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Birch Bark Derivative Effective for Epidermolysis Bullosa
A gel derived from birch bark is the first topical medication ever tested in the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) to heal wounds faster than...
How to Relieve One of the Itchiest Vulvar Conditions
A three-step approach may help relieve itch in patients with lichen simplex chronicus, “one of the itchiest conditions that we ever see on the vulva,”...
Tough to Tell COVID From Smoke Inhalation Symptoms
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The patients walk into Dr. Melissa Marshall’s community clinics in Northern...
Seeping Under Doors, Bad Air From West’s Fires Won’t Ease Up
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dangerously dirty air spewing from the West Coast wildfires is seeping into homes and businesses, sneaking into cars through air conditioning...
Massive Smoke Clouds From Wildfires Darken West Coast Sky
The Golden Gate Bridge covered in smoke from wildfires on September 9 in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hazy clouds of smoke from dozens...
Novel Oral Drug Improves Sunlight Tolerance
Dersimelagon, a novel once-daily oral selective melanocortin-1 receptor agonist, significantly boosted sunlight tolerance in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria in a multicenter, phase 2, randomized trial,...
Woman Is First in US to Get Second Face Transplant
BOSTON (AP) — For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face. Carmen Blandin Tarleton underwent a second face...
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