Topical application of a 10% tea tree oil cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream (Genaspor, Tinactin, Ting, and others) for relieving symptoms of athlete's foot, including scaling, inflammation, itching, and burning. However, the 10% tea tree oil cream doesn't seem to cure the infection.
Only 80 children in the world currently have the condition, including 18 in the United States, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. Children are born seemingly healthy, but start aging dramatically by the age of 2. On average, they die at 13.
1 About 400 babies are born with hemophilia each year. 2  The exact number of people living with hemophilia in the United States is not known. 3  A CDC study conducted in six states in 1994 estimated that about 17,000 people had hemophilia at that time.