Artificial skin can't dodge the human touchOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - Artificial skin covering prosthetics and humanoid robots might resemble real skin to the 'T', but when touched the difference is apparent. John-John Cabibihan at the National University of Singapore and colleagues from Italy, Norway and France, have found that fake skin responds very differently to being touched.
Professional Cricketers Association's members to be screened for skin cancerMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - All Professional Cricketers Association's (PCA) members will be screened for skin cancer for the first time. According to a BBC report, the union has organized the programme after one in seven county players were referred to specialists when potential melanomas were found during check-ups.
Medieval-style 'rack' that stretches skin grafts may help treat burns and woundsMay 11th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have stretched slivers of skin to twice their size in a week using a robotic bioreactor that is akin to a medieval rack, a technique that could increase the size, viability and availability of skin grafts for treating burns and wounds. At present, skin grafts can be expanded by making cuts in them to create a mesh, or by inserting balloons under the graft once it has been attached to the body.
Simple household whitener bleaches kids of chronic eczema tooApril 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Simple household bleach is best known for whitening a load of laundry, but it is also surprisingly effective in getting rid of chronic eczema in children. Chronic, severe eczema can mar childhood.
Prince William still wears bracesApril 25th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William, 26, still wears a brace to support his lower teeth, it has emerged. The brace was such a well-kept secret that even his own staff did not notice him wearing it, and it was only spotted while he was meeting excited children during a visit to Staffordshire on April 24.
Bad breath is the biggest worry on datesApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - Bad breath is the biggest worry before a romantic encounter, a new survey has found. Almost eight out of 10 British women say they more fretted about their teeth and breath than their general appearance.
Home tooth whiteners reduce enamel strengthApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - New research has shown that human teeth lost some enamel hardness after the application of popular home whiteners. Researchers noted that teeth can regain their previous hardness after losing small amounts of enamel calcification.
Riddhima Kapoor brand ambassador for Kaya Skin ClinicApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, daughter of actors Neetu and Rishi Kapoor, has become the brand ambassador for Kaya Skin Clinic. 'Every woman wants to look and feel beautiful.
Two held with tiger skin, barasingha antlers in GhaziabadApril 8th, 2009 Ghaziabad:AP - The Ghaziabad police arrested two people with a tiger skin and antlers of a 'barasingha' here Wednesday, officials said. 'The tiger skin and the antlers of a barasingha ( a species of a deer) were recovered from Omendra and Anees, residents of Meerut, when their car was stopped at the Mohan Nagar checkpost,' Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Happy Guptan said.
Tea tree oil, silver act like antiseptics when combinedMarch 30th, 2009 LONDON - Tea tree oil and silver, when combined and applied to infected skin wounds, seem to act like a potent antiseptic. Both tea tree oil and silver (as silver nitrate) are effective singly against a range of micro-organisms, but combining them in low doses boosted their antimicrobial activity, said Li Low and colleagues from University of Wolverhampton.
'Busy' Cowell turns down Obama's dinner inviteMarch 25th, 2009 LONDON - Music mogul Simon Cowell had turned down US President Barack Obama's dinner invite - because he "wasn't available". In an interview to US chat show host Jay Leno, the X-Factor judge revealed that he rejected a dinner invite Obama because he was too busy.
Tiger skin recovered from Sundarbans, two arrestedMarch 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal forest officials Wednesday said they have arrested two people for allegedly smuggling a tiger skin from the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR). 'We arrested two persons from Sundarbans late Tuesday night who were smuggling out a skin of a full-grown tiger from the forest territory,' South 24-Parganas Divisional Forest Officer S.
Newborn baby inspires wonder skin creamMarch 18th, 2009 LONDON - Even months after being in the womb, a baby's skin is unmatched for smoothness, thanks to vernix caseosa (VC), which covers the foetus and the newborn and aids in the growth of skin both before and after birth. Now scientists know why.
Tissue engineering will speed up oral wound healingFebruary 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A gum tissue or gingival substitute, developed by a Dutch research team, helps accelerate wound healing in oral cavity or mouth. 'Our results represent a large step forward in the area of clinical applications in oral tissue engineering, which until now have lagged behind skin tissue engineering,' said study author Susan Gibbs of the VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam.
Brooke Shields endorses sunscreen productsJanuary 28th, 2009 LONDON - After her successful stint in the movies and television, American actress and supermodel Brooke Shields is now the new face of Coppertone's NutraShield Dual Defense sunscreen. 'The Blue Lagoon' star will represent the brand's latest sunscreen lotion enriched with antioxidants that promote natural skin repair and combat premature skin aging from the sun, reports people.co.uk.
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