In the world of medicine, race-based diagnoses are still very real
We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this episode, Dr. Andrea Deyrup breaks it down for us, and unpacks the problems she sees with practicing race-based medicine. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gene Demby Source Type: news
Laser therapy for hypertrophic and keloid scars
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news
How Are Keloids Treated?
Discussion
Wound healing is a complex process and abnormalities are common. Hypertrophic or keloid scarring are the two types of excessive scarring with both having excessive scar tissue that is elevated above the normal skin. Hypertrophic scarring occurs usually only within the wound and can regress. They are common after burns and develop within 3 months of skin injury. Keloid scarring spreads beyond the original wound and does not regress, and often recur. They can occur even 1 year after injury.
Keloids have an incidence of 5-15%. “Compared to normal fibroblasts, keloidal fibroblasts have longer lives, higher pro...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 17, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
An integrated management (Ayurveda and modern medicine) of accidental burn injury: a case study - Shindhe PS, K P, Killedar RS, Prasannan D, A K.
Burn injuries are frequent, horrifying, and life-threatening conditions that are still challenging to cure. Complications like scarring, keloid formation, and contractures are the main challenges for the treating surgeon. The Ayurvedic classics explain dif... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Picture of Keloid
Title: Picture of KeloidCategory: ImagesCreated: 10/19/2009 3:38:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - June 23, 2022 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Hidradenitis Suppurativa: CO < sub > 2 < /sub > Laser Therapy Shows No Keloid Risk Hidradenitis Suppurativa: CO < sub > 2 < /sub > Laser Therapy Shows No Keloid Risk
Some patients with hidradenitis suppurativa report being denied the treatment because of concern regarding keloids.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Daughters of a Lesser God (II) 200 Million Girls Mutilated
Female Genital Mutilation is a ‘violent act’ that, among other dramatic consequences, causes infection, disease, childbirth complications and death. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPSBy Baher KamalMADRID, Nov 5 2021 (IPS) While male circumcision is spread mainly among Muslim and other religious communities, and it is apparently accepted by some medical spheres, more than 200 million girls have already fallen prey to a dangerous, abhorrent practice, which is carried out in the name of social and religious traditions: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Such a human rights violation is mostly carried out on young girls between infa...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Gender Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Source Type: news
How Do I Get Rid of a Keloid on My Nose Piercing?
Title: How Do I Get Rid of a Keloid on My Nose Piercing?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 11/3/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - November 3, 2021 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
What Are Potential Complications of Breast Surgery?
Discussion
Common reasons for seeing a breast surgeon would include management of benign or malignant masses with or without breast reconstruction, breast augmentation, and other reasons can be infection or trauma that need surgical treatment.
The breast is formed starting around the 6th week of gestation by breast buds along the mammary line. Breasts then develop from the downgrowth of epithelia into the mesenchymal tissue, which continues to grow. Around 8-9 months a pit forms as entry into the lactiferous ducts. “Nipple inversion is caused either by failure of the lactiferous ducts to develop and grow during matur...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 14, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Should people use tea tree oil on piercings?
Tea tree oil is a natural antibacterial and anti-inflammatory substance. Some sources suggest that it can help with piercings and keloid scars. Learn more about tea tree oil for piercings here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
Risk-free mouth-swab DNA test reveals if surgery patients are at risk of scarring badly
French medical company BILHI Genetics has become the first to develop a first-of-its-kind test that, it says, is able to identify genes linked to a risk of keloid scars. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Role of High-Mobility Group Box 1 Protein in Keloid Therapy Role of High-Mobility Group Box 1 Protein in Keloid Therapy
A new study examines the therapeutic potential of high-mobility group box 1 protein in the treatment of keloids.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
A New, Scarless Adam ’s Apple Surgery Could Be a Breakthrough for Transgender Patients
An Israeli medical center says it has pioneered a new procedure to remove or reduce the size of the Adam’s apple without leaving a scar, a significant development for transgender patients considering such surgery.
Dr. Avi Khafif Hefetz, a specialist in head and neck surgery and oncology at the A.R.M. Center of Tel Aviv’s Assuta Medical Center, led procedures to reduce the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx, commonly known as the Adam’s apple, of two transgender women in May. Two more had the procedure done early June. All were successful.
The conventional method of accessing the thyroid area is know...
Source: TIME: Health - June 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Suyin Haynes Tags: Uncategorized health LGBT Medical Procedures Source Type: news
Do Keloids Convey a Higher Cancer Risk?
(MedPage Today) -- Taiwanese researchers show association between raised scars and cancers (Source: MedPage Today Dermatology)
Source: MedPage Today Dermatology - March 4, 2019 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Sensus Healthcare Appoints Dr. Ziv Karni as Chief Scientific Officer
Medical Laser Pioneer and Veteran Entrepreneur Brings Over 30 Years of Experience to Company
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 28, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRTS), a medical device company specializing in h... Devices, Oncology, Dermatology, Personnel Sensus Healthcare, superficial radiation therapy, skin cancer, Keloids (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 28, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
