Dermatology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the hair, nails, skin and its diseases.[1][2] It is a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects.[2][3][4] A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails.[2][5]

Corticosteroids far outpaced minoxidil use for alopecia areata

Posted on: 15/09/2015 - 22:14

Alopecia areata sends “hundreds of thousands” of patients to the doctor every year in the United States, and six in ten of those visits end with a corticosteroid prescription, investigators reported...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis and acne worse in winter, milder in summer

Posted on: 10/09/2015 - 18:47

Psoriasis and acne appear to be susceptible to seasonal variations of clearing and worsening, with an analysis revealing both conditions maintained a significant trend of summer clearing and winter...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Interviews with psoriasis patients reveal disease hardships

Posted on: 10/09/2015 - 16:06

Interviewing patients who live with psoriasis can reveal important information not included in psoriasis severity measures, according to Dr. David Pariser of Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Head for oral contraceptives to target women’s acne

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 22:16

NEW YORK – Almost all women with acne will have at least a fair response to therapy with oral contraceptive pills. Most should experience at least a 50% reduction in lesions, <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Higher risk of arrhythmia in psoriasis patients

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 19:40

Patients with psoriasis are at increased risk of arrhythmia, with the risk even greater for younger patients and those with psoriatic arthritis, according to a population-based cohort study conducted...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Skin-lightening products may not be safe, FDA warns

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 17:38

Use of an injectable skin-lightening product poses a potential health risk to consumers, as no such product has been approved, according to a consumer alert from the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Turn down the androgens to treat female pattern hair loss

Posted on: 02/09/2015 - 15:21

NEW YORK – Antiandrogen hormones can help stabilize, and even improve, female pattern hair loss. The pathophysiology of the disorder is unknown, but treatment is based on the assumption that women...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Celiac disease ‘as common as psoriasis’

Posted on: 02/09/2015 - 14:48

PARK CITY, UTAH – Dr. John J. Zone first began to study gluten sensitivity in 1977, an interest that left some of his clinician colleagues wondering why. “Everybody told me I was crazy – that this...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Simple screening tool can help detect psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 22:36

PARK CITY, UTAH – Since most people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develop psoriasis before joint symptoms, it’s helpful to have a simple screening test for the condition. One of Dr. Philip Mease’s...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Vulvar lichen sclerosis often overlooked in women of reproductive age

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 22:31

NEW YORK – A delayed diagnosis of vulvar lichen sclerosis is common, and the risk of this delay is permanent scarring and structural genital changes, cautioned an expert who holds teaching...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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