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Breakthrough COVID studies lend support to use of new boosters in immunosuppressed patients
The findings of two studies underscore the importance of booster vaccine doses in those with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking...
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Don’t make children with head lice leave school, report says
“A child or adolescent should not be restricted from school attendance because of head lice, given the low contagion within classrooms.”
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BREEZE-AD-PEDS: First data for baricitinib in childhood eczema reported
Treatment with the oral JAK inhibitor was significantly more effective than placebo only with the highest dose evaluated.
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What’s the true role of Demodex mites in the development of papulopustular rosacea?
“Growing knowledge of rosacea’s pathophysiology has established that a consistent multivariate disease process underlies its potential...
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Monkeypox features include mucocutaneous involvement in almost all cases
In Europe, the data support monkeypox as a largely sexually transmitted disease that self-resolves in about 4 weeks.
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Alopecia areata: Positive results reported for two investigational JAK inhibitors
“This is truly transformative therapy,” one of the investigators, Brett King, MD, PhD, said.
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Study identifies skin biomarkers that predict newborn eczema risk
"We are able to identify predictive immune biomarkers of atopic dermatitis using a noninvasive method," the investigator said.
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Many factors linked with higher, lower risk for hand eczema
Hand eczema is one of the most common skin disorders and is the most common occupational skin disease, the authors wrote.
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Early emollient use reduces dermatitis in at-risk infants
Daily emollient use was associated with a 29% lower risk of cumulative AD at 1 year in comparison with the control intervention.