Hormones

Hormones are secreted by the endocrine system into the body and adjust the functioning of all organ systems in the body. Testosterone and Estrogen are male/female specific, while others such as adre...

Food Safety

Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avo...

Health Tip: Clip Baby's Nails Carefully

-- It's important to clip baby's nails frequently, to avoid accidental self-scratches. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers this advice when it's time to trim baby's nails: Use nail clippers or...

Nails Need Love, Too

SATURDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- If you want healthy and attractive nails, you have to take good care of them. "Nails need to be moisturized, especially after removing nail polish, so be sure t...

According to Dana R. Hando, Nails Help to Illustrate Total Body Health

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Dana R. Hando knows that nails are an important part of the body. After her years of experience in a salon, she has seen nails of different shapes, sizes, and...

Dermatologist shares manicure and pedicure tips for beautiful nails

Having beautiful nails is less a matter of luck and more a matter of caring for them correctly. Fortunately, there are simple steps people can take to properly care for their nails.

Flexible, nanoscale 'bed of nails' created for possible drug delivery

Researchers have come up with a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible "bed of nails" on the nanoscale that opens the door to development of new d...

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...

Brazilian Market for Orthopedic Trauma Devices

In 2011, the total Brazilian market for orthopedic trauma devices was valued at over $460 million. This market includes plates and screws, intramedullary nails, hip intramedullary nails, compression...

Researchers create flexible, nanoscale 'bed of nails' for possible drug delivery

(North Carolina State University) Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible "bed o...

Transungual delivery of terbinafine by iontophoresis in onychomycotic nails.

Trans-nail permeability is limited due to the innate nature of the nail plate and the recent investigations indicated the potential of iontophoresis in enhancing the transungual drug delivery in norma...

Background Values for Essential and Toxic Elements in Children's Nails and Correlation with Hair Levels.

Human nails are an attractive matrix for assessing environmental exposures to toxic elements as well as the deficiency of essential elements since it is noninvasively collected and can be stored at ro...

Quantitative analysis of pathological nails using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been used as a potential method for simultaneous measurement of the elements Ca, Na, and K, for normal and pathological nails. We compared the measured...

More intramedullary nails and arthroplasties for treatment of hip fractures in Sweden.

Background and purpose The surgical methods for treatment of femoral neck fractures and trochanteric hip fractures vary. We describe the changes in Sweden over the period 1998-2007 and the regional di...

Leg lengthening using intramedullay skeletal kinetic distractor: Results of 57 consecutive applications.

BACKGROUND: Mechanically activated intramedullary lengthening nails are advantageous over external fixator. However, difficulties with the control of the distraction rate are the main drawbacks, which...