IMN || Dermatology

Rethink using single-envelope CFLs in photosensitive patients

Posted on: 17/09/2014 - 14:15

EDINBURGH – Physicians may want to avoid exposing their photosensitive patients to single-envelope compact fluorescent lamps. Better to use the double-envelope variety, Dr. Harry Moseley suggested....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions cleared in 42% of gay men

Posted on: 11/09/2014 - 19:25

MELBOURNE – High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions are prevalent among HIV-positive gay men and a significant number of these anal lesions resolve spontaneously, according to data from a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Vitiligo, alopecia more likely in GVHD when donor is female and recipient is male

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 21:00

The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vitiligo, alopecia more likely in GVHD when donor is female and recipient is male

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 21:00

The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Mobile apps get skin in the sun protection game

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 20:05

EDINBURGH – Mobile phone apps that provide real-time, personalized sun risk and protection information are gaining ground in the fight against skin cancer. The <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Jury still out on effect of systemic psoriasis meds on MI risk

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 15:05

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Results from some studies have concluded that treatment with conventional systemic or biologic therapy improves the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: German screening initiative catches skin cancer sooner

Posted on: 04/09/2014 - 18:20

EDINBURGH – Is population screening for skin cancer worthwhile? Yes, Dr. Eckhard Breitbart said in a debate at the 15th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. "Screening is not a diagnostic...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: What’s your UV risk today? There’s an app for that

Posted on: 04/09/2014 - 16:55

EDINBURGH – How would you like a smartphone app that offers a personalized sun protection strategy based on location and skin type? At the 15th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, Nina Goad,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Field therapy preferred when treating actinic keratoses

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 14:00

VANCOUVER, B.C. – In the clinical opinion of Dr. Mariusz Sapijaszko, treating actinic keratosis without field therapy creates a disadvantage "because this is not an individual lesion...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Consider a zero therapy approach to periorificial dermatitis

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 20:55

CHICAGO – For periorificial dermatitis, don’t do a thing. That was the first-line therapy suggested at this year’s American Academy of Dermatology summer meeting. "Sometimes you have to be...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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