Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Evaluative Clinical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Center for Leading Injury Prevention Practice Education & Rese...

BACKGROUND Using the concept of selective photothermolysis, a variety of laser systems have been developed to remove unwanted hair. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relative efficacy, tolerability, and subject satisfaction of three different laser systems used individually and in rotation for axillary hair removal. METHODS Twenty female patients (17 with dark-colored hair, 3 with red or light-colo...

Antivirus software is one of the most widely used tools for detecting and stopping malicious and unwanted files. However, the long term effectiveness of traditional hostbased antivirus is questionable. Antivirus software fails to detect many modern threats and its increasing complexity has resulted in vulnerabilities that are being exploited by malware. This paper advocates a new model for malw...

Balding causes widespread psychological distress but is poorly controlled. The commonest treatment, minoxidil, was originally an antihypertensive drug that promoted unwanted hair. We hypothesized that another serendipitous discovery, increased eyelash growth side-effects of prostamide F(2α)-related eyedrops for glaucoma, may be relevant for scalp alopecias. Eyelash hairs and follicles are highl...

The recent rapid growth in demand for non-invasive light-based cosmetic treatments such as removal of unwanted facial and body hair, skin rejuvenation, removal of age-related and sun induced blemishes including pigment and vascular lesions as well as lines and wrinkles has led to a boom in the sale of medical devices that claim to treat these conditions. The often onerous safety regulations gov...

S lakes, and estuaries are among the most highly invaded ecosystems in the world; in many of them, alien organisms are now a significant part of the biota (Cohen 2002). The best-documented invaders in these systems are fishes. Because many fish species are widely introduced, there is concern among scientists and managers over the homogenization of freshwater fish faunas worldwide (McKinney and ...