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Winner, Body and Embodiment Award presented by the American Sociological Association Imagine yourself without a face—the task seems impossible. The face is a core feature of our physical identity. Our face is how others identify us and how we think of our ‘self’. Yet, human faces are also functionally essential as mechanisms for communication and as a means of eating, breathing, and seeing. For these reasons, facial disfigurement can endanger our fundamental notions of self and identity or even be life threatening, at worse. Precisely because it is so difficult to conceal our faces, the disfigured face compromises appearance, status, and, perhaps, our very way of being in the world. In Saving Face, sociologist Heather Laine Talley examines the cultural meaning and social significance of interventions aimed at repairing faces defined as disfigured. Using ethnography,participant-observation, content analysis, interviews, and autoethnography, Talley explores four sites in which a range of faces are “repaired:” face transplantation, facial feminization surgery, the reality show Extreme Makeover, and the international charitable organization Operation Smile. Throughout, she considers how efforts focused on repair sometimes intensify the stigma associated with disfigurement. Drawing upon experiences volunteering at a camp for children with severe burns, Talley also considers alternative interventions and everyday practices that both challenge stigma and help those seen as disfigured negotiate outsider status.Talley delves into the promise and limits of facial surgery, continually examining how we might understand appearance as a facet of privilege and a dimension of inequality. Ultimately, she argues that facial work is not simply a conglomeration of reconstructive techniques aimed at the human face, but rather, that appearance interventions are increasingly treated as lifesaving work. Especially at a time when aesthetic technologies carrying greater risk are emerging and when discrimination based on appearance is rampant, this important book challenges us to think critically about how we see the human face.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. --- MEDICAL / Dermatology. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. --- Surgery, Plastic --- Physical-appearance-based bias. --- Face --- Disfigured persons. --- Aesthetics --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Aesthetic surgery --- Cosmetic surgery --- Plastic surgery --- Reconstructive surgery --- Surgery, Aesthetic --- Surgery, Cosmetic --- Surgery, Reconstructive --- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Plastic surgeons --- Human face --- Head --- Pathognomy --- Physiognomy --- Appearance-based bias --- Appearance-based discrimination --- Appearance bias --- Appearance discrimination --- Body-size bias --- Look-ism --- Lookism --- Looks-ism --- Looksism --- Physical appearance discrimination --- Size bias, Body --- Size discrimination --- Sizeism --- Sizism --- Discrimination --- Persons --- Social aspects. --- Social asepcts. --- Psychology --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of culture --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics

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This Special Edition Issue on the “Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Pruritus” contains an overview of various known causes of chronic pruritus and emerging therapeutics. Chronic pruritus is an itch that lasts longer than six weeks, and is associated with a variety of dermatologic, systemic, neurologic, and psychiatric etiologies. Itch negatively impacts patient quality of life, and has devastating psychosocial consequences. The manuscripts published in this Special Issue are also a showcase of the current understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic pruritus, along with its epidemiology, diagnostic workup, and therapeutic approaches used to treat chronic pruritus. A special focus is also placed on prurigo nodularis, a severely pruritic chronic inflammatory skin disease.

dupilumab --- IL-4 --- IL-13 --- pruritus --- chronic pruritus of unknown origin --- prurigo nodularis --- uremic pruritus --- lichen planus --- eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy --- chronic pruritus --- mirtazapine --- chronic --- itch --- refractory --- treatment --- noradrenergic --- serotonergic --- antihistaminergic --- antidepressant --- skin --- atopic dermatitis --- ceramide --- pine tar --- drug-induced --- medication-related --- epidemiology --- inpatient --- disease burden --- national inpatient sample --- medical dermatology --- systematic review --- prurigo --- nodularis --- atopic --- dermatitis --- race --- gender --- comorbidities --- demographics --- pediatric --- children --- malignancy --- cancer --- neoplasm --- ion channels --- cell signaling --- Cav3.2 calcium channel --- RT-PCR --- wounds --- itch in wounds --- itch management --- aprepitant --- erlotinib --- EGFR --- epidermal growth factor receptor --- NK1R --- neurokinin1-receptor --- mycosis fungoides --- psoriasis --- associations --- lymphomatoid papulosis --- lymphoma --- racial differences --- nodular prurigo --- neuropathy --- therapeutic --- pathogenesis

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With the development of analytical instruments, the academic system has become more complicated, producing new journals one after another. Therefore, it became much important to clarify what is original of “Medicines”. As the name Medicines indicates, it includes science and practice of caring for a patient and managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment or palliation of their injury or disease. Therefore, Medicines differs from other journals with similar title in that it covers a wide range of fields, from traditional medicine to rapidly developing molecular-targeted drugs, focusing on their pharmacological effects, structure–activity relationships, metabolic pathways, gene expression, using cultured cells, animals, and clinical trials. Most parts of this Special Issue were written by our editorial board members, who described the research topics and how they are engaged in their field of research. All of these articles are their life-long story. We collected a total number of 22 original works by basic researchers and clinical doctors. We hope that readers can get a chance to know the current status of diverse fields of medicines, and what your most important research themes are after reading these articles.

