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Skin Diseases
Oxygen to heal wounds
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2003
Oxygen is not just for breathing. Researchers in the us say it heals wounds too. They have found that exposing wounds to pure oxygen cures them more quickly and applying bags of pure oxygen on the skin can even prove effective against severe abrasions. Patients with a wide range of disorders -- from bedsores to ulcers -- are expected to benefit from the research.
Curtain raiser
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2003
a curtain merely treated with insecticide can help save your life. A recent study shows that using curtains treated with insecticide can reduce the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) -- a disease that has fatal, debilitating and/or deforming consequences in the form of skin ulcers.
Widespread web
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2002
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Picture imperfect
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2002
Scientists are yet to unravel all the mysteries about the tiny and yet complex three-dimensional particles. Key details about their properties and their effects remain elusive. So far, it has not been possible to make reliable measurements to determine their distribution and properties on a global scale. Large uncertainties remain in estimating the magnitude of various aerosols emitted from different sources.
Purity undermined
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2002
Damodar river is in deep water. Rampant mining in the North Karanpura coalfield spread over Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Palamau district of Jharkhand is contaminating the water body. A study has found high levels of lead, arsenic, iron, cobalt, chromium and manganese in the sediments and surface water of Damodar and Safi rivers.
Billowing Rage
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2002
BANGLES and vermilion. The unusual gift made Orissa chief minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik see red. But by giving this present to the CM - along with samples of toxic water and ruined crop - the tribal women of Sukruli, too, were venting their anger. Because an insouciant state administration had failed to crack the whip on a polluting unit located in the area.
Heat quencher
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2001
Addition of antioxidants such as vitamins E or C to sunscreen lotions can help prevent skin cancer. A university of Illinois, usa -based researcher, Kerry Hanson, found that the stratum corneum -- the skin's main protective barrier -- generated a tremendous number of free radicals when exposed to ultraviolet light, causing considerable damage to both the cytoplasm and the lipid matrix .
Fighting for a cause
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2001
The rashes and burns on his scaly skin are not due to his advancing years. With red patches on his limbs and torso, this aged man is literally suffering from a two-year itch. His frail body stoops, overburdened not just with age but also the agony caused by his recalcitrant neighbour since 1998 and the apathy of the powers that be.
Saving one's skin
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2000
candida albicans is a common skin fungus. In fact, it is the usual culprit whenever someone, whose immune defences are down, contracts a skin infection. The result of the infection is more of a nuisance than anything else. However, as frequently is the case, Candida sometimes escapes from the skin and gets into the circulatory system.
Hide Burns
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2000
in 1995, when Krishna Devi of Motipur village in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, had rashes all over her body she dismissed it as a minor ailment. But five years and several visits to the doctor later, the rashes have turned into large boils and the pain is excruciating.
