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Sunbed campaign targets schools

Schoolchildren are being given the chance to quiz skin cancer experts and victims over the dangers of sunbeds. The Sunsmart campaign was launched at Bishop Gore Comprehensive in Swansea and will visit other schools in Wales. It follows the case of Kirsty McRae who suffered 70% burns on her body and ended up on a drip in hospital after using a coin-operated sunbed in Barry.........

Calls to staff all tanning salons

Calls for unstaffed tanning salons to be banned after a 14-year-old burnt over 70% of her body have been made by dermatologists and politicians. A health and safety inquiry is underway into Kirsty McRae's 19-minute use of the salon in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. Swansea East MP Sian James said the case was the "tip of the iceberg" of youngsters using such salons. Salon owner James Hadley said he actively tried to discourage under-16s from using his shop.Kirsty, from Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, said she took full responsibility for using the unstaffed ..........

Rannsóknir benda til að unglingabólur séu tengdar x-litningnum

Study indicates risk for acne may be linked with X chromosome.

MedWire

(3/27, Wilkinson) reported that, according to a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, "the risk for acne may be linked with the X chromosome." For the study, researchers from the Dessau Medical Center in Germany examined "risk factors for acne vulgaris among 1,002 Iranian pupils in Tehran, of whom 499 were boys and 503 were girls. The mean age of participants in the cross-sectional study was 16 years." The team found that the "risk for suffering moderate-to-severe acne increased with the number of affected immediate members of the family." Notably, "the mother's acne history was more important in determining its severity than the father's," with both being "more influential in determining acne severity than brothers or sisters." The authors also found that "moderate-to-severe acne was...associated with the premenstrual phase, mental stress, and eating sweet and oily foods, but not with gender, spicy foods, or smoking overall."

Sólbruni og fjölskyldusaga auka líkur á rósroða

Study implicates sunburn, family history in rosacea.

HealthDay

(3/10, McKeever) reported that, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, "people with the reddening skin condition rosacea tend to have a family history of the disease and a personal history of sunburns." Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that, in a "study of 130 people, half with moderate to severe rosacea and half without, 34 percent of those with the disease reported having a relative who also had the skin disorder, whereas only about 10 percent of those without the disease had it in their family." In addition, the team "found that 44 percent of people with rosacea reported having had blistering sunburns at some time, compared with just more than five percent of the others." The authors recommended that "people who have a family history of rosacea," particularly "children...regularly use broad-spectrum sunscreen and use other sun protection measures."

Lasermeðferð virkar vel á Psoriasis

Excimer laser seen as effective treatment for small areas of psoriasis.

In the

Wall Street Journal

(3/17, D6) Aches & Claims column, Laura Johannes observed that the "excimer laser, best known for its use in eye surgery, is now being used to treat psoriasis," and "is extremely effective for small areas affected by the skin disease -- such as a knee or elbow." The device uses "an ultraviolet light wavelength...and a handheld wand that allows the energy to be delivered precisely to the affected areas." Because "small areas are usually involved, more intense light can be used to effectively treat the areas with twice-a-week visits for only five weeks." The painless procedure, which is "typically performed in a dermatologist's office," usually "takes three to five minutes," and "costs $160 or more per visit." A "124-patient

study

...published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology," found that "84 percent" of patients who completed the study "showed at least a 75 percent improvement on a scale of psoriasis severity in 10 or fewer treatments."

Lágir skammtar af Neotigason bæta naglpsoriasis

Low-dose acitretin therapy may reduce nail psoriasis, research suggests.

HealthDay

(3/17, Preidt) reported that, according to a

study

published in the March issue of the Archives of Dermatology, "low-dose treatment with" acitretin, "a drug used to treat skin psoriasis, seems to help reduce nail psoriasis." For the study, researchers from Italy's University of Bologna "evaluated the effect of low-dose acitretin therapy (0.2 to 0.3 milligrams per kilogram per day for six months) on the nails of 27 men and nine women...with nail psoriasis." The team followed patients "for at least six months after treatment," and used "the Nail Psoriasis Severity Index...to grade the severity of their condition." After six months, "clinical evaluation" revealed "complete or almost complete clearing of the nail lesions in nine patients (25 percent), moderate improvement in nine (25 percent), mild improvement in 12 (33 percent), and no improvement in six (11 percent)."

Rannsóknir benda til að tíðni exems sé vaxandi

Research suggests 42 percent rise in UK eczema diagnoses between 2001 and 2005.

BBC News

(3/23, Wilkinson) reports that, according to a

paper

published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, "there was a 42 percent rise in" eczema diagnoses in the UK "between 2001 and 2005, by which time it was estimated to effect 5.7 million adults and children." For the study, researchers from the University of Edinburgh analyzed the primary-care "records of over nine million patients." The team found that "by 2005, one in nine of the population had, at some point, been affected by eczema," with the "highest rate" being found "in boys aged between five and nine." In addition, prescriptions to treat the condition "increased by 57 percent over the five-year study period." The authors theorized that "eczema is a herald condition for individuals to go on to develop other allergic conditions, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis," and attributed the rise in diagnoses partly to "environmental factors," such as "bathing, and use of soaps and detergents."