Medicine --- Hedychium --- traditional medicine --- coronarin D --- villosin --- anti-acetylcholinesterase --- antidiabetic --- anti-inflammatory --- antimicrobial --- antioxidant --- antitumor --- Genista tridentata --- Pterospartum tridentatum --- isoflavones --- flavonols --- genistein --- biochanin A --- rutin --- daidzein --- inflammatory bowel disease --- Crohn’s disease --- ulcerative colitis --- extra-intestinal manifestations --- orofacial granulomatosis --- tag-like lesions --- cobblestoning --- mucogingivitis --- lip swelling --- aphthous stomatitis --- Angelicae Sinensis Radix --- Danggui --- granules --- herb --- multivariate analysis --- ultra-performance liquid chromatography --- Tai Chi --- qigong --- immune system --- immunity --- inflammation --- telemedicine --- remote monitoring --- GER-e-TEC --- elderly patient --- artificial intelligence --- geriatric syndromes --- detection of the precursory signs of decompensation of geriatric syndromes --- renal cell cancer --- genomic landscape --- targeted therapy --- tumor evolution --- tumor heterogeneity --- allergic rhinitis --- quercetin --- human CD4+ T cells --- Th1/Th2 cytokine balance --- modulation --- in vitro --- intravascular catheter --- CRBSI --- biofilm --- CVC --- antifouling --- chromone --- tumor specificity --- QSAR analysis --- apoptosis --- cell cycle analysis --- contrast-enhanced ultrasound --- hepatocellular carcinoma --- LI-RADS --- chronic liver disease --- granuloma annulare --- granulomatous disorders of the skin --- inflammatory skin conditions --- medical dermatology --- biliary tract cancer --- cholangiocarcinoma --- PARP --- BRCA --- olaparib --- rucaparib --- liver cancer --- pancreatic adenocarcinoma --- pancreatic cancer --- sarcoidosis --- superior vena cava syndrome --- venous thrombosis --- RUCAM --- Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method --- diagnostic algorithm --- iDILI --- iDrug induced liver injury --- DILI --- HILI --- herb induced liver injury --- Stachys L. --- traditional uses --- pharmacological activities --- phytochemicals --- bioactive compounds --- Kampo formulae --- alkaline extract of Sasa sp. --- pine cone extract --- povidone-iodine --- HSV --- HIV --- loss of infectivity --- solubilization method --- diaphragmatic breathing --- abdominal breathing --- breathing exercise --- systematic review --- randomized controlled trial --- respiratory function --- auricular acupuncture --- preoperative anxiety --- protocol --- randomized controlled trials --- meta-analysis --- boiogito --- knee osteoarthritis --- rat --- Yokukansan --- fentanyl --- transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel --- phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) --- whole-cell patch-clamp recording --- herbal medicine --- calcium metabolism --- bone metabolism --- protease --- osteoclast --- macrophage --- RANKL --- LPS --- TLR4 --- TREM2 --- Hedychium --- traditional medicine --- coronarin D --- villosin --- anti-acetylcholinesterase --- antidiabetic --- anti-inflammatory --- antimicrobial --- antioxidant --- antitumor --- Genista tridentata --- Pterospartum tridentatum --- isoflavones --- flavonols --- genistein --- biochanin A --- rutin --- daidzein --- inflammatory bowel disease --- Crohn’s disease --- ulcerative colitis --- extra-intestinal manifestations --- orofacial granulomatosis --- tag-like lesions --- cobblestoning --- mucogingivitis --- lip swelling --- aphthous stomatitis --- Angelicae Sinensis Radix --- Danggui --- granules --- herb --- multivariate analysis --- ultra-performance liquid chromatography --- Tai Chi --- qigong --- immune system --- immunity --- inflammation --- telemedicine --- remote monitoring --- GER-e-TEC --- elderly patient --- artificial intelligence --- geriatric syndromes --- detection of the precursory signs of decompensation of geriatric syndromes --- renal cell cancer --- genomic landscape --- targeted therapy --- tumor evolution --- tumor heterogeneity --- allergic rhinitis --- quercetin --- human CD4+ T cells --- Th1/Th2 cytokine balance --- modulation --- in vitro --- intravascular catheter --- CRBSI --- biofilm --- CVC --- antifouling --- chromone --- tumor specificity --- QSAR analysis --- apoptosis --- cell cycle analysis --- contrast-enhanced ultrasound --- hepatocellular carcinoma --- LI-RADS --- chronic liver disease --- granuloma annulare --- granulomatous disorders of the skin --- inflammatory skin conditions --- medical dermatology --- biliary tract cancer --- cholangiocarcinoma --- PARP --- BRCA --- olaparib --- rucaparib --- liver cancer --- pancreatic adenocarcinoma --- pancreatic cancer --- sarcoidosis --- superior vena cava syndrome --- venous thrombosis --- RUCAM --- Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method --- diagnostic algorithm --- iDILI --- iDrug induced liver injury --- DILI --- HILI --- herb induced liver injury --- Stachys L. --- traditional uses --- pharmacological activities --- phytochemicals --- bioactive compounds --- Kampo formulae --- alkaline extract of Sasa sp. --- pine cone extract --- povidone-iodine --- HSV --- HIV --- loss of infectivity --- solubilization method --- diaphragmatic breathing --- abdominal breathing --- breathing exercise --- systematic review --- randomized controlled trial --- respiratory function --- auricular acupuncture --- preoperative anxiety --- protocol --- randomized controlled trials --- meta-analysis --- boiogito --- knee osteoarthritis --- rat --- Yokukansan --- fentanyl --- transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel --- phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) --- whole-cell patch-clamp recording --- herbal medicine --- calcium metabolism --- bone metabolism --- protease --- osteoclast --- macrophage --- RANKL --- LPS --- TLR4 --- TREM2

