Monthly Archives: June 2009

Dead Sea Salt – UVB Narrow Band – My thoughts!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Chris Cane

Several times over the years, I’ve heard that Dead Sea Salt can help with the treatment of Psoriasis coupled with UVB Narrow Band. I decided to do some googling and learned some interesting stuff. The interesting thing is that many … Continue reading →

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Canadian Study discusses safety of UVB Narrow Band

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Chris Cane

Are narrow-band ultraviolet B home units a viable option for continuous or maintenance therapy of photoresponsive diseases? Narrow-band ultraviolet B home phototherapy was found to be an effective form of maintenance therapy for photoresponsive diseases. AUTHORS: Haykal KA, DesGroseilliers JP. … Continue reading →

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Acne Treatment with Red/Blue Light

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Chris Cane

We receive the occasional query regarding the use of Ultraviolet Light for the treatment of acne. Generally speaking dermatologists do not prescribe UV light for the treatment of acne. From discussions I’ve had with derms, UV Light does treat the … Continue reading →

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Evaluation of narrow-band UVB phototherapy in 150 patients with vitiligo

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Chris Cane

TITLE: Evaluation of narrow-band UVB phototherapy in 150 patients with vitiligo Link to full article <Click Here> PDF of Article <Click Here> AUTHORS: Y Hari Kishan Kumar1, G Raghu Rama Rao1, K.V.T Gopal, G Shanti, K Veerabhadra Rao Background: Very … Continue reading →

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Narrow Band UVB Phototherapy in dermatology

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Chris Cane

The breakthrough came after 1988 when narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy was introduced for the treatment of psoriasis… Narrow band UVB phototherapy in dermatology AUTHORS: Sunil Dogra, Amrinder Jit Kanwar Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education … Continue reading →

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Pseudocatalase – with UVB NB shows promise for Vitiligo Patients

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Chris Cane

The treatment(s) by Professor Schallreuter are only available in the UK and Germany. In the late nineties and early in this millennium, the treatment of choice for many was a promising concept developed by Karin U Schallreuter in Germany and … Continue reading →

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Graft vs Host Disease and UVB Narrowband UVBNB

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Chris Cane

AUTHOR: DUARTE, Ida; VOLTARELLI, Paula; LAZZARINI, Rosana  and  BEDRIKOW, Roberta Buense. Phototherapy in the graft versus host disease. An. Bras. Dermatol. [online]. 2008, vol.83, n.5, pp. 425-429. ISSN 0365-0596.  doi: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000500005. BACKGROUND: Graft versus host disease is one of the … Continue reading →

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New website for the Dermalight 80

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Chris Cane

A large portion of Amjo’s UV Phototheapy sales has always been the Dermalight 80 hand held wand.  The Dermalight 80 has become very popular outside of the USA, it seemed natural to create a website focusing soley on the Dermalight 80 to give … Continue reading →

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