What Causes Wrinkles?
Over time, the skin folding caused by everyday facial expressions etches once-temporary grooves into permanent wrinkles, but only in the context of underlying structural damage.
Over time, the skin folding caused by everyday facial expressions etches once-temporary grooves into permanent wrinkles, but only in the context of underlying structural damage.
Chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing may do more harm than good, and filler injections in certain areas of the face can cause blindness in rare cases.
Botox injections and facelift surgery are considered to be relatively safe with complications happening in only about 1 in 2,000 and 1 in 20 procedures, respectively.
What are the pros and cons of alpha hydroxy acid lotions and chemical peels, as well as the roles of topical antioxidants vitamin E and C, in reversing the signs of aging?
Niacinamide, a form of vitamin B3 also known as nicotinamide, is a precursor to two potent antioxidants that can help reverse signs of skin aging.
Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid (sold under a variety of brands including Retin-A), can reverse the signs of aging, but at what cost?
Most anti-aging creams may work no better than typical moisturizers.
In this live lecture, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his latest book, How Not to Age, a New York Times Best Seller.
What are the results of a randomized controlled trial on the effect of topical apple cider vinegar on varicose veins?
Almonds are put to the test in a randomized controlled trial for facial wrinkles.
Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.
Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough?
Green smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease SLE (lupus).
Why do some experiments show that duct tape is ineffective for treating warts?
Duct tape beat out ten other wart treatments for not only cost but effectiveness, so why isn’t it standard practice?
Duct tape beat out cryotherapy (freezing) for treating warts in a randomized controlled head-to-head trial.
A 5% tea-tree oil gel is pitted head-to-head against the leading over-the-counter treatment for pimples.
Aloe gel is put to the test head-to-head versus steroids against the chronic inflammatory skin disease psoriasis.
What, if any, are the caveats for tea tree oil use and tips on safe storage?
Is there risk of lead and PPD contamination of red and black henna?
What are the effects of aloe on radiation burns caused by cancer treatment and on the cancer itself?
Tea tree essential oil is pitted against the antifungal cream lotrimin for the treatment of fungal nail infection, but what about treating the underlying cause?
Are the effects of tea tree oil anti-fungal or merely anti-inflammatory?
Is black salve, a paste made from bloodroot, safe and effective for the treatment of skin cancer?
What is the role of erectile dysfunction drugs like Cialis and Levitra in the promotion and progression of prostate cancer and melanoma?
Should we be concerned about the pimples, cadmium, and “colonic crunch” associated with consumption of sunflower seeds?
Is the link between chocolate and acne due to the sugar, the milk, or the cocoa in chocolate? Researchers put white chocolate, dark chocolate, baking chocolate, and cocoa powder to the test to find out.
What are the effects of dairy products, sugar, and chocolate on the formation of pimples?
Infants of mothers randomized to cut out eggs, milk, and fish were significantly less likely to have eczema even years later.
Randomized, double-blind, controlled trials suggest that excluding certain foods, such as eggs and chicken, can significantly improve atopic dermatitis.
What works better against aphthous ulcers? Honey applied with a cotton swab three times a day after meals was compared head-to-head against an over-the-counter soothing pain-relieving paste and a prescription steroid cream.
Natural topical remedies for eczema, including licorice root gel, St. John’s Wort cream, and emollients such as coconut oil, mineral oil, and petroleum jelly, are put to the test.
Are there dietary supplements that can help with atopic dermatitis?
What happened when turmeric curcumin was put to the test to see if it could reverse DNA damage caused by arsenic exposure?
What is the role of dairy- and yeast-exclusion diets on arresting and reversing an inflammatory autoimmune disease?
A daily half-cup of cooked rice may carry a hundred times the acceptable cancer risk of arsenic. What about seaweed from the coast of Maine?
Green tea may help with athlete’s foot, dental plaque, acne, impetigo, and bladder infections, but if it’s so good at killing bacteria, what may it do to our gut flora?
It may be more expedient politically to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a decrease in consumption of unhealthy items, but it may be far less effective.
If one is going to make an evolutionary argument for what a “natural” vitamin D level may be, how about getting vitamin D in the way nature intended—that is, from the sun instead of supplements?
What happens when the most antioxidant-packed dried fruit available is put to the test in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial for moderate to severe acne?