Aside from being able to see straight through your BVDs, it can also be used to detect defects in spacecraft insulation, find termites lurking in the walls of your apartment, and help in the diagnosis of skin disease.
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And this year it received Indian regulatory approval for a treatment of the skin disease psoriasis.
U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors are stationed at every U.S. meatpacking plant, where they look for signs of illness upon entry, conduct random samples to detect whether the meat contains antibiotics and where they inspect the organs and skin of the slaughtered pigs for disease.
The disease infects the liver and causes jaundice, which is yellowing of the skin and eyes, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea.
Peter Lapsley, chief executive of the Skin Care Campaign, which represents skin disease charities, said the findings appeared to back up anecdotal evidence.
Though rendered banal by years of TV ads lamenting "the heartbreak of psoriasis, " the skin disorder actually is a serious immune disease, affecting 7 million people in the U.S. In more than one-third of patients it mars 10% or more of the body surface (the palm of the hand counts as 1%).
The disease affects many parts of the body including the joints, the skin, kidneys, lungs, heart, and the brain.
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Lupus is an autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, skin, major organs and central nervous system as the immune system attacks healthy tissues and cells.
An employee at NBC 's 30 Rockefeller Center building in New York City developed a skin-based version of the disease.
It means that the doctor did three years of dedicated skin disease training at an accredited dermatology residency studying cutaneous medicine, surgery and pathology.
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But some patients are too allergic to tolerate the stuff, and others too squeamish, in the wake of mad-cow disease, to want it under their skin.
One theory is that difference in levels of vitamin D, which is produced when UV radiation hits the skin, could affect the odds of developing the disease.
Cutaneous, or an anthrax skin infection, is the most common and least severe form of the disease.
When it arrived in America it was detected within months thanks to the vigilance of the country's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in noticing clusters of a previously rare skin cancer that is often a symptom of immune-system collapse.
RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- Researchers have developed a skin patch that appears more effective than pills for controlling the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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