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Humidity key to healthy nails suggests new research
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Maintaining normal humidity around you could be the key to attractive and healthy fingernails, according to new research from The University of Manchester.
The Medical Minute: Melanoma - The dark side of the sun
May 27, 2009 |
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Now that the weather is nice, people will spend more time outside. Whether it’s doing yard work, playing golf or relaxing at the beach, we are a nation of sun lovers. Some people with light skin may even spend a few sessions ...
Acitretin therapy may help reduce nail psoriasis
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Low-dose acitretin (a drug used to treat skin psoriasis) therapy appears to reduce nail psoriasis symptoms, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Fingernails on a Chalkboard Garner Psychologist Ig Nobel Prize
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2006 |
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Giving a closer listen to a sound most of us try to avoid – fingernails scraping on a chalkboard – has won Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake an unusual and coveted award, the Ig Nobel Prize.
Fingernails may someday store information
Jul 20, 2005 |
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Japanese scientists are working to place microscopic information on fingernails with the goal of one day replacing credit cards, Nature.com reported. The team has only managed the feat on nail clippings so far, but they hop ...
Teaching captive gorillas the ropes
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Nov 13, 2006 |
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The Columbus Zoo in Ohio uses humans as surrogate mothers to baby gorillas so the babies can learn nurturing and become caring parents themselves.
Fingerprints do not improve grip friction
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Fingerprints mark us out as individuals and leave telltale signs of our presence on every object that we touch, but what are fingerprints really for? According to Roland Ennos, from the University of Manchester, ...
Dark side of the sun
Jun 29, 2009 |
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As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. Sunburns and accelerated skin aging are common results, but excessive sun exposure also can be deadly. ...
Many common medical beliefs are untrue
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Should we drink at least eight glasses of water a day? Does shaving hair cause it to grow back faster or coarser? Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight?
Hand washing critical to avoiding illness over holidays, expert says
Nov 13, 2007 |
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A Purdue University expert says food safety this holiday season should start with soap. "It's cold season," said Laura Palmer, a Cooperative Extension Service specialist in foods and nutrition and a registered dietitian. "Th ...
Medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis
May 30, 2008 |
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A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds.
More medical myths: Turkey doesn't make you tired?
Jan 07, 2009 |
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What if someone told you turkey doesn't make you tired, or that you nails really don't keep growing after you die?
Engineers discover why toucan beaks are models of lightweight strength
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Nov 30, 2005 |
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As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor of ...
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