BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Steroids have been in the press lately and given a bad name for abuse. There must be reasons why people use steroid products on a regular basis and don't know it. Our skin is the largest organ of the human body, and it needs to stay healthy. Most dermatologists treat the 15 million chronic skin patients in the US with steroids, without the patient ever knowing.Consistent steroid use for skin problems can result in thinning of the skin, allergies, resistance to steroid therapy and even Cushing's disease (a consistent redness caused by capillary blockage).Seagate Medical has launched a new natural skin care drug called epizyn that consists primarily of zinc gluconate.It is a unique patented broad spectrum gel and spray topical that penetrates skin on a cellular level to help relieve chronic skin conditions such as pruritis (itchy skin), burns, redness, acne, rashes (especially diaper rash), dry skin, psoriasis, and eczema (atopic dermatitis).

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Pillar Of Female Achievement? Really??

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Athens Voices 2008 Event: The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens. Come see The Dairy Barn Arts Center's second annual all-media juried exhibition showcasing local Athens artists. On display are 44 artworks by the following 12 artists: Holly Cole, Amy Douglas, Christina Eiler, Lyntha Scott Eiler, Terry Eiler, Robert Hawkins, Ron Kroutel, Katlyn Pleshaw, David Reiser, Winter Reiser, Cara Romano and David Stobbart. Noon to 5 p.m. daily through Feb. 17.

Baby Sign Language Class: 10 to 11 a.m. Ohio University-Chillicothe, Child Development Center. 101 University Drive. This five-week baby sign language class is for parents and infants. Families will learn signs through story and song. Baby Sign Language enables pre-verbal children to communicate more easily. Classes led by TherapyRocks teachers of the Pioneer Center.

Movie Review: I am Legend, Will Smith and the Dangers of Playing God ...

The public is always used as guinea pigs when it comes to testing drugs. (See Vaccines and Medical Experiments on Children, Minorities, Woman and Inmates.)

Big Pharma is so crazy about selling dangerous drugs to the public that if the virus depicted in the film actually existed, I can definitely see Merck launching it as a "miracle weight loss drug!" Notice that none of the beasts in the movie are fat?

Real Medical Experiment Gone Wrong: TGN1412While it's unlikely that the recipients of such biotech drugs would turn into raging night creatures who are thin, athletic and afraid of sunlight, the truth is actually far scarier. Case in point: The TGN1412 drug trial, which I reported on it March, 2006. Click here to read the original report.

In this drug trial, which tested an experimental arthritis drug on volunteer patients, things went terribly wrong: After being injected with the anti-inflammatory drug TGN1412, patients began tearing their shirts off, screaming that their heads were going to explode.

Interview: A 'Third Industrial Revolution' is nigh

Climate change and the depletion of oil reserves are taking place faster than expected and the policiesbeing put in placeare insufficient to keep up, leading economist Jeremy Rifkin told EurActiv Francein an interview, pleading for the EU to lead the way towards a "Third Industrial Revolution".

TeleTech Holdings Q3 Revenues Up 11% - Quick Facts [TTEC]

11/8/2007 10:33:10 PM Thursday, TeleTech Holdings Inc. (TTEC) reported preliminary financial results for the third quarter 2007, due to self-initiated review of accounting and likely restatement of prior period financial statements.

TeleTech reported third quarter revenues of $335.8 million, up 10.5% from $303.80 million in the prior-year quarter. Revenues from services performed for clients in offshore locations grew about 33% to $136.5 million year-over-year.

Preliminary total operating expenses for the latest third quarter were $309.86 million, while income from operations were at $25.94 million.

The company noted that sale of business resulted in a pre-tax disposition charge of $7.0 million, including $2 million of cash related expenses, net of a software sale, during the third quarter.