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...
SILVER SPRING, MD. – The widespread and long-term use of sunscreens demands that manufacturers provide more long-term safety data and information on how the active ingredients affect the health of...
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...
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,...
Thin actinic keratoses on the face or scalp were 14% more likely to clear completely in patients treated with photodynamic therapy, compared with cryotherapy, in a meta-analysis of four studies...
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...
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...
CHICAGO – Malignancy rates in patients with psoriasis outstrip those in the general population, based on data from a retrospective analysis of commercial claims.
Rates for all cancers were similar...
Psoriatic arthritis patients with detectable anti-adalimumab antibodies have significantly lower serum adalimumab concentrations and poorer clinical outcomes at 28 weeks and 52 weeks of treatment,...
CHICAGO – Patients with psoriasis treated with infliximab had the highest incidence of serious infections in a retrospective analysis of commercial claims data.
After 5 years of follow-up among...