To relieve the dryness of atopic dermatitis skin, a lipid formulation of fusidic acid and betamethasone 17-valerate (Fucicort Lipid cream) was developed as an additional treatment option to the established Fucicort cream. The two formulations were compared in patients with clinically infected atopic dermatitis. A total of 629 patients were randomized to twice daily double-blind treatment for 2 ...

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a topical application of a cream formulation containing extract of Acacia nilotica bark extract on human cheek skin texture. Methods: A cream containing 3 % concentrated extract of Acacia nilotica bark was developed by entrapping the extract in the internal aqueous phase of the cream having strong antioxidant activity. A similar cream but without the extract w...

INTRODUCTION Solar ultraviolet exposure is the main cause of skin damage by initiation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to skin collagen imperfection and eventually skin roughness. This can be reduced by proper revitalization of skin enhancing younger and healthier appearance. AIM To evaluate the skin facial revitalization effect of a cream formulation containing the Moringa oleifera ...

In this experiment, raw milk and commercially available full-cream UHT milk, semi-skimmed UHT milk, skimmed UHT milk, full-cream pasteurized milk, semi-skimmed pasteurized milk and infant formulas for babies between 6 and 12 months of age were analyzed by RIA, with a method using an antibody directed against human leptin and human leptin as reference standard. Raw milk and full-cream UHT milk d...

in whipping cream industry the recent trend is to reduce cream fat content without any changes in physical and whipping properties. stabilizers are widely used to improve physical and whipping properties of whipping cream. in this research, the effect of lecithin (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%), carrageen an (0.01, 0.02 and 0.03%) and wp900 (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%) was investigated on firmness, overrun, drainag...

We are concerned about the media purporting that drinking six or more cups of coffee per day can prevent lethal prostate cancer, following publication of the Harvard report (1). Such “advice” has been given prominence in the Australian, Chinese, and Korean news media, just to name a few. In the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, coffee intake was measured by cups per day, and separate analys...

OBJECTIVE To describe demographic characteristics, patterns of use, reported symptoms, and laboratory results associated with mercury exposure among people who used a beauty cream containing mercury. DESIGN. Descriptive study of a case series. SETTING The Hong Kong community. PARTICIPANTS Users of a cream cosmetic who contacted the Department of Health following a public announcement. MAI...

Cream dogs of several breeds require a genotype of e/e at MC1R based on 27 individuals in this study. All Akita, Caucasian Mountain Dogs, German Shepherd Dogs, Miniature Schnauzer, and Puli with this genotype are cream, suggesting they are fixed at a second locus which causes the phaeomelanin pigmentation caused by this genotype to be diluted or pale. Conversely, although all Chinese Shar-Pei a...

Cream skimming can be defined as the selective treatment of patients that demand few resources while providing high economic refunds. We test whether cream skimming occurs after the introduction of DRG-based activity-based financing (ABF) in Norway in 1997 and if the problem further increased after the 2002 organizational reform when hospitals were turned into trusts. The DRG-system offers the ...

eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine (EMLA cream): comparison with placebo cream and no local premedication. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1987;31: 735-9. 8 Hallen B, Olsson GL, Uppfeldt A. Pain-free venepuncture. Effect of timing of application of local anaesthetic cream. Anaesthesia 1984;39:%9-72. 9 Hopkins CS, Buckley CJ, Bush GH. Pain-free injection in infants. Use of a lignocaine-priloca...