthorn is used by a few brands including Sibu Beauty (who’s website includes more information that Seabuck Essense’s). But is it really good for skin?
What is Sea Buckthorn?
You can read all about Sibu Beauty’s Sea Buckthorn Nourishing Facial Cream here. Sea Buckthorn (technically known ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 9, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Claims Natural Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 142
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
Welcome to the 142nd edition, brought to you by:
Kane Guthrie [KG] from LITFL
Tessa Davis [TRD] from LITFL and Don’t Forget The Bubbles
Brent Thoma [BT] from BoringEM, and ALiEM
Chris Ni...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 1, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 303
Answer: Oncocercoma due to Onchocerca volvulusAn oncocercoma is a tumor-like subcutaneous nodule containing male and female worms. The female with the characteristic "double barrel uterus structure" of filarial worms releases larvae into the surrounding tissue The larvae then migrate through the skin and into the eye, causing debilitating dermatitis and ocular damage, eventually leading to blindness. I always point out to my students that infection with this filarial worm is different than infection with Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia, and Loa loa, in which the ADULT worm that causes the majority of symptom...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 10, 2014 Category: Pathologists Source Type: blogs
Our Healthcare System Has Dementia: The Case Of The Misdiagnosed Rash
If you (or a loved one) have been admitted to a hospital recently, you were probably surprised by the number of times you were asked the same questions. At first you might assume that the staff are being diligent in double-checking your information, but after the fifth healthcare provider asks you to explain why you’re there, you start to feel as if interacting with “the system” is like talking to a person with no short term memory. It’s as if the hospital itself has some kind of dementia.
Recent adoption of electronic data collection, shift working, team management, and over-specialization have exp...
Source: Better Health - April 25, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Opinion True Stories EMR Float Nurse Fragmentation Of Care Hospitalists Inpatient Medicine Medical Errors Medical Home Primary Care rehab Shift Work Shift Workers Source Type: blogs
Grain bashing: It’s easy
When I chose to pick on grains, I found it exceptionally easy. There is no shortage of warts, scars, and defects in this class of plants co-opted into the service of the human diet.
I chose to pick on wheat first, as it is the worst of grains with more complex genetics and thereby a greater panel of unique proteins; it is among the most changed by the efforts of geneticists and agribusiness; and it plays such a dominant role in the human diet, comprising 20% of all calories worldwide, as much as 50% or more of calories for many people.
But just because other grains are not wheat does not make them good. After all, all gr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Corn Grains Source Type: blogs
Can cosmetics change the acid balance of your skin? The Beauty Brains Show episode 22
Do you know how cosmetics can change the acid balance of your skin? Then you should listen to this episode! Plus this week we begin a brand new feature: a game called Beauty Science or Bull Sh*t.
Click below to play Episode 22 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
Show notes
Beauty Science or Bull Sh*t
In this new game, I give Perry 3 beauty science news stories and he has to tell the real from the fake. You can play along at home – just hit the pause button before I give the answer and see if you can outsmart Perry. Here are this week’s headlines, can you tell which one is TR...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerThe Beauty Brains Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Review of the Fitbug Orb Activity Tracker
This review was originally published on FitnessTechMD by @DrJosephKimOver the past few months, I've had a chance to test and use a number of the newer wearable activity trackers (also known as fitness trackers or wearable activity monitors) like the Polar Loop and the Bowflex Boost. In this review, I'll write about my experience using the Fitbug Orb.The Fitbug Orb is a round activity tracker that is priced at $49.95 and it can be worn on a wrist strap, on a belt clip, or on a magnetic clip. It comes in pink, black, or white and has a single button along with a single LED light that glows different colors. I've ...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - February 8, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: activity tracker fitness health and fitness wearables Source Type: blogs
Some Fitbit Force users reporting a rash on the wrist
This was originally published by FitnessTechMD.com by @DrJosephKimThe Fitbit Force is newest wearable activity tracker that Fitbit released last fall. Similar to the Fitbit Flex, the Force is worn on the wrist and it includes a digital display that shows the time, your steps, distance, calories burned, and more. Gadgets like the Fitbit Force were very popular over the Christmas holiday as people made weight loss goals for 2014.Some Fitbit Force users have been reporting a rash on their wrist. The rash is thought to be contact dermatitis due to nickel, so if you have a nickel allergy, you may want to avoid the Fitbit Force....
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - January 16, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Fitbit Quantified Self Source Type: blogs
Gliadin: The Universal Human Poison
Autoimmunity is the process describing an immune response waged against our own organs. The complex collection of mechanisms consisting of T and B lymphocytes, antibodies, and others, meant to provide protection against viruses, bacteria, and other body invaders, is misdirected against proteins of the body’s organs, such as liver, pancreas, thyroid, or brain. Autoimmune conditions now affect 8% of the American population–it is increasingly looking like diseases of autoimmunity are out of control.
Dr Alessio Fasano was recently awarded the Linus Pauling Award, the highest award from the Institute for Functional...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Autoimmunity Gliadin Source Type: blogs
Three Products That My Dermatologist Says Are “Of The Devil” – And Other Skin Tips
This actress keeps her dermatologist on speed dial too.
As a light skinned, be-freckled woman with a history of pre-melanoma, I have been sternly instructed to keep my dermatologist on speed dial. Every six months I dutifully return to his office for inspection – nervously eyeing the biopsy tray as I sweat through my paper gown, legs dangling from a vinyl exam table.
In preparation for my most recent trip, I decided to be “an empowered patient” and arrive with a list of general dermatology and skin care questions that could be answered during my skin check. Judging from the near-syncopal episodes that I i...
Source: Better Health - September 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Health Tips Allergies Antibacterial Ointment Bounce Brush Clarisonic Contact Dermatitis Dermatologist Dermatology Dryer Sheets Exfoliator Hydroquinone melanoma Moisturizer Neosporin Physical Block Pores Skin Cancer Skin Source Type: blogs
