Bill Gillette

Bill Gillette is a freelance writer based in Richmond Heights, Ohio.

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Richard Winkelmann, M.D., a physician and pioneering dermatology and pathology researcher at the Mayo Clinic, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Rochester recently. He was 88.

Pioneer skin researcher dies

Noninvasive CO2 laser resurfacing treatments have shown effectiveness in skin tightening, according to a study published recently.

Noninvasive laser tightens skin

A protein found on the surface of healthy skin cells could be linked to melanoma when overproduced, according to a new study.

Overproduced protein tied to melanoma

Recently developed biologic therapies developed for treating rheumatoid arthritis are not associated with an increased risk of cancer, according to investigators from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Biologic therapies not linked to cancer

Patients who undergo an interactive education program, including skin self-examination (SSE) tutorials and telecommunications reminders, are more likely to identify melanoma, according to a recently published study.

Educated patients more likely to ID melanoma

Aberrantly expressed micro ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) may slow healing of chronic venous ulcers, a new study suggests.

MicroRNAs inhibit venous ulcer healing

Bacteria carried by mites on the skin may be the cause of rosacea, according to results of a new study.

Bacteria-laden mites may cause rosacea

Valeant Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy Medicis Pharmaceutical in a deal valued at about $2.6 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013.

Valeant to buy Medicis for $2.6B

Tanning salon owners in the United States are going on the offensive against physicians and other healthcare professionals in an attempt to maintain an industry worth nearly $5 billion a year.

Tanning industry vilifies health authorities

The prevalence and risk of thyroid diseases are significantly higher among patients with vitiligo compared to those without the condition, according to a recently published study.

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