Healthy Skin Naturally

Healthy goats naturally devoid of prion protein

Prion diseases such as scrapie in small ruminants, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in man, are fatal neurodegenerative disorders. These diseases result from the accumulation of misfolded conformers of the host-encoded prion protein (PrP) in the central nervous system. To date naturally-occurring PrP free animals have not been reported. Here w...

Staying Healthy Naturally in the Third World

Skin-to-skin contact is analgesic in healthy newborns.

OBJECTIVES To determine whether skin-to-skin contact between mothers and their newborns will reduce the pain experienced by the infant during heel lance. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. PARTICIPANTS A total of 30 newborn infants were studied. INTERVENTIONS Infants were assigned randomly to either being held by the...

Improvement of naturally aged skin with vitamin A (retinol).

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of topical retinol (vitamin A) in improving the clinical signs of naturally aged skin. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, left and right arm comparison study. SETTING Academic referral center. PATIENTS The study population comprised 36 elderly subjects (mean age, 87 years), residing in 2 senior citizen facilities. INTERVENTION To...

Cultured Milk- a Means to Healthy Skin?

• Several studies indicate that regular intake of milk products cultured with probiotic bacteria can help keep the skin hydrated, robust, and healthy looking. • The effects of cultured milk products on skin health are thought to involve crosstalk between the gastrointestinal and immune systems. • Proposed mechanisms for the effects include suppression of gut phenols, release of bioactive milk p...