Melanin

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• Fade My Freckles!

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 465
  Freckles, age spots, pregnancy mask – these harmless skin defects can be quite an annoying problem. We all want not only silky smooth complexion, but an even and healthy skin tone as well.Freckles. Considered cute by some, they are a real problem for others. Freckles, a.k.a. ephelides, are small brown or [...]
  1 day ago

• Sun Protection

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 465
  The skin has a defence mechanism against sun-damage, in the form of melanin. The production of melanin is accelerated on sun-exposure. However, we have seen that this defence is not enough. That is why protection of the skin, with ingredients that block the sun’s radiation damage, is so essential. These sun-block ...
  2 days ago

• Atrial Fibrillation Trigger Found That Could Lead to Effective Afib Treatments

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 545
  A newly published study reports on a type of cell found in the upper chamber (atrium) of the heart and in the pulmonary veins that triggers atrial fibrillation . Like the skin cells that make pigment, the afib-trigger cells produce an enzyme called DCT. Researchers hope this discovery will lead to new research and ...
  3 weeks ago

• New kind of stem cell. “… change in cell signalling can make the SCP cells in the skin develop into pigment cells instead …”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 130
  Professor Patrik Ernfors from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has said: “Our findings can provide new knowledge of how changes in skin pigmentation occur, not least of the links that have been observed between neurological disease and changes in pigmentation …”More from a Release dated ...
  4 weeks ago

• 10 Tips: Children/Adolescents/Soccer/Accident prevention

  
  Kids Travel Doc — Authority: 99
  Soccer is a relatively safe sport says the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Yet more than 100,000 children and adolescents are treated in emergency rooms each year, and more are treated elsewhere, for soccer-related issues. Studies of these injuries by sports physicians and other have led to the following ...
  4 weeks ago

• How and why does race and gender affect risk of hypertension?

  
  Health Tips Here — Authority: 150
  Is it somehow related to the presence of melanin? As stated below:Risk factors for hypertension include: * age over 60 * male sex * race (The African-American community has a higher incidence of hypertension.) * heredity * salt sensitivity [...]
  4 weeks ago

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