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MDedge Daily News: Stem cells may reverse premature menopause
And the Food and Drug Administration wants to snuff out nicotine in cigarettes.
From the Journals
Tanning addiction associated with multiple behavioral comorbidities
Substance abuse, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder appear to accompany the addiction.
Conference Coverage
Teleconference is effective in assessing penicillin allergy
ORLANDO - Teleconferencing saved money, physician time, and patient exposure to more potent antibiotics.
From the Journals
Review finds some evidence of efficacy for nonpharmacological acne therapies
“The low methodological quality of the included studies made it difficult to draw clear conclusions.”
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VIDEO: Device-based therapy for onychomycosis
SAN DIEGO – Treatments currently being evaluated for onychomycosis include photodynamic therapy and iontophoresis.
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Study finds AD accounts for hundreds of thousands of annual ED visits
SAN DIEGO – The results suggest a need for better outpatient treatment.
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Consider drug holidays for BCC patients on hedgehog inhibitors
KAUAI, HAWAII – Side effects can become intolerable after a few months, so physicians have looked for alternative dosing regimens.
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Phase 3 trials show halobetasol/tazarotene lotion works for psoriasis
KAUAI, HAWAII – “Tazarotene: Great for acne, but think of it again for psoriasis.”
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VIDEO: The return of Kaposi’s sarcoma
SAN DIEGO – Once again, dermatologists are seeing more cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-positive patients, according to Toby Maurer, MD.
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Online psoriasis consultations shown equivalent to office visits
SAN DIEGO – Patients with psoriasis managed for 1 year by physician telemonitoring had equivalent outcomes, compared with patients managed in...
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VIDEO: Considering systemic disease in dermatology patients
SAN DIEGO – “The idea is really to start to try to get our dermatology colleagues thinking more systemically and outside of just the skin.”