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Good sleep is essential for our mental and physical health. Good sleep also makes our skin look more radiant and refreshed [1]. Tea rituals are known to promote sleep. They help to relax and unwind, they create a mood of calm, and they facilitate sleep. Therefore, tea-inspired ingredients are a good starting point to create cosmetic night-care concepts, especially ingredients derived from herbal teas that are free of stimulating substances. Greek mountain tea (Sideritis scardica) has a long tradition as natural remedy to calm body and mind. This unprocessed, caffeine-free, herbal tea has been used for centuries as natural sleep support. But there is more to mountain tea: it contains protective and regenerative phytochemicals that help our skin to recover overnight. Here we present Mountain Tea Pro (from now on called “Mountain Tea Extract”), a natural extract of organic Sideritis scardica herb from a traceable source, that brings together the concept of tea-inspired beauty rituals and activity-proven benefits for skin. It is a perfect cosmetic ingredient to create relaxing night-care, mood-enhancing self-care, and beauty-sleep product [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Consumers prefer clear messages that match prior knowledge and experience - a perfect example is yogurt: Yogurt, as a probiotic food, is a success - it's healthy, it's nutritious, it's tasty. These positive consumer associations are the perfect starting point for developing cosmetic concepts. Lipoid Kosmetik has rediscovered yogurt's beneficial properties for the treatment of sensitive skin and developed a 100% natural, prebiotic, spray-dried yogurt concentrate derived from Swiss milk. As an active ingredient, the yogurt concentrate strengthens the skin's microbial and physical barrier, it calms and soothes sensitive skin. The power of pre-existing associations was demonstrated in a consumer survey, where yogurt provided an instant sensation of skin refreshment that was triggered by consumer expectations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) are increasingly recognized in health care, as they have been demonstrated to improve patient outcomes in cancer, but have been less studied in rare hematological diseases. The aim of this study was to develop and test the feasibility of an ePRO system specifically customized for aplastic anemia (AA) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)., Methods: After performing a user-centered design evaluation an ePRO system for AA and PNH patients could be customized and the application was tested by patients and their medical teams for 6 months. Symptom-reporting triggered self-management advice for patients and prompts them to contact clinicians in case of severe symptoms, while the medical team received alerts of severe symptoms for patient care., Results: All nine included patients showed a high adherence rate to the weekly symptom-reporting (72%) and reported high satisfaction. The system was rated high for usage, comprehensibility, and integration into daily life. Most patients (78%) would continue and all would recommend the application to other AA/PNH patients. Technical performance was rarely a barrier and healthcare providers saw ePRO-AA-PNH as a useful supplement, but the lacking integration into the hospital information system was identified as a major barrier to usage., Conclusion: An ePRO system customized for AA and PNH was feasible in terms of adherence, satisfaction, and performance, showing a high potential for these rare conditions in terms of data collection and patient guidance. However, the integration into clinical workflows is crucial for further routine use., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04128943., (© 2022. The Author(s).)