February 17, 2010 (Dallas, Texas) — An “insertable” monitor designed primarily for detecting atrial fibrillation (AF), positioned subcutaneously without leads, had a 96% sensitivity and 97% negative predictive value for the arrhythmia in an observational study that compared the device with simultaneous Holter monitoring as the gold standard [1].
The device (Reveal XT, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) [...]
Quick Summer Sunbaths Make for Adequate Vitamin D
A few minutes a day of midday summer sun can raise most fair-skinned people’s vitamin D levels to sufficient, but not optimal, levels, according to new research from the UK. The skin’s production of vitamin D upon exposure to ultraviolet B radiation in sunlight is the body’s main [...]
A virtual-reality experience helped reduce pain levels in veterans with combat-associated burns during wound care treatment, according to findings from a study presented here at the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 26th Annual Meeting. In a separate presentation, researchers said that the use of low-dose ketamine (120 μg/kg per hour), continuously administered intravenously, [...]
Hair analysis is the chemical analysis of a hair sample. Hair may be considered for retrospective purposes when blood and urine are no longer expected to contain a particular contaminant, typically a year or less.[1] Its most widely accepted use is in the fields of forensic toxicology and, increasingly, environmental toxicology.Several alternative medicine fields also [...]
Sunscreens are improving, but three of five brand-name products either don’t protect the skin from sun damage sufficiently, contain hazardous chemicals, or both, according to a report by the watchdog organization Environmental Working Group (EWG). “I’d give the industry a C minus,” says Jane Houlihan, EWG’s senior vice president for research. “They have moved from [...]
Human body is willingly or unwillingly exposed to many different substances throughout the day. These substances, some of which are defined as edible or drinkable foods, enter into the body system through various ways (mouth, nose, eyes, and lungs). Food allergies affect human life as of Infancy and childhood, even before you are born. Food [...]
Composition
Each tube contains 0.125 % prednacinolone.
Each tube contains 0.125 % prednacinolone and 3 % iodochlorhydroxyquin (vioform).
Features
A non-flourinated local corticosteroid devoid of the adverse effects of flourinated corticosteroids.
Low systemic effects, very potent local effects.
Since Prednol-a formulation contains an antiseptic, iodochlorhydroxyquin, has antibacterial and antifungal effects.
Provides economical therapy.
Indications
Prednol cream/ointment;
Contact, chronic, allergic seborrheic dermatitis
Nummular acute or chronic eczema
Psoriasis
Anogenital [...]
