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Can A Low GI Diet Cure Your Acne?
If you have acne, you likely have heard a myriad of tales, ideas and theories of acne causes, but the end result is confusion. One recent study, however, sheds light on at least one acne topic – A Melbourne University in Australia (RMIT) recently determined that a high protein and low GI diet can dramatically decrease acne in the teenage boys it studied. The study seems to buck the commonly held notion that diet and acne are not related. Contrary to popular belief, experts have said often over the years, chocolate does not cause acne. But this study seems to prove that indeed, the quality of a diet and health of the skin are interconnected. .
Seeing red
Rosacea can be embarrassing and uncomfortable. It can appear in your 30s and worsens with age but can be controlled. Having rosy cheeks is sometimes considered a sign of robust health or of an active, outdoor lifestyle. For reasons such as these, for centuries women have used rouge or blush to artificially heighten the colour in their faces. Unfortunately, for sufferers of rosacea, facial ruddiness is not something they can wash off with just a swipe of make-up remover. With rosacea, in addition to the appearance of permanent flushing there may also be enlargement of surface blood vessels, yellow-headed pimples and even swelling and permanent deformity of the nose. Rosacea tends to appear between the ages of 30 and 50, and worsens with age.
How Smart Guys Defeat Pimples
(ARA) - Whether it's a job interview or a first date, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But what will you do if all of a sudden you get a pimple? You can't exactly cover it with makeup like the ladies would, but you have to get rid of it fast, so what do you do?"How about taking a little gadget out of your briefcase and using it to blast the pimple away," suggests Luiz Da Silva, inventor of ThermaClear, a hand-held anti-acne device that many men say they can't live without. It uses heat technology, similar to the laser treatments you'd receive in a dermatologist's office, only on a much smaller scale, to fight mild-to-moderate acne.Da Silva explains how it works: "Unlike creams and soaps that only treat pimples at the surface, this device generates a quick heat pulse that neutralizes the bacteria and starts the healing process." .
Top Tips To Help Keep Lips In Tip-Top Shape
While winter's harsh, windy weather is often to blame for dry, cracked lips, sometimes the cause of lip irritation is harder to pinpoint. In fact, several types of foods, cosmetic products, medications or even bad habits have been linked to dry lips. The key is determining the source of the irritation and modifying your daily regimen to eliminate the problem.Speaking today at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, dermatologist Margaret E. Parsons, MD, FAAD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California at Davis, discussed the most common causes of lip irritation, available treatments and preventative measures to keep lips healthy."When I treat a patient for dry lips, the first thing I try to determine is what this patient might be doing or not doing that could be contributing to the problem," said Dr.
Acne Drug Accutane Ups Cholesterol
Zane, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, along with Manos and other colleagues, evaluated laboratory abnormalities among 13,772 patients with severe acne who were treated with Accutane between 1995 and 2002. The average age of the patients in the study was 19; roughly half were female. When the researchers analyzed the medical records of each patient before, during, and after treatment with Accutane, they found clinicians did a good job of monitoring their patients' blood levels to look for potential problems. Changes in Blood Levels Those problems included a 44% rise in triglyceride levels among patients with normal pretreatment levels, a 31% rise in total cholesterol, and an 11% rise in liver enzyme levels. No significant changes were seen in levels of infection-fighting white blood cells, oxygen-carrying hemoglobin, or blood clotting platelets.
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