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1. Thyme studied as acne treatment
   

   16th April 2012 - The next new acne treatment may be found in your garden or in the supermarket vegetable aisles. The herb thyme could earn itself a place in the skin care section of your local pharmacy, largely due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. Researchers from Leeds Metro

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2. Do remedies for insect bites help?
   

   Warmer weather means a resurgence of insects, including several that bite, such as mosquitoes, some midges and flies, fleas, and bedbugs. Although insect bites occasionally cause serious allergic reactions, most people get only mild symptoms, including itching, pain, redness, and swelling. If a bite

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3. Protein discovery could lead to treatment of early baldness
   

   29th March 2012 - Researchers in the US have identified a chemical that could be responsible for the most common cause of baldness in men, and their discovery could lead to more effective and targeted treatments. One UK expert described the findings as "promising", and said while it would not pave t

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4. Excessive sweating
   

   Elena Lomas started to suffer with excessive sweating around the age of 12. It affected her school work," Exams were difficult as my hands would be wringing wet and very distracting." "Dating was emotionally draining. I would constantly worry about physical contact. Simple actions like holding hands

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5. The mind-skin connection
   

   Any time 13-year-old Amanda feels nervous, she breaks out all over her face. Jeremy often feels so sorry for himself that during bad eczema flare-ups he shuts himself off from the world. The only way that Kim can stop her obsessive thoughts is by pulling out her hair. In these and many other ways th

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6. Shingles vaccination programme delayed
   

   17th February 2012 - A national vaccination programme against shingles has been delayed because the Department of Health has been unable to obtain enough of the vaccine. In 2010 the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that people aged 70-79 years should be vaccinated against

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7. Does sunshine prevent childhood eczema and allergies?
   

   Eczema is a skin condition that can be irritating and painful, especially for children. It is often caused by an allergy, which occurs when your immune system overreacts to something that is normally harmless. This triggers changes called allergic reactions, which make your skin itchy. Other conditi

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8. What's new: Advances in hair care
   

   Hair care seems like it should be simple but, as you age, so does your hair. Over time, your hair becomes less dense, individual strands get thinner and break more easily. Sunlight, climate and pollution also take their toll. The way you style your hair - blow drying, colouring, overusing gels - can

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9. Beat the itch of winter skin
   

   From simple dry, cracked skin to eczema, psoriasis, and seborrhoeic dermatitis, the cold, wind and low humidity of winter can worsen just about every kind of skin condition. “A vicious circle develops”, says Dr Ella L Toombs, a dermatologist. The dry air of winter and the hot air of central heating

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10. Acne: Antibiotics may mean more sore throats
    

    23rd November 2011 - Young adults taking oral antibiotics for acne were more than three times more likely to complain of sore throats than people who weren't, new studies show. Around 80% of teenagers in the UK get some form of acne and it affects many adults too. Acne and the use of oral antibiotic

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