National report - Although pharmaceutical giant Merck has suspended its lobbying campaign to make its newly approved vaccine Gardasil mandatory for young girls, many dermatologists firmly believe inoculation should be compulsory - for several reasons.
Dr. Beckett reaches some 2,500 young people each year with the message about sun safety.
Some business sales are structured in a way that provides for the former owner to remain a consultant for periods as long as several years.
Was this transaction done to save taxes or did it have another economic purpose? If there was such a purpose, the transaction stands; if it was only tax-motivated, it fails.
In addition to learning to say 'no' to extra commitments, Dr. Woodall also recommends exercising routinely, eating right and not indulging in drugs, alcohol and other unhealthy habits.
Future interventions that target multiple inhibitory pathways will be the ones most likely to succeed.
It may seem like a heretical statement, but the fact is that the physician is not saving the patient's life by treating actinic keratoses.
Cutaneous metastasis from an internal malignancy is estimated to occur in 1 percent to 9 percent of patients with cancer.
Literature review, best use, techniques for the ruby laser.
Washington - Chemical peels have become a mainstay in cosmetic dermatology practices.
Washington - Dermatologists have a variety of technologies at their disposal for achieving skin rejuvenation, including lasers and light devices.
Folliculitis occurs from wrestlers' and others' close contact and could occur from contaminated mats.
National report - New drug combinations and concentrations loom for teen acne treatment as researchers strive to address as many pathogenic targets as possible while upping the ante on treatment efficacy.
Dr. Witman has prescribed the agents as second-line therapy after a first-line therapy attempt with topical corticosteroids failed, or if potential side effects of topical steroids would make their use contraindicated.
A dilemma occasionally faced at the diagnostic stage is the challenge of distinguishing melanoma from look-alike Spitz nevi. … Spitz nevi are known to be benign -but their presence poses a problem because of their potential for leading to misdiagnoses.
National report - New topical steroids that have recently hit the market may not be for everyone, but for the right pediatric patients, the products represent exciting new developments in the treatment of pediatric dermatoses, says Joel Schlessinger, M.D., director of the Advanced Skin Research Center in Omaha, Neb., and president of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery.
Munich, Germany - Cutaneous side effects of anabolic androgenic steroids bring many steroid abusers to dermatologists' offices. One of the most common skin effects is acne.
Most OCD sufferers are not properly diagnosed for well over 10 years, and only one in five patients is under treatment.
Victoria, Australia - Acne is the most common disease that dermatologists treat, affecting approximately 80 percent of adolescents.
Washington - Adapalene 0.1 percent gel is similar in efficacy against acne, with fewer side effects, than either tazarotene 0.1 percent or a regimen in which patients were switched from one retinoid to the other after six weeks.
The message the AAD wants people to get is that dermatologists - and only dermatologists - are the doctors who should be seen when skin problems arise.
Patient's skin treated with topical 1,25D3 showed increased protein expression of TLR2 and cathelicidin, with no evidence of inflammation.
National report - Changes to requirements for graduate medical education in dermatology have sparked protest by the American Society for Mohs Surgery (ASMS), even as some dermatologists say the society's concerns are unfounded.
Columbus, Ohio - The most common sun-related damage to skin DNA occurs when ultraviolet (UV) rays strike adjacent thymine molecules, causing them to form a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD).
National report - The dermal filler Restylane (Medicis Aesthetics) appears to stimulate production of collagen in aging and photodamaged skin, according to a study published in the February issue of the Archives of Dermatology.
National report - Dermatologists and other trained medical professionals should oversee use of topical numbing creams, and should use only low concentrations for only short periods of time to ensure the safety of patients, say experts in the field and officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
National report - A new approach to treating psoriasis targets the inflammatory mediators IL-12 and IL-23 and has proven to be highly effective in a large phase 2 clinical trial.
Dermatologists and other physicians who participate in the Medicare program are facing a tighter financial squeeze as federal officials seek to control costs while giving patients more information about the performance of their healthcare providers.
The attempt (of P4P) is to shift the focus of healthcare away from what is done to the patient toward what is done for the patient.
International report - The European Union has found tea tree oil, an ingredient in many beauty products, to be unsafe and may ban the ingredient in light of research showing the oil causes skin irritation and inhibits the effectiveness of antibiotics, according to Pharmaceutical Business Review.