Mixed Topics
News
To predict mortality, you need a leg to stand on
It’s riskier for survival to not complete the 10-second one-leg standing test than to have been diagnosed as having CAD, being hypertensive, or...
News
Why do we treat menopause as a disease?
Over centuries society and medicine have emphasized the negative aspects, and authors of a new analysis say this has eaten away at women’s...
News
‘Forever chemicals’ linked to hypertension in middle-aged women
“The benefit of reducing the population exposure to PFAS and potential prevention of high blood pressure and other health conditions would be...
Conference Coverage
Center-based childcare associated with healthier body weight
“Attending center-based childcare in early childhood may influence important health behaviors,” says author of new research.
News
FDA OKs first systemic treatment for alopecia areata
The decision came after review of the results from two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.
News
Surprising link between herpes zoster and dementia
News
Current monkeypox outbreak marked by unconventional spread, clinical features
Dermatologists may be the first point of contact for a person infected with the monkeypox virus.
News
‘Genetic’ height linked to peripheral neuropathy and certain skin and bone infections
Even aside from the links between a person’s actual measured height and different health conditions, their genetically predicted height is...
News
‘Medical maximizers’ dole out unneeded antibiotics for ASB
Why are patients with asymptomatic UTIs receiving treatment?
Article
Rippled Macules and Papules on the Legs
A 34-year-old woman presented to our dermatology clinic with an intensely pruritic rash on the legs of 2 years’ duration. The pruritus had waxed...