Medical Dermatology
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How Kodak Gold contributed to bias in dermatology
It wasn’t until chocolate manufacturers and the furniture industries decided that Kodak Gold film was not showing their brown products in enough...
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Promising drugs line up for lupus treatment
Lupus drugs in late-stage development seek to address unmet needs, notably in lupus nephritis.
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A woman with an asymptomatic eruption on her palms after exposure to water
The patient noted an asymptomatic eruption on her palms consistently induced after exposure to water.
From the Journals
Phone outreach intervention feasible to reduce SLE readmissions
A nurse-led telephone-based intervention is low cost and feasible to reduce hospital readmissions for systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Age, smoking among leading cancer risk factors for SLE patients
While older age was a risk factor for both breast and nonmelanoma skin cancers, use of antimalarial drugs lowered the risk of both.
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A 36-year-old presents with a mildly pruritic rash consisting of pink papules on his hand
A 36-year-old male presented with a mildly pruritic rash consisting of pink papules on his right hand for 2 months.
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Most clinicians undertreat childhood lichen sclerosus
With consistent topical treatment, many patients will have clearing in one area of affected skin after a month or two.
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Cachexia affects more than half of lupus patients
SLE patients with intermittent cachexia had the greatest risk for organ damage over time.
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Dermatology atlas will profile disease in all skin types
“We recognized the gap, which is the lack of diversity/variation of skin tones in our dermatology textbooks and atlases.”
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New topicals for excessive sweating are in sight
Positive phase 3 results reported for two prescription topical agents for primary axillary hyperhidrosis.
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Medical student in the UK creates handbook of clinical signs on darker skin
Malone Mukwende, a second year student at St. George's, University of London, had the idea after only being taught about clinical signs and...