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Public health is the scientific, political and sociological approach by a society to maximise the health of the population through disease preventaion and mainenance of healthy life-styles. The main...

Bone morphogenetic protein rhBMP

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anterior lumbar interbody fusion and for acute open tibial fractures; rhBMP-7, on the other hand, is approved...

Fire Danger From Hand Sanitizer

Young girl is treated for severe burns after the alcohol in the hand sanitizer on her hands caught fire.

Is Your Hand Sanitizer Destroying Your Manicure?

Hands First, a new alcohol-free hand sanitizer, attacks germs without attacking your nails. Nixa, Mo (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 Women spend billions of dollars every year at nail salons with the majority...

PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer Receives Travelers Choice Award from TripAdvisor

The TripAdvisor travel site announces the winners of its second annual Travelers' Choice® Awards for Travel Favorites. PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer was selected by TripAdvisor travelers as the best...

Contaminated Kleenex-brand Hand Sanitizer Poses Serious Risk for People with Weakened Immune Systems

Kimberly-Clark Professional Corporation is voluntarily recalling Kleenex-brand Luxury Foam Hand Sanitizer due to microbial contamination. Product testing undertaken by the company detected bacteria th...

90% of Canadian Healthcare Workers Not Compliant With Hand Hygiene, Electronic Data Show

Data from 10 million hand hygiene events using electronic monitoring technology revealed for the first time that 9 out of 10 healthcare workers currently access hand sanitizer using only one dose from...

Hand sanitizer may have ignited hospital fire that hurt girl, 11

Hand sanitizer ignited by static electricity is being investigated as the potential source of a hospital fire that severely burned an 11-year-old Oregon cancer patient, officials said Tuesday. No caus...

Novel Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer Gets Hands Ready to Help Fight the Flu

Hands First, a non-alcohol hand sanitizer, that protects for 3 hours is the perfect solution for fighting the flu. Nixa, MO (PRWEB) September 26, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD...

Indian Mountain School Earns Top Honors at Connecticut Flower Show

Lakeville, CT (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 An aloe plant raised at IMS won first place in the Succulent and Cactus division in the CT State Flower Show and also won the Flower Show Award of Merit as a to...

False-positive ethyl glucuronide immunoassay screening caused by a propyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

Urine ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is considered as a specific marker of recent ethanol consumption. We describe false-positive DRI(®) EIA EtG enzyme immunoassay results caused by propyl glucuronides in u...

Aloe vera - Aloe vera, Aloe barbadensis, Aloe capensis.

Dietary aloin, aloesin, or aloe-gel exerts anti-inflammatory activity in a rat colitis model.

Aloe has been a very popular folk remedy for inflammation-related pathological conditions despite the lack of studies reporting its efficacy in vivo. The present study evaluated the anti-inflammatory...

Molecular biology, phytochemistry and bioactivity of three endemic Aloe species from Mauritius and Réunion Islands.

Introduction - Aloe tormentorii, A. purpurea and A. macra are used as multipurpose folk medicines in Réunion and Mauritius Islands and are mistaken for the introduced Aloe vera.Objective - To compare...

Photodynamic activity of aloe-emodin induces resensitization of lung cancer cells to anoikis.

Aloe-emodin was found to be a photosensitizer and possess anti-tumor activity. However, the detailed mechanism underlying the biological effects of aloe-emodin remains unknown. In this study, we explo...