Looking to save money on facials and other spa treatments?

A day at the spa is a fun way to pamper your body and make your skin glow, but it can be an expensive proposition. The good news is you can create some of the same effects by just opening your cupboards or reaching into your vegetable crisper.

Homemade beauty remedies are nothing new and a lot of the same things that are good for the inside of your body are also great for your skin.

Of course, that also means that any food that you're not supposed to eat shouldn't be used on your skin either, because it will absorb into your body and could cause an allergic reaction. Even if you don't think you have any allergies, it's always best to test any new product (even homemade ones) on a small area of skin and wait 24 hours to see if you have any redness or irritation.

Donna Wood Eaton, owner of Cedar Spring Herb Farm in Harwich since 1982, has a Chartered Herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She makes a full line of facial and body care products that are registered with the Safe Cosmetics Compact (www.safecosmetics.org) in which company owners pledge to avoid harmful substances and to fully identify everything in their beauty products. She teaches classes in gardening, herbalism and how to make your own natural products.

We asked her advice for the best food or garden ingredients to use to create skin-care products. Honey was at the top of her list.

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/LIFE/907290303/-1/NEWSMAP

Looking to save money on facials and other spa treatments?

A day at the spa is a fun way to pamper your body and make your skin glow, but it can be an expensive proposition. The good news is you can create some of the same effects by just opening your cupboards or reaching into your vegetable crisper.

Homemade beauty remedies are nothing new and a lot of the same things that are good for the inside of your body are also great for your skin.

Of course, that also means that any food that you're not supposed to eat shouldn't be used on your skin either, because it will absorb into your body and could cause an allergic reaction. Even if you don't think you have any allergies, it's always best to test any new product (even homemade ones) on a small area of skin and wait 24 hours to see if you have any redness or irritation.

Donna Wood Eaton, owner of Cedar Spring Herb Farm in Harwich since 1982, has a Chartered Herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She makes a full line of facial and body care products that are registered with the Safe Cosmetics Compact (www.safecosmetics.org) in which company owners pledge to avoid harmful substances and to fully identify everything in their beauty products. She teaches classes in gardening, herbalism and how to make your own natural products.

We asked her advice for the best food or garden ingredients to use to create skin-care products. Honey was at the top of her list.

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/LIFE/907290303/-1/NEWSMAP

New generics

Zydus announced that it has received final FDA approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Topiramate Tablets USP, 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, and 200 mg. Topiramate tablets are the generic version of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen's Topamax Tablets.

Ranbaxy announced the FDA has approved its ANDA to market and manufacture Ramipril Capsules 5 mg and 10 mg. The FDA had determined the Ranbaxy formulations to be bioequivalent and as having the same therapeutic effect as that of the reference-listed drug, Altace, by King.

Teva announced the FDA granted final approval of its ANDA to market Minocycline HCl Capsules, its generic version of Medicis' acne treatment Solodyn Extended-Release Tablets, 45 mg, 90 mg, and 135 mg.
Ranbaxy announced that it has received an approval from the FDA for its ANDA for Quinapril + HCTZ Tablets (quinapril hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide), 10 mg/12.5 mg, 20 mg/12.5 mg, and 20mg/25mg. The FDA determined the Ranbaxy formulations to be bioequivalent and as having the same therapeutic effect as that of the reference-listed drug, Pfizer's Accuretic Tablets.

Full Coverage: http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Over+the+Counter/New-products-Rx-generic-OTC-May-2009/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/596058?contextCategoryId=40159

Dermatologist

There are over 2000 skin diseases described and dermatologists are specialist physicians who diagnose these diseases. The patients seen are wide and from different places.

In last few years, disease like skin cancer has assumed epidemic in various part of world. Dermatologists are at the centre of both research and treatment of skin cancer. Many now spend a significant part of their time operating surgically to remove tumor.

Being the largest organ and the most exposed too, skin is more vulnerable to diseases. Dermatologists are trained in aspects of surgery and rheumatology, many diseases that feature skin symptoms.

Some are specialist in acne treatment and treatments for eczema, skin moles, rosacea, dermal fillers, scar removals and treatment, anti wrinkle, vitligo, skin care, IPL hair removal and microdermabrasion.