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ALISON ASHTON
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

Cold temperatures do more than
make you chilly. Dry air can make
skin raw and itchy, especially on
hands, feet and legs. It's a com-
mon wintertime woe, according to
a recent issue of the Mayo Clinic
Health Letter, especially in regions
where humidity is low.
Older people, whose skin pro-
duces less oil, and those whose
jobs require frequent hand-wash-
ing are even more likely to suffer
from a dry, itchy epidermis.
Left untreated, "winter itch" can
lead to painful flaking and crack-
ing. But simple changes in skin
care will bring welcome relief, say
the newsletter's editors. Among
their tips:
• Take shorter showers and baths,
no more than once a day, using
lukewarm water. Frequent
bathing in hot water dries out
skin.
• Use a gentle soap that contains
moisturizer, and only use it on ar-
eas that really need it - face,
hands, armpits, groin and feet.
• Pat skin dry after bathing, leav-
ing a little water on the skin to add
moisture. Immediately apply
moisturizer.
• Use moisturizer often to keep
skin comfortable.
© Copley News Service

New Drug Helps
Binge Eaters

ALISON ASHTON
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

D-fenfluramine is the first weight-
loss drug approved by the Food
and Drug Administration in 23
years, and now researchers at the
University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine believe it also may be
an effective treatment for binge
eating.
Women who took d-fenflu-
ramine, marketed as Redux, in an
eight-week, double-blind study,
reduced their rate of bingeing
three times more rapidly than
women in the control group who
didn't take the drug.
Moreover, most of the patients
who had adequate blood levels of
Redux stopped bingeing alto-
gether.
"This study strongly suggests
that the benefits of this medica-
tion go beyond weight reduction
and maintenance of weight loss,"
says Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, a pro-
fessor of psychiatry at the uni-
versity. "Our findings show that
Redux can stop binge eating as
well."
This is welcome news, since up
to 30 percent of patients entering
weight-reduction programs also
are binge eaters.
© Copley News Service

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