Aqueous Cream For Eczema: Good or Bad? Side Effects?

Aqueous cream may have been traditionally prescribed by doctors to reduce the discomfort caused by eczema. But now a new finding opposes this, saying the cream even aggravates the skin condition.

Researchers from University of Bath explained that aqueous cream can make the skin thinner when used regularly. According to them, the cream contains sodium laurel sulphate detergent which makes skin susceptible to irritation by chemicals.

“So to use this cream on eczematous skin, which is already thin and vulnerable to irritation, is likely to make the condition even worse,” Professor Richard Guy who supervised the research told BBC.

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Vitamin A Drug (Fenretinide) Can Prevent Blindness for Older People?

A drug based on Vitamin A, the vitamin found in carrots, shows promising results in preventing the loss of eye sight due to old age.

The drug Fenretinide was able to stop the advance of dry age-related macular degeneration during the preliminary clinical trial, researchers announced.

During the trial, almost 250 men and women with dry AMD took a Fenretinide pill a day or a placebo. Results show that in the highest dose, the drug has halted visual deterioration after a year.

Researcher Dr. Jason Slakter from New York University School of Medicine said there is no effective treatment to dry AMD in the present and that their study was not designed to give a final answer to AMD problems.

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Weight Loss Tips: Turn Off the Lights When You Sleep

Weight Loss Tips: Turn Off the Lights When You Sleep. To lose weight, you do not just trim down eat less or reduce your calorie intake. A new study suggests that you should also turn off the lights at night.

The study, which was published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on how prolonged computer use and television viewing at night associated with lack of physical activity add risks for obesity.

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