Coal tar shampoo was a standby for psoriasis and eczema. So why HAS this trusted skin treatment disappeared?

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PUBLISHED: 20:42 EST, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 3 March 2014

Polytar Plus shampoo, 8.99

For decades, Ray Jobling has used a special medicated shampoo to help control his psoriasis. The condition is caused by overproduction of skin cells, leading to a build-up of itchy and sore patches of skin.

Psoriasis can appear anywhere on the body, but is most common on the scalp, elbows, knees and lower back.

Ray, a 72-year-old retired Cambridge University academic, has psoriasis on his scalp and has long relied on Polytar, a shampoo made with coal tar, a by-product of the industrial process that turns coal into coke.

Coal-tar shampoo, an over-the-counter product, has been a standby for psoriasis and other skin conditions, including eczema and cradle cap, for years.

But 18 months ago, it suddenly started disappearing from chemists' shelves for reasons that are far from clear.

Ray's doctor suggested he try Carbo Dome, a coal tar cream - but then a year ago this, too, started to vanish.

Ray, who was diagnosed with psoriasis when he was 14, says for those with painful skin conditions, losing a product that has been relied on for years can have a big impact (2 per cent of the population has psoriasis).

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U.S. wunderkind Cain (calf) out of world champs

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Mary Cain decided to turn pro late last year. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Seventeen-year-old middle distance runner Mary Cain, the U.S. 1,500-meter champion, will not compete at the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Sopot, Poland, because of a lower calf injury, the USATF announced Monday.

Unfortunately I will not be able to travel to the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Cain said in a statement. Over the past week, I developed a discomfort in my lower calf. I had an MRI scan on Saturday and it was all clear, but I still feel the pain when I wear spikes and have decided not to risk making it worse in Poland. I hope to be able to run in the World Indoor Championships many times in the future. I wish all my fellow USA athletes the best and hope they bring home lots of medals from Poland.

LAYDEN: Mary Cain bypasses college track to turn pro

The competition is set to begin on Friday. Heather Kampf of Minneapolis, who placed third at the U.S. meet in Albuquerque, will replace Cain.

Cain set records in six U.S. and junior competitions both indoor and outdoor at various distances from 800 to 5,000 meters last summer, just after her junior year of high school.

Last year, she became the youngest athlete to represent the U.S. at the world championships.

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Sultan Kosen, world's tallest man, visits school in Sydney's south-west

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ABC The World's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, visits Amity College in Sydney.

The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, has made his first visit to Australia, proving to a group of schoolkids that giants really do exist.

"I really love Australia," Mr Kosen said during a visit to Amity College in south-west Sydney.

The 31-year-old farmer from the city of Mardin in south-eastern Turkey stands at a whopping 2.51 metres (8 feet, 3 inches).

Guinness World Records crowned him the world's tallest man in 2009.

"Getting the record has opened lots of doors for me," Mr Kosen said.

"I get to travel all over the world."

Visiting Sydney for the Anatolian Turkish Festival held over the weekend, Mr Kosen wowed Amity College students.

"It was amazing. I really liked seeing him and it was very nice," one student said.

Head principal Deniz Erdogan said the students felt privileged to be the only school visited by the big man.

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"Death is Wrong" – Fundraiser Progress and Distribution Plans – February 25, 2014 – Video

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Cracking the fresh cell code

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Experience and expertise run in the genes of this doctor, a third-generation fresh cell therapy practitioner

It was a pleaseant, winter morning in Edenkoben, Germany and a group of 15 people from various countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Italy, and Germany congregated for breakfast in a coffee shop in this quaint city. Most of these people just flew in from their respective countries, or drove in from different European cities.

But they were not there for an international conference. They were all there for their shots of fresh cell from Dr. Robert Janson-Mueller.

For the past couple of years, through his solo practice, Dr. Robert Mueller has been sharing the benefits of fresh cell therapy with people who need to seek alternative means to remedy various diseases or chronic conditions of their body, or anti-aging solutions.

Although Filipinos has heard of stem cell therapy only in recent years, thanks to celebrities and politicians who have undergone the treatment and do swear by its efficacy, fresh cell therapy has been around since the 1930s.

The Swiss doctor Prof. Paul Niehans first injected cells originating from animal organs intramuscular into patients in 1931 and is thus considered the founder of live cell therapy. Dr. Robert Muellers grandfather, Dr. Philipp Janson, was one of the first doctors to introduce this method in Germany in 1949. His father, Dr. Wolfgang Janson-Meller, also extensively practiced for 35 years.

Since the 90s, I have been able to participate in the wealth of experience that my father, who is always available for help and advice, has gladly passed on to me. I have been using this method of treatment in my own practice since 2003, says Dr. Mueller.

However, the 47-year old doctor differentiates his practice from others (there are only five known doctors who do fresh cell therapy in Germany) because his clinic tailor-fits the fresh cell injections according to the specific needs of the individuals body. A patient thus gets from about eight to 30 injections, depending on the needs.

