For Even Relatively Minor Burns, Binge Drinkers Suffer Healing Impairment, Slow Recovery
A Loyola University Medical Center study has found that binge drinking may slow recovery and increase medical costs for survivors of burn injuries. The study was presented during the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Seattle. Loyola researchers compared burn patients who were intoxicated above the legal limit with burn patients who had no alcohol in their blood. Although the binge drinkers' injuries were much less severe than those of other patients admitted to Loyola's Burn Unit, the binge drinkers experienced similar rates of sepsis and pneumonia and spent similar amounts of time on the ventilator, in the ICU and in the hospital.
Prime Target Discovered For Developing Better Anti-Dandruff Medicines
Research on the fungus that ranks as one cause of dandruff - the embarrassing nuisance that, by some accounts, afflicts half of humanity - is pointing scientists toward a much-needed new treatment for the condition's flaking and itching. The advance is the topic of a report in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Claudiu T. Supuran and colleagues explain that dandruff involves an excessive shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp. In people without dandruff, it takes about 30 days for a crop of new skin cells to mature, die and shed.
Lighting Up To Take Down Bacteria: Handheld Plasma Flashlight Rids Skin Of Bacteria Instantly
Whilst some bacteria can provide health benefits there are others that can do annoying things - like kill you. So in order to save ourselves we should probably kill them first. The plasma bacteria zapper: http://csironewsblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/plasma-flashlight.gif?w=413&h=546 So, stand aside bacterial wipes, hand sanitisers and antiseptic sprays there is a new bug zapper in town. Bring in the plasma flashlight - a torch that emits a plasma jet that kills bacteria on the skin in an instant.