http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides new evidence that longwave ultraviolet light (UVA) induces a protein that could result in premature skin aging. The findings demonstrate that aspects of photoaging, the process of skin aging by chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation, could be linked to genetic factors that accelerate the aging process when induced by the environment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-reveals-mechanism-uva-contributes-photoaging.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:03:40 EST news286113750 Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder that's difficult to treat. However, thanks to new research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, doctors may be able to treat some patients more effectively. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-genes-reveal-patients-benefit-scleroderma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:00:01 EST news284819657 The bacteria that cause acne live on everyone's skin, yet one in five people is lucky enough to develop only an occasional pimple over a lifetime. What's their secret? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-people-zits-dont.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:30:02 EST news281211221 New research shows that more than 75 per cent of people with a particular version of a gene don't produce under-arm odour but use deodorant anyway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-deodorants.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:57:09 EST news277624621 (Medical Xpress)—A University of Colorado Cancer Center study in this month's edition of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology describes a new target and potential treatment for melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. MicroRNA can decide which genes in a cell's DNA are expressed and which stay silent. Melanoma tends to lack microRNA-26a, which makes the gene SODD go silent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-serendipity-potential-therapy-melanoma.html Cancer Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:24:26 EST news275228659 (HealthDay)—Ultraviolet (UV) nail lamps, used for professional and personal nail techniques, do not pose a clinically significant skin cancer risk, according to a letter to the editor published online Dec. 6 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-uv-lamps-significantly-skin-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:10:01 EST news274893520 In the powerful sunlight of July, newly published results from a large study of people at high risk for basal cell carcinoma support the emerging view of the nation's most common cancer as a chronic ailment that often repeatedly afflicts older people but for which the seeds may be planted in youth. The research also found a new association with eczema. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-basal-cell-carcinoma-chronic.html Cancer Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:54:05 EST news262454038 The link between psoriasis and cardiovascular events has been observed for years, however the mechanics were unknown. For the first time, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered preclinical evidence demonstrating that the inflammatory skin disease leads to cardiovascular disease. Further, the research demonstrated that aggressive reversal of psoriasis reduces the cardiovascular risk as well. Psoriasis is a chronic disease of the immune system that appears as raised, inflamed, scaly red patches of skin and is often associated with intense itch. In the United States, it affects between two and a half to six million patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-mechanistic-discovery-links-psoriasis-cardiovascular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 May 2012 13:02:55 EST news255873762 (HealthDay) -- Retinol supplementation is associated with a lower risk of melanoma, according to research published online March 1 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-retinol-supplementation-melanoma.html Cancer Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:50:01 EST news250174050 The pigmented cells called melanocytes aren't just for making freckles and tans. Melanocytes absorb ultraviolet light, protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the sun. They also are the cells that go haywire in melanoma, as well as in more common conditions as vitiligo and albinism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-lab-made-skin-cells-aid-transplantation.html Medical research Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:45:55 EST news238855546 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology has found that, despite previous information, the UVA radiation used in tanning beds may cause more damage to the skin that was originally thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-tanning-beds-greater-thought.html Cancer Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:39:03 EST news237469058 New research from North Carolina State University shows that a "gatekeeper" protein plays an important role in skin-cancer prevention in humans and lab mice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-lack-gatekeeper-protein-linked-skin.html Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 11:08:31 EST news224935690