In this interview with Dr. Mueller, the German expert sheds more light on this therapy that is attracting more and more Filipinos as an alternative treatment. He also explains why fresh cell therapy is not a cure-all or a miracle therapy, why cells from the sheep embryo is being used, why the treatment is becoming popular in Asia, and why it is not possible, up to now, that these therapies can be done in the Philippines.

For more information on fresh cell therapy, visit the website http://www.janson-mueller.de or call Joey Santos at 0917898-6564 or 633-8653.

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Reconstructing faces using human stem cells from fat

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Researchers in London, UK, are investigating the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for facial reconstruction.

A joint team, from London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College London's Institute of Child Health, has published the findings of their research in the journal Nanomedicine.

This follows the recent news that another UK-based team, of The London Chest Hospital, has begun the largest ever trial of adult stem cells in heart attack patients.

Great Ormond Street has a proven track record in facial reconstruction, particularly with regard to treating children with a missing or malformed ear - a condition called microtia. This kind of reconstructive surgery involves taking cartilage from the patient's ribs to craft a "scaffold" for an ear, which is then implanted beneath the skin.

Despite successes with this method, the researchers thought the treatment may be improved by bringing stem cells into the process.

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Alien ET Contact 2014 Greater Community Spirituality (Chapter Five) Part Two What Is Human Purpose? – Video

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Space to Ground – What’s happening aboard the International Space Station 02/28/14 – Video

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Russia Crisis Raises Space Station Questions

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HOUSTON Thanks to its reliance on Russia, NASA is once again confronted with the nightmare of a diplomatic roadblock in a project originally made possible by diplomacy: the U.S.-Russian partnership in space exploration.

And if Russia's confrontation with Ukraine and the West turns into the worst diplomatic crisis of our generation, as feared, it could have equally profound and disturbing consequences for space exploration.

This month's comings and goings at the International Space Station highlight the interdependence of the U.S. and Russian space efforts: Next week, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins is due to return from the space station aboard a Russian capsule, alongside two Russian cosmonauts. A couple of weeks after that, NASA's Steven Swanson is to ride another Russian Soyuz craft up to the station, again in the company of two Russians.

Under the current arrangement, NASA astronauts cannot get to and from the station without Russian help, due to the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. The ticket price for each astronaut is $70 million, payable to the Russians.

The United States and Russia are not just "joined at the hip" on the space station. Numerous other rocket projects rely on either Russian or Ukrainian space hardware and services. Even U.S. national security satellites are powered into orbit on an American rocket with a Russian-built rocket engine.

What if the Soyuz spacecraft suddenly became unavailable for use by American astronauts, contract or no contract? Would it be the end of U.S. human spaceflight? Would it kick off a new round of extortionary price-gouging, both fiscal and diplomatic?

Well, maybe not.

Moving away from co-dependence

Its cold comfort that the Russians rely on NASA almost as much as NASA relies on the Russians. If Russia monopolizes up-down transport, the United States essentially controls the only space destination: Russia's orbital hardware couldn't function without U.S. electrical power and communications services.

However reluctant the partners may be in such an awkward "space marriage," it has until now provided an astonishing degree of robustness and flexibility.

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Russia Crisis Raises Space Station Questions, But NASA Has Options

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HOUSTON Thanks to its reliance on Russia, NASA is once again confronted with the nightmare of a diplomatic roadblock in a project originally made possible by diplomacy: the U.S.-Russian partnership in space exploration.

And if Russia's confrontation with Ukraine and the West turns into the worst diplomatic crisis of our generation, as feared, it could have equally profound and disturbing consequences for space exploration.

This month's comings and goings at the International Space Station highlight the interdependence of the U.S. and Russian space efforts: Next week, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins is due to return from the space station aboard a Russian capsule, alongside two Russian cosmonauts. A couple of weeks after that, NASA's Steven Swanson is to ride another Russian Soyuz craft up to the station, again in the company of two Russians.

Under the current arrangement, NASA astronauts cannot get to and from the station without Russian help, due to the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. The ticket price for each astronaut is $70 million, payable to the Russians.

The United States and Russia are not just "joined at the hip" on the space station. Numerous other rocket projects rely on either Russian or Ukrainian space hardware and services. Even U.S. national security satellites are powered into orbit on an American rocket with a Russian-built rocket engine.

What if the Soyuz spacecraft suddenly became unavailable for use by American astronauts, contract or no contract? Would it be the end of U.S. human spaceflight? Would it kick off a new round of extortionary price-gouging, both fiscal and diplomatic?

Well, maybe not.

Moving away from co-dependence

Its cold comfort that the Russians rely on NASA almost as much as NASA relies on the Russians. If Russia monopolizes up-down transport, the United States essentially controls the only space destination: Russia's orbital hardware couldn't function without U.S. electrical power and communications services.

However reluctant the partners may be in such an awkward "space marriage," it has until now provided an astonishing degree of robustness and flexibility.

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