FPN || Dermatology

Majority of eczema appears after childhood

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:56

Though atopic dermatitis is often regarded as infrequent in adulthood, only 40% of study subjects with current eczema reported onset of the disease in childhood, with most beginning after adulthood,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Consider combining therapies for atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:45

Cyclosporine and oral antihistamine therapy showed inconsistent effects on clinical and laboratory markers of atopic dermatitis in older children and adults, based on data from a study of 48...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Hand eczema linked to anxiety, not depression

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:08

Adults with chronic hand eczema showed significantly higher levels of anxiety but no difference in depression, compared with healthy controls, based on data from a review of 71 patients. The patients...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

MRSA coverage in cellulitis treatment

Posted on: 08/06/2015 - 19:40

A 57-year-old man presents with pain and swelling in his leg. He has had low-grade fevers. He has a history of type 2 diabetes. On exam, his right lower extremity is warm, erythematous, and swollen...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Healing MIST Therapy

Posted on: 05/06/2015 - 19:20

As the obesity epidemic continues to rage unabated and diabetes takes its toll on nerves, I am seeing an increase in diabetic foot ulcers. Traditionally, we have used topical therapies and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Annual U.S. incidence of BCC pegged at 2 million

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 15:49

Approximately 2 million basal cell carcinomas occur in the United States each year, a number that has increased only modestly during the past 15 years, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

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