Dermatology
From the Journals
‘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...
Conference Coverage
Biologics, Women, and Pregnancy: What’s Known?
As more studies emerge each year, recommendations will become stronger for considering treatment by certain biological drugs, taking into account...
Opinion
Is benzophenone safe in skin care? Part 2: Environmental effects
Various UV filters, including BP-3, octinoxate, octocrylene, and ethylhexyl salicylate, are thought to pose considerable peril to the marine...
Conference Coverage
Surgical site infections not increased in immunocompromised patients after Mohs surgery
Mohs surgery is increasingly being performed for patients who are immunosuppressed because of their higher incidence of skin cancer and higher...
Conference Coverage
Mohs surgery in the elderly: The dilemma of when to treat
“The take-home point for me is to treat your whole patient, not just the tumor.”
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Serum brodalumab levels linked with treatment outcomes in patients with psoriasis
Subquantifiable brodalumab levels were associated with a lack of response after 12 weeks in the study.
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Adjunctive confocal microscopy found to reduce unnecessary skin excisions
The findings “are not yet applicable to general dermatology across the world, as the authors comment, given that reflectance confocal microscopy...
Conference Coverage
Pilonidal disease, other conditions may benefit from laser treatment
In one study, the rate of cyst recurrence was significantly lower in the laser hair removal plus surgery group, compared with the surgery only...
Conference Coverage
Fractional lasers appear to treat more than a fraction of skin, expert says
Dr. Molly Wanner now thinks of fractional lasers as stimulating a laser-cell biology interaction, not just a laser-tissue interaction.
From the Journals
Does taking isotretinoin worsen a patient’s baseline IBD symptoms?
To investigate this topic, the researchers identified 19 patients who were diagnosed with IBD and treated with isotretinoin over a 16-year period...
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Manufacturer announces FDA approval for molluscum treatment delayed
VP-102 is a proprietary drug-device combination of cantharidin 0.7% administered through a single-use precision applicator.