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) Studies Show Combination Laser Therapy Effective At Clearing Acne
"Laser technology has made great inroads in the treatment of acne, which until recently has been treated almost exclusively - and with varying degrees of success - with topical, systemic and hormonal medications," said Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas. "Now, we have solid evidence-based medicine supporting the effectiveness of certain laser therapies as a long-term solution for treating active acne. The key is to distinguish the benefits and limitations of these available technologies and select the most effective treatments for each acne patient."Photodynamic Therapy with a Photosensitizer
In a preliminary study, Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas examined whether a combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with a photosensitizer known as
topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and activated by long-pulse, pulsed dye laser could safely and effectively clear mild to severe cases of acne. More>>
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) Is Miracle, Safe Sanitizer Too Good to be True?
Yet it was gentle enough to soothe her children's sunburns and acne.She's now encouraging food processors to take a look at electrolyzed water to help combat the disease outbreaks that have roiled the industry. Most are dubious.
"This sounds too good to be true, which is really the biggest problem," said Feirtag, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. "But it's only a matter of time before this becomes mainstream."
Could our skepticism be holding us back from embracing this miracle liquid?
Here are some of the ways that electrolyzed water is being used all over the world.
In New York, a poultry processor uses it to kill salmonella on chicken carcasses. In Minnesota, grocery clerks spray it on conveyor belts in check out lanes. More>> - (
) A look at Nancy Rue's books
Hair, fashion and finding your own style: In "Beauty Lab" (Zonderkidz, 2007, $7.99), girls read about dealing with everything from acne to finding glasses that look cute on you. Rue gives tips on how to dress but also stresses the secrets of inner beauty. "This is a bigger issue than it ever has been for girls that age because they are bombarded with messages that you need to be stick thin, be blonde, be flawless. No one is, and yet they're getting all these messages this is the only way to be beautiful," Rue says. . More>> - (
) The Wizard of Westchester: Definitive Biography of John Cheever
How can you dissuade his eyes in a crowd from seeking out the cheek with acne, the infirm hand; how can you teach him to respond to the inestimable greatness of the race, the harsh surface beauty of life; how can you put his finger for him on the obdurate truths before which fear and horror are powerless?"He liked the word and the word suits him: There's something inestimable about his work, a magic that defies measurement. And the sorrow and loneliness of his inner life—that, too, is inestimable, even though all the relevant information is now on the table: Blake Bailey's definitive biography, Cheever (no one will ever want to know more about this particular life), and the two-volume Library of America edition of Cheever's work (edited by Mr. Bailey). Posterity will make its judgment about his place in the canon; meanwhile, we can admire a prodigious and mysterious achievement—and contemplate, for as long as we can bear, the misery from which it sprung. More>>