SAN || Medical Dermatology

VIDEO: Sun protection myths debunked

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 17:20

CHAMPIONSGATE, FLA. – Can you separate sun protection myths from facts for your patients? Misperceptions persist, but sunscreen remains a safe and effective tool to help protect the skin from...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

An Institute of Medicine committee could not reach consensus on a single definition of Gulf War illness and recommended in a new report that clinicians and researchers at least narrow it down to two...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Group issues recommendations for genetic susceptibility testing for carbamazepine skin reactions

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 19:10

Genetic testing for alleles that affect histocompatibility should be the rule for patients who initiate the drug carbamazepine, according to new recommendations issued by the Canadian...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Polyarteritis nodosa gene discovery raises new possibilities for field

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 19:00

Autosomal recessive mutations in the gene CECR1 cause an inflammatory vasculopathy with a highly varied clinical presentation that often meets the criteria for polyarteritis nodosa and can occur with...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

CDC sounds alarm on hospital antibiotic use

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 22:45

A scathing new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found ample room for improvement in inpatient antibiotic prescribing. Findings include continued overuse of antibiotics in...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Intramuscular flu vaccine is safest for atopic dermatitis patients

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 22:00

SAN DIEGO – Patients with atopic dermatitis should routinely receive the intramuscular form of the influenza vaccine Fluzone unless the affected area of skin has been swabbed and found to have normal...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Practice pearls improve acne treatment

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 19:35

PALM BEACH, ARUBA – Which combination of retinoids and antibiotics delivers the best acne outcomes? And what dietary advice maximizes isotretinoin’s effectiveness? Dr. Guy Webster of the Wilmington...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Gut-joint connection promising in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 15:10

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Mounting circumstantial evidence points to perturbation of bacterial communities in the gut and skin as important environmental triggers for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. A...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Gut-joint connection promising in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 15:10

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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