| Date: Feb 8, 2012 By:
Bill Gillette
| Source: Dermatology Times E-News

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A new study has identified key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological skin inflammation, and also identifies a “gatekeeper” that, when lost, can cause inflammatory skin disease in the absence of injury or infection.
Date: Feb 1, 2012 By:
Bob Roehr
| Source: Dermatology Times

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Stopping of a type of regulated cell death called necroptosis in keratinocytes is critical for the prevention of skin inflammation, according to new research from Germany.
Date: Feb 1, 2012 By:
John Jesitus
| Source: Dermatology Times

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The unique needs of infants with severe atopic dermatitis require special attention. As such, says Mary Wu Chang, M.D., associate clinical professor of dermatology and pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, "This is not something you can handle in a 15-minute visit."
Date: Jan 14, 2012
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Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Competitive swimmers who train at indoor chlorinated swimming pools may have lung changes similar to those seen in people with mild asthma, a new study has found.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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LONDON (Reuters) - When the clocks strike midnight in New Delhi on Jan. 12, India will mark the first year in history it has recorded no new cases of polio.
Date: Jan 11, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the MMR vaccine has been linked to a heightened risk of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), other vaccines in the toddler years do not appear to be, researchers reported Monday.
Date: Jan 6, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Neither the frequency nor the duration of upper respiratory infections (URIs) in preschoolers are reduced by prophylactic treatment with montelukast, according to the results of an Israeli trial.
Date: Jan 6, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns that rotavirus vaccines might raise infants' risk of blocked bowels, a new study finds that hospitalization rates for the intestinal complication didn't go up after vaccination became routine in the United States in 2007.
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