Lois Archer suffers severe burns after spilling manicure glue on leg
Lois Archer, from Cwmavon in South Wales, could be scarred for life after the accident, and doctors have told her she may need a skin graft after the wound became infected. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer Patients Growing Their Own Tumors In Mice In Hopes Of A Cure
Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same - with the hope of curing their own disease.
They are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents. The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person's specific cancer.
The mice may help patients make what can be very hard choices under difficult circumstances. Studies can suggest a certain chemotherapy may help, but patients wonder whether it will work for them. Often there's more than one choice, and if the first one fails, a patient may ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
North Texas Fracking Zone Sees Growing Health Worries
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
DALLAS—Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics.
Others in Texas have drawn the same conclusions about their confounding illnesses. Jana DeGrand, who suffered a heart attack and needed both her gallbladder and her appendix removed. Rebecca Williams, fighting off unexplained rashes, sharp headaches and repeated bouts of pneumonia. Maile Bush, who needed...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Suction machine that means an end to painful skin grafts
Gillian Mayer was dismayed when wounds on her right leg, caused by a garden ladder toppling over, still hadn’t healed after several weeks. Her nurse nurse suggested a new technique, CelluTome. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ultrasound Accelerates Skin Graft HealingUltrasound Accelerates Skin Graft Healing
Noncontact low-frequency ultrasound helps heal split-thickness skin grafts and reduces pain and itching, according to a new study. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - November 8, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
The Truth About Hair Loss And Baldness Cures
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue
By Laine Bergeson
Hair loss, common for men and many women in midlife, can have profound emotional and psychological effects. So, too, can baldness cures advertised as magical remedies.
“There’s this guy, a regular caller on my radio show, who had his head disfigured by a terrible hair transplant,” says Spencer Kobren, founder and president of the American Hair Loss Association and author of The Bald Truth: The First Complete Guide to Preventing and Treating Hair Loss. “He purposely became a New York City cop so he could wear a hat.” And he refused promotions so he could remain a beat ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From the Archives: Restorative Face Masks for WWI Soldiers
World War I caused the death of millions of combatants and civilians, while countless soldiers suffered from injury and disfigurement. Perhaps the most disheartening were facial injuries, as soldiers had to not only deal with the physical loss, but also the constant psychological stress of wondering how people would react to their changed appearance. These men worried about their homecoming— how would strangers react, but more importantly how they would be treated by friends and family. Surgery and skin grafting was an option for some, but many sustained injuries that went beyond the ability of surgery to repair. These...
Source: Red Cross Chat - October 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Amanda Browe Tags: History mask red cross volunteer WWI Source Type: news
Study examines vitiligo, alopecia areata and chronic graft vs. host disease
(The JAMA Network Journals) Vitiligo (depigmentation of the skin) and alopecia areata (AA, patchy or complete hair loss) in patients with chronic graft vs. host disease (GvHD) following a stem cell transplant appear to be associated with having a female donor and the sex mismatch of a female donor and male recipient. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bone marrow drug could treat alopecia
Conclusion
This is valuable laboratory research that identifies the specific type of immune cell (CD8+NKG2D+ T cells) that is involved in the disease process of alopecia. It further identifies several signalling molecules that are drivers of this T cell activity.
The researchers then demonstrate that giving two molecular treatments to block the signalling molecules – ruxolitinib (currently licensed in the UK to treat certain bone marrow disorders) and tofacitinib (not currently licensed for any condition in the UK) – were effective in preventing and reversing the disease process in mice with alopecia.
These findings i...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: Aching Foot
(MedPage Today) -- Case Study: A seventy-four-year-old woman presented with right midfoot and hindfoot pain. Clinical and radiographic evaluation showed midfoot arthritis and chronic tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon. Medical history included severe wound complication following cholecystectomy twenty years prior. Preoperative blood test results were normal.
Two days after complex right midfoot fusion and Achilles tendon reconstruction, the foot was moderately painful with severe swelling. Blood tests showed leukocytosis and an increased CRP level. Infection was considered, and six days after surgery, a debridement was p...
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - August 13, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Implanted neurons become part of the brain, mouse study shows
Scientists have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin cells into the brains of mice for the first time with long-term stability. Six months after implantation, the neurons had become fully functionally integrated into the brain. This successful, lastingly stable, implantation of neurons raises hope for future therapies that will replace sick neurons with healthy ones in the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients, for example. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 4, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lab-grown corneas could prevent blindness
ConclusionThis study has identified that the cell surface protein Abcb5 is necessary for normal function of LSCs in renewing the cornea. It has also shown that LSCs can be separated out from other cells through the use of antibodies to the Abcb5 protein without causing damage to the LSCs. This means that it should be possible to gather these cells (in preference to other cells) and use them to provide the best chance for a successful corneal transplant.It is important to note that the mice were given genetically identical grafts or completely immunosuppressed so that they did not reject the grafts. At present, human re...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Source Type: news
Organogenesis sales rep charged with stealing $350k worth of skin grafts
A Philadelphia hospital accuses an Organogenesis sales rep of making off with $350,000 worth of skin grafts.
A sales agent for Organogenesis Inc. is accused of stealing some $350,000 worth of skin grafts made by the Massachusetts regenerative medicine company, according to news reports.
Mercy Philadelphia Hospital accused Gary Dudek of the theft after an audit exposed the missing grafts, according to the New York Daily News.
Organogenesis Inc.Legal News, News Well, Regenerative Medicineread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - May 30, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Source Type: news
Tendon Cover After Dorsalis Pedis Flap in Lower Limb TraumaTendon Cover After Dorsalis Pedis Flap in Lower Limb Trauma
This case report examines the use of MatriDerm and split-thickness skin grafting to avoid donor site complications associated with the dorsalis pedis flap. ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
GE gets behind Cerapedics and its i-FACTOR bone graft
Colorado-based Cerapedics closes $9 million in venture debt financing from GE Capital's Health Financial Services in support of the i-FACTOR Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft.
Tech and healthcare giant GE (NYSE:GE) put some skin in Cerapedics and its i-FACTOR bone graft, funding a $9 million venture debt financing round for the Colorado-based company.
Cerapedics Inc., GE HealthcareNews Well, Funding Roundup, Orthobiologics, Resorbable bone materialsread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - April 21, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Arezu Sarvestani Source Type: news
