Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease. There is treatment for Leprosy or Hansen’s disease. Leprosy is a chronic disease, caused by bacteria. Hansen’s disease affects the nerves on the peripheral and mucosa of the respiratory tract. Hansen’s disease and leprosy can be seen when symptoms appear as skin lesions.

Skin cancer can be inherited if you have the genes that carry the susceptibility of getting skin cancer. If you have a parent or sibling with skin cancer, it means you have a higher risk of getting skin cancer.

Dr Kong Fa Lan Keng Lun, the doctor who made mistakes in breast screening in St Margaret’s Hospital, in Epping, UK, has been allowed to practice medical procedures by the General Medical Council. Dr Kong was blamed for making errors in diagnosis between March 2003 and November 2004. Around 6000 NHS tests had to be [...]

Dr Maurice Dray is a dermatologist in the UK. Dr Dray has a new facelift that uses biphasic tricalcium phosphates (BTCPs). The BTCP encourages skin to produce collagen. BTCP are also used in dental powders.

Christine Heathman is an esthetician, who uses makeup to camouflage scars and physical imperfections on a face. This kind of make up is called medical make up. People with port wine stain, vitiligo, bruises, reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery, hyper-pigmentation and other skin problems.

E coli (E coli O157:H7) may become the next swine flu. Stephanie Smith, a dance instructor, is now paralyzed from her waist down after eating E coli sometime back in 2007. Smith ingested hamburger meat that was tainted with E coli. Another woman, Linda Rivera, ate raw cookie dough and was infected with E coli [...]

Updated March 11 2010 – Merlin Olsen, NFL star and actor, died. Olsen’s cause of death was due to cancer. Merlin Olsen’s more memorable roles were as Jonathan Garvey on “Little House on the Prairie” and as Father Murphy in the series, “Father Murphy”.