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How a Menopause-Friendly Diet Can Ease Anxiety and Depression

Alison Bladh

While treatments like therapy, mindfulness, and medication are often recommended, many women dont realise that diet plays a vital role in managing symptoms. Additionally, many women experience other symptoms, such as brain fog, fatigue, and irritability, which can exacerbate feelings of overwhelm. Available at: [link] Alharbi, A.A.,

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Epithelia Under Attack: The Skin, Gut, and Respiratory Barriers

The Dermatology Digest

By Krishna Patel and Peter Lio, MD Introduction The epithelial barrier is the first line of physical, chemical, and immunological defense against allergens, irritants, pathogens, and other environmental factors. Defects in the stratum corneum allow for foreign antigens, irritants, and pathogens to enter the epidermis.

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Malignant Melanoma

First Derm

Radiation therapy is used in some cases to damage cells in different ways. Some findings prove that cancer cells are sometimes particularly susceptible to radiation therapy. Radiation therapy can cause different types of reactions, depending on what part of the body irradiated, how high radiation doses as the body is exposed to.

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Atopic Dermatitis vs. Contact Dermatitis: What’s the Difference?

First Derm

Contact Dermatitis : Triggered by external irritants or allergens, causing localized redness, blisters, and itching. What is Dermatitis Dermatitis refers to a group of conditions that causes inflamed, irritated, and often itchy skin. [1] Diagnosis : Requires medical history, skin examination, and sometimes allergy patch testing.

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Garlic, the ‘King of Cancer Prevention’?

Aesthetics Advisor

In addition, a 2015 meta-analysis indicated that garlic intake helps lower blood pressure (3.39 Raw garlic can irritate the gastrointestinal tract, leading to discomfort, bloating, diarrhea, and bad breath. mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 2.5 mm Hg decrease in diastolic blood pressure and 3.75

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Sweating and Eczema: How to Manage Flare-Ups

First Derm

Sweat contains water, salts, and other components that can irritate eczema-prone skin. Understanding Eczema and Sweat Dermatitis refers to a group of conditions that cause inflamed, irritated, and often itchy skin. [1] However the chemical compounds found in sweat can become irritants for an eczema prone skin.

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Eczema & Steroids: Balancing Clear Skin Benefits with Potential Health Risks (2025)

Aesthetics Advisor

He pointed to the AADs Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis in adults with topical therapies, which highlight that current evidence for topical steroid withdrawal remains low to very low, based on two recent systematic reviews. Desai in a statement to The Epoch Times. However, at a list price of $3,803.20

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