Do hair growth inhibitors really work? The Beauty Brains Show episode 57
Do those hair growth inhibitor products (the ones that say they let you shave less often) really work? This week Randy and I explain what to look for when shopping for a shave minimizing lotion.
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Show notes
Strange beauty science search terms
You’d be surprised at some of the search terms that lead people to our website. Randy reviews a few of the more amusing ones and we talk about where they might have come from…
Rachael Ray panties
Human hair clothing
Mascara eating bugs
Paris Hilton ptosis
How to tell if...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - November 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiThe Beauty Brains Tags: Podcast Problems Source Type: blogs
Drug Repurposing
A reader has sent along the question: "Have any repurposed drugs actually been approved for their new indication?" And initially, I thought, confidently but rather blankly, "Well, certainly, there's. . . and. . .hmm", but then the biggest example hit me: thalidomide. It was, infamously, a sedative and remedy for morning sickness in its original tragic incarnation, but came back into use first for leprosy and then for multiple myeloma. The discovery of its efficacy in leprosy, specifically erythema nodosum laprosum, was a complete and total accident, it should be noted - the story is told in the book Dark Remedy. A physicia...
Source: In the Pipeline - August 28, 2014 Category: Chemists Tags: Clinical Trials Source Type: blogs
Scientists Sequence Genetic Code of the Tsetse Fly
The genetic code of the tsetse fly has been sequenced. The fly gives birth to live young and is the sold transmitter of sleeping sickness.
Read more on sciencespacerobots.com (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com)
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - April 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: tsetse-fly sleeping-sickness Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 255
Answer: African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei. It is not possible to tell the 2 subspecies of Trypanosoms brucei apart microscopically, but the origin of the patient (Sudan) would be consistent with East African trypanosomiasis due to T. b. rhodesiense. The flagellated form of T. brucei (called trypomastigotes) are typically seen in peripheral blood, and in late stage disease, in CSF. They can be differentiated from the similar-appearing T. cruzi trypomastigotes by the small size of their kinetoplast (arrows, below). Occasionally, trypomastigotes of other zoonotic organisms such ...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 28, 2013 Category: Pathologists Source Type: blogs
