Parasitic Diseases

Testing skin-care products is an occupational hazard. In the past, I've been lucky. I'm relatively non-reactive (I used to claim). But last month, boy, was I humbled. I had polished off the last of my morning serum, the Major Fade Hyper Serum by #PillowtalkDerm, which I  highly  recommend. I swapped in a vitamin C serum from a reputable brand that came highly recommended by derms and other editors. Also, Kaia Gerber uses the full line, non-sponsored. However, I wasn't really paying attention to this serum's label, which read: 25% L-ascorbic acid. You may be thinking, Careful with that! For those uninitiated, L-ascorbic acid is the active form of the antioxidant vitamin C, commonplace in today's 'brightening' serums. According to dermatologists, L-ascorbic acid has long been credited as the most effective form of of vitamin C, the gold standard, even. The problem? It's unstable and can, in high concentrations, cause irritation or an inf...

AUSTIN, Texas — A rash of storms in Texas in recent years — from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 to the deep freeze in 2021 — has put big chunks of the population in danger and left millions without electricity or water for long periods. These calamities also served as motivation for a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin to refocus her work on innovations that can help communities respond to severe weather events. Her latest project is a mug-sized device that can quickly clean water using a small jolt of electricity to fish out bacterial cells. In lab experiments, the device was able to remove 99.997% of E. coli bacteria from 2- to 3-ounce samples taken from Waller Creek in Austin in approximately 20 minutes, with the capacity to do more. "We are able to clean water using very little energy because we steer the bacterial cells with electric fields, and most bacterial cells are natural swimmers who propel themselves to electrodes and got captured alive," said D. Emma ...

Fibromyalgia is a complex medical condition that adversely affects those who have the condition in several ways. Certain skin conditions that cause skin rashes are common in people with fibromyalgia but are not specific symptoms of the condition. These rashes can vary in appearance and may be itchy. This article will discuss what a fibromyalgia rash might be, what causes rashes more common in people with fibromyalgia, and how to relieve a rash. Carol Yepes / Getty Images What Is a Fibromyalgia Rash? No specific rash is a symptom of fibromyalgia. But researchers have found that certain skin conditions are more likely to occur in people with fibromyalgia than in those who do not have fibromyalgia. These skin conditions include: Hyperhidrosis : This skin condition causes excessive sweating. The continuous moisture can cause soft, cracked, or scaly skin in the affected areas. It can also increase the risk of secondary fungal or bacterial infecti...

Whether struggling with acne, an increase in wrinkles with aging, or getting a skin wound to heal, there are a variety of skin health issues many of us can relate to. The skin is the largest organ in the body, and new skin cells are constantly being made. Of course nutrition can impact skin health, but It's important to keep in mind many factors—like genetics and your environment—also have a big impact on skin health. Certain vitamins are helpful for skin health, as they provide the building blocks needed for skin and help the skin repair when damaged. They can often be found in topical skin care products. Vitamins A, C, D, and E especially can play a role in skin health. You can get most of these from food–or with vitamin D, from the sun. However if you do not eat enough foods with these nutrients, then supplements may be helpful to boost your intake of skin health nutrients.  Other nutrients like CoQ10, collagen, zinc, and omega 3s can also play a role in s...

What caused this 95-year-old female farmer in rural Japan to develop abdominal symptoms that persisted for months? Upon arriving at the emergency department, the patient told clinicians that she did not drink alcohol. She was taking 8 mg of prednisolone daily, as well as lansoprazole (Prevacid). Her medical history included a diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid 8 months previously; this had been treated with prednisolone at an initial dose of 15 mg daily, explained Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH, of Okinawa Chubu Hospital in Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan, and colleagues in JAMA . The patient said her ongoing symptoms began 3 months previously with loss of appetite and intermittent abdominal bloating, diarrhea that developed 2 weeks previously, and abdominal pain for the past 24 hours. She also reported one episode of shortness of breath during physical activity about 2 weeks prior to her presentation at hospital. She had not been feverish, and had no cough, wheeze, nausea, or vomiting; she had ...

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