Surgeons Should Operate Naked to Decrease Risk of Surgical Site Infections

Image courtesy of adamr at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net This controversial claim was actually made by a well-respected surgeon, Dr. Dellinger , a...

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Oral vitamin D and the inflammatory effects of sunburn

In something of a departure from the typical content of this blog, I want to briefly introduce the paper by Jeffrey Scott and colleagues [1...

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Vitamin D deficiency is rife in an in-patient psychiatric unit for young people

" Adolescents within tier 4 adolescent mental health services may be at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency and so assessment of vita...

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Wax Removal of Nasal Hair

Screenshot of video by Sepi Balini Makeup artist and vlogger Sepi Balini posted a video on instagram showing her nasal hair being removed b...

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Psoriasis Improves After Tonsillectomy

Image by Bobjgalindo in Wikipedia It is felt that certain skin psoriasis conditions may improve if not completely resolve after tonsillect...

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Does eczema increase the risk of childhood speech disorder?

Nativity Kylo? The question posed in the title of this post reflects some interesting data published by Mark Strom & Jonathan Silverberg...

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Introducing 'cutaneous gluten sensitivity'

I'm always amazed that despite our many advances in science and medicine, new diagnoses and clinical entities still manage to pop up fro...

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Atopic dermatitis and autism: systematically reviewed

I briefly want to bring the paper from Lucia Billeci and colleagues [1] to your attention today and the suggestion that following their sys...

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