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AAD Addresses New Developments in Skin Cancer Prevention
It is estimated that more than 1 million new cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2007. While most skin cancers have excellent cure rates if detected and treated early, dermatologists stress that prevention is still the best medicine.
Sunlight May Help Prevent Some Lung Cancers
A new study is showing lower levels of ultraviolet B (UVB) rays from the sun to be associated with higher lung cancer occurrences.
Skin Care: The Importance of Feel
By Steve Herman
In the excitement over peptides, neurocosmetics, antiglycation endpoints and prebiotics, it is easy to forget the importance of product look and feel.
Study Finds Massage Relieves Pain After Surgery
U.S. researchers have found that patients treated with massage in postsurgical situations have experienced less pain.
Managing the Effect Stress Has on Skin
Stress can cause problems with skin, hair and nails. The American Academy of Dermatology has recommendations on how to curb those effects.
Food Choices Can Have an Impact on Skin Health
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, "you are what you eat” is an adage that often applies to skin care...
New Study Shows Possible Cause of Rosacea Bumps
Although they are normal inhabitants of human skin and cannot be seen, microscopic mites known as Demodex folliculorum may actually be something to blush about.
Gene-based Sunscreen May Someday Prevent Skin Cancer
Research is shedding new light on sunscreens that might someday prevent or treat skin cancer by reversing dangerous gene mutations caused by overexposure to the sun.
Topically Applied Caffeine Proves Successful as Slimming Agent
The Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology has published a report claiming that topically applied caffeine is a succesful slimming agent.
FDA Eases Access to Acne Drug
Women seeking an acne medicine that can cause severe birth defects may find it a little easier to fill their prescription: The government announced some changes Wednesday designed to ease access to the troublesome drug.
A program called iPledge was designed to ensure that every user of Accutane or its generic competitors—and every doctor who prescribes it and every pharmacy that sells it—follows strict rules to make sure that women don't get pregnant while on the drug. Among those rules are month-by-month prescriptions based on passing pregnancy tests.
But last summer, the Food and Drug Administration heard evidence that iPledge hasn't ended the problem: There were 122 pregnancies in the program's first year and another 37 in the four months since. Another 19 pregnancies occurred in women who managed to get the drug despite never enrolling in iPledge.
Still, in October the FDA agreed to a few changes to the program, and announced Wednesday that iPledge is now implementing these changes:
* Women of childbearing age who don't fill a prescription within seven days of a pregnancy test will be allowed to get another test and then fill the prescription—with the exception of the initial prescription. Until now, those who didn't act within seven days were frozen out of the program for the next 23 days.
* Those women will have to fill the prescription within seven days of a pregnancy test rather than within seven days of first seeing their doctor.
Associated Press, December 5, 2007