The oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor apremilast is now indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
On Sept. 23, the manufacturer, Celgene, announced that the Food and Drug...
EDINBURGH – Barbed absorbable sutures are a useful new tool to facilitate dermal closure of facial and nonfacial defects following tumor resection.
“These are not the bad old sutures that you might...
The Senate unanimously approved a bill designed to speed up Food and Drug Administration approval of sunscreen ingredients, adding to the likelihood that the legislation will become law.
The full...
LAS VEGAS – New diagnostic criteria from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics make the difficult task of diagnosing systemic lupus easier.
SLICC’s criteria are meant to supplant...
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....
LAS VEGAS – A number of drugs are showing promise for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, but broader improvements are needed with respect to treatment strategies, according to Dr. Iain...
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...
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...
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...
Patients with psoriatic arthritis who began taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs often changed regimens soon afterward, especially if they had started with nonbiologic treatments, researchers...