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With the development of analytical instruments, the academic system has become more complicated, producing new journals one after another. Therefore, it became much important to clarify what is original of “Medicines”. As the name Medicines indicates, it includes science and practice of caring for a patient and managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment or palliation of their injury or disease. Therefore, Medicines differs from other journals with similar title in that it covers a wide range of fields, from traditional medicine to rapidly developing molecular-targeted drugs, focusing on their pharmacological effects, structure–activity relationships, metabolic pathways, gene expression, using cultured cells, animals, and clinical trials. Most parts of this Special Issue were written by our editorial board members, who described the research topics and how they are engaged in their field of research. All of these articles are their life-long story. We collected a total number of 22 original works by basic researchers and clinical doctors. We hope that readers can get a chance to know the current status of diverse fields of medicines, and what your most important research themes are after reading these articles.

Hedychium --- traditional medicine --- coronarin D --- villosin --- anti-acetylcholinesterase --- antidiabetic --- anti-inflammatory --- antimicrobial --- antioxidant --- antitumor --- Genista tridentata --- Pterospartum tridentatum --- isoflavones --- flavonols --- genistein --- biochanin A --- rutin --- daidzein --- inflammatory bowel disease --- Crohn’s disease --- ulcerative colitis --- extra-intestinal manifestations --- orofacial granulomatosis --- tag-like lesions --- cobblestoning --- mucogingivitis --- lip swelling --- aphthous stomatitis --- Angelicae Sinensis Radix --- Danggui --- granules --- herb --- multivariate analysis --- ultra-performance liquid chromatography --- Tai Chi --- qigong --- immune system --- immunity --- inflammation --- telemedicine --- remote monitoring --- GER-e-TEC --- elderly patient --- artificial intelligence --- geriatric syndromes --- detection of the precursory signs of decompensation of geriatric syndromes --- renal cell cancer --- genomic landscape --- targeted therapy --- tumor evolution --- tumor heterogeneity --- allergic rhinitis --- quercetin --- human CD4+ T cells --- Th1/Th2 cytokine balance --- modulation --- in vitro --- intravascular catheter --- CRBSI --- biofilm --- CVC --- antifouling --- chromone --- tumor specificity --- QSAR analysis --- apoptosis --- cell cycle analysis --- contrast-enhanced ultrasound --- hepatocellular carcinoma --- LI-RADS --- chronic liver disease --- granuloma annulare --- granulomatous disorders of the skin --- inflammatory skin conditions --- medical dermatology --- biliary tract cancer --- cholangiocarcinoma --- PARP --- BRCA --- olaparib --- rucaparib --- liver cancer --- pancreatic adenocarcinoma --- pancreatic cancer --- sarcoidosis --- superior vena cava syndrome --- venous thrombosis --- RUCAM --- Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method --- diagnostic algorithm --- iDILI --- iDrug induced liver injury --- DILI --- HILI --- herb induced liver injury --- Stachys L. --- traditional uses --- pharmacological activities --- phytochemicals --- bioactive compounds --- Kampo formulae --- alkaline extract of Sasa sp. --- pine cone extract --- povidone-iodine --- HSV --- HIV --- loss of infectivity --- solubilization method --- diaphragmatic breathing --- abdominal breathing --- breathing exercise --- systematic review --- randomized controlled trial --- respiratory function --- auricular acupuncture --- preoperative anxiety --- protocol --- randomized controlled trials --- meta-analysis --- boiogito --- knee osteoarthritis --- rat --- Yokukansan --- fentanyl --- transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel --- phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) --- whole-cell patch-clamp recording --- herbal medicine --- calcium metabolism --- bone metabolism --- protease --- osteoclast --- macrophage --- RANKL --- LPS --- TLR4 --- TREM2