Category: Health

The Skincare Routines Of 5 Top Dermatologists

Tom Patriot

Ranella Hirsch, a board-certified dermatologist in Boston The One Who Loves Drugstore Cleansers Her skin issue: Dryness. “I have really sensitive skin, and I’m just getting back into using a retinoid because this is the first time in 10 years I haven’t been pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing,” says Hirsch. (Experts recommend avoiding vitamin A derivatives like retinoid and tretinoins during pregnancy and nursing.) “I’m only using it every third night right now, and I’m peeling like crazy.” That means her medicine cabinet is filled with ultra-hydrating products to…

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The Hairy Man’s Guide To Skincare

Tom Patriot

Does it you look like you’re sporting a sweater vest every single day of the year? Are your arms, legs, shoulders, stomach, back, balls, and all manner of other body parts covered in a forest so dense you have trouble picturing what your bare body might even looks like? Have you destroyed three or more manscaping devices—be they electric razors, manual ones, epilators, or otherwise—all within the past year? Then you, dear friend, are what one might describe as a hairy-ass man. And sure, you may already know the bulk…

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Parkinson’s May Begin in Gut and Spread to the Brain Via the Vagus Nerve

Tom Patriot

A major epidemiological registry-based study from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital indicates that Parkinson’s disease begins in the gastrointestinal tract; the study is the largest in the field so far. The chronic neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease affects an increasing number of people. However, scientists still do not know why some people develop Parkinson’s disease. Now researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital have taken an important step towards a better understanding of the disease. New research indicates that Parkinson’s disease may begin in the gastrointestinal tract and spread through…

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New Culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease Development Identified

Tom Patriot

Findings may influence strategies for treatment. A recent study conducted at Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) and NYU Langone Medical Center implicates a new culprit in Alzheimer’s disease development. The research reveals that ßCTF — the precursor of the amyloid beta (Aß) peptide — acts at the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s to initiate a range of abnormalities leading to the loss of groups of neurons critical for memory formation. Results from the study are published online July 21, 2015 in the journal, Molecular Psychiatry, and the article has…

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