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Community Service: Are You Involved?
February 1st 2003I was exceedingly impressed by a conversation I had with Dr. Adelaide Hebert at the University of Texas department of dermatology some time ago. We were discussing residency programs and she informed me that charity or community service work was a requirement for dermatology residents at her institution.
Physicians rant over increasing insurance rates
February 1st 2003Twelve percent of dermatologists responding to an American Academy of Dermatology survey said they have had difficulty getting malpractice insurance or renewing an existing policy. Sixty-nine percent have had their insurance premiums raised.
Experimental therapy figures to save limbs
January 1st 2003Cambridge, Mass. - An experimental therapy that makes use of fibroblast growth factor type 1 (FGF-1) encoded in naked plasmid DNA (NV1FGF) could save the limbs of patients afflicted with chronic wounds due to critical leg ischemia associated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to Vincent Li, M.D., M.B.A.
Randomized, controlled, blinded study finds dermasanding beneficial
January 1st 2003Toronto - Refinement of immature scars with dermasanding is a safe, simple and low-cost technique for improving final cosmetic outcome, according to the results of an investigator-blinded, controlled study undertaken by Elena Poulos, M.D., and colleagues from the division of dermatology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
Injectable Silicone Shows Promisefor Treatment of HIV-associated Facial Lipoatrophy
January 1st 2003Chicago -- Off-label experience using injectable silicone (Silikon 1000) in an investigational protocol indicates it is a highly effective and, thus far, very safe modality for treating facial lipoatrophy in HIV-infected patients, Derek H. Jones, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.