National report - Free or reduced cost medical care for U.S.patients without sufficient financial resources is continuing todecline, further challenging an already stressed safety net in thenation's healthcare system and putting pressure on physiciansacross specialties, including dermatologists.
The doctors say it is also important to keep their employees'skills up-to-date and they use various methods to accomplish it.
There will always be someone out there inventing new schemes tospend, invest, borrow or lose your money. That’s why youshould keep the overall safety of your assets as a primaryfinancial objective.
Looking for new - and affordable - ways to motivate thestaff at your dermatology practice?
Initial melanomas discovered by dermatologists were more likely tobe thin (0.75 mm or less) compared with malignancies found by otherphysicians.
Dermatologists who understand blacks' hair care practices and how those practices can lead to breakage and dry scalp can treat patients appropriately to patients' lifestyle needs.
National report - The prevalence of obsessive-compulsivedisorder (OCD) in certain dermatologic settings outside of skincancer - such as itchy dermatosis - can be as high as14 percent to 20 percent, compared to a prevalence of 2 percent to3 percent in the general population.
National report - Patients who present with groin or perineallesions may have a form of tuberculosis, says Allison Readinger,M.D., a resident in dermatology at the University of Texas MedicalBranch, Galveston, Texas.
Barrington, Ill. - The National Rosacea Society has announcedthat new grants are available to support research into the causesand other key aspects of rosacea. Applications may be obtained bye-mailing rosaceas@aol.com.
Berwyn, Pa. - DermAvance Pharmaceuticals, a privately heldspecialty dermatology pharmaceutical company, has appointed KeithA. Greathouse as president and chief executive officer. The companyalso announced the launch of its first products, including Vivelif,a topical therapy to address visible signs of aging.
Bangalore, India - U.S. pharmaceutical company Allergan hasobtained a license from the Drugs Controller General of India tointroduce Botox in India.
New York - The Skin Cancer Foundation has awarded grants tosupport five research projects in 2006.
National report - Free or reduced cost medical care for U.S.patients without sufficient financial resources is continuing todecline, further challenging an already stressed safety net in thenation's healthcare system and putting pressure on physiciansacross specialties, including dermatologists.
Dermatology Times was able to secure an exclusive interview with Professor Guo Shuzhong, the Chinese surgeon who performed the world's second partial face transplant. At press time, no other U.S. media was able to arrange an interview because of tight Chinese government regulations. Working with our sister publication, Cosmetic Surgery Times China, Senior Staff Correspondent John Jesitus sat in, via conference call, with Dr. Guo, as he explained the circumstances that led him to perform the intricate surgery on a 30-year-old farmer mauled by a bear. The patient's injuries were so severe he had become a social outcast, going out in public only when necessary.
Under the SGR, the trustees projected physician payment rates wouldneed to be reduced by 4 to 5 percent each year through at least2015.
Common legal issues facing physicians who perform cosmetic laser treatments include medical malpractice, as well as issues related to physician extenders and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), an expert says.
For many controversies surrounding laser treatments, there are no black-and-white answers. What works for one physician or patient may not work for another, says an expert.
Although many lasers have earned Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treating patients of color, an expert says that physicians' expertise has yet to catch up with the technology available.
Used alone or in combination with aminolevulinic acid (ALA), lasers and light sources have shown effectiveness in treating acne, according to an expert.
Baltimore -- According to doctors at Johns Hopkins University here,pornography enthusiasts are finding a new source of online images:dermatology Web sites created to educate doctors.
Tallahasse, Fla. -- A proposed bill making its way through theFlorida House of Representatives would limit the number ofsatellite offices doctors could operate, with dermatologicalpractices getting the most restrictions.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - Effective treatments forpigment problems caused by radiation treatments include a varietyof skin creams and light sources, experts tell Dermatology Times.
Baltimore - Like organ transplant patients and those withchronically suppressed immune systems due to autoimmune diseasetreatment, cancer patients' immune systems weaken as a result ofchemotherapy treatment. Dermatologists might then enter the picturebecause several cutaneous manifestations can occur.
San Francisco - Preventive measures taken before radiation orchemotherapy treatments have helped reduce many of the bothersomeoral side effects, an expert tells Dermatology Times.
Ann Arbor, Mich. - Patients who have had radiation therapyfor cancer often find the therapy affects their skin at thetreatment site.
San Francisco ; Aside from boasting record-breaking attendance, the64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD),here, presented attendees with another first: A live demonstrationof cosmetic procedures.
National report - Chemotherapy and radiation can createunwanted results ranging from hair loss to pigment problems.However, an expert tells Dermatology Times that with some newbiologically targeted cancer therapies, skin-related side effectsseem to provide a barometer of these treatments' effectiveness.
Q. Many of my colleagues have been investing in emerging marketsand have done quite well. What's the attraction, and is it too lateto hop on board?
James W. Young, D.O., was on a plane, about to land in Uganda as avisiting physician on a mission for the Washington-based HealthVolunteers Overseas (HVO) organization, when a scary notion ranthrough his mind.
Last will and testament. Sounds majestic, doesn't it? Andreassuring: Once you've had your will prepared, signed andwitnessed, you'll probably feel you've done right by your heirs.But many doctors fail to realize how much of an estate may not fallunder the provisions of a will. Let's see where five of the biggestholes are, and how you might fill them.
