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WCD: Methotrexate found safer but less effective than cyclosporine in atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 19:20

VANCOUVER, B.C. – In the first head-to-head trial in atopic dermatitis, cyclosporine was about five times more effective in terms of SCORAD 50 but was associated with more adverse events, Dr....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

WCD: Smoking tied to worse occupational hand eczema

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 18:57

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Occupational hand eczema is worse and more persistent in smokers than nonsmokers, a large prospective cohort study found. “Tobacco smoking is associated with work absenteeism and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

WCD: Restoring microbiome might ease atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 21:31

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Manipulating the skin microbiome might one day help control atopic dermatitis, Dr. Thomas Bieber said at the World Congress of Dermatology. Scientists used to focus mainly on...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Early nonadherence ups emergency care, hospitalization for lupus

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 20:59

Systemic lupus erythematosus patients who have just started drug therapy are at greater risk for needing acute care and possible hospitalization if they are nonadherent, based on an analysis of U.S....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Single HPV vaccine dose appears as effective as full course

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 23:30

One or two doses of the bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine provide a level of protection against cervical HPV infection similar to that of the full three-dose schedule, according to post hoc...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Majority of eczema appears after childhood

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:56

Though atopic dermatitis is often regarded as infrequent in adulthood, only 40% of study subjects with current eczema reported onset of the disease in childhood, with most beginning after adulthood,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Consider combining therapies for atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:45

Cyclosporine and oral antihistamine therapy showed inconsistent effects on clinical and laboratory markers of atopic dermatitis in older children and adults, based on data from a study of 48...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis, PsA increase temporomandibular disorder risk

Posted on: 05/06/2015 - 13:59

Psoriasis may play a role in temporomandibular joint disorders, according to an observational study that compared psoriasis patients to individuals without the disorder. The Italian study,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis, PsA increase temporomandibular disorder risk

Posted on: 05/06/2015 - 13:59

Psoriasis may play a role in temporomandibular joint disorders, according to an observational study that compared psoriasis patients to individuals without the disorder. The Italian study,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

CheckMate 067 ends ipilimumab’s reign in first-line metastatic melanoma

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 18:29

CHICAGO – Nivolumab and nivolumab plus ipilimumab are superior to ipilimumab alone in first-line metastatic melanoma, results from the phase III CheckMate 067 study suggest. After a minimum of 9...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

WCD: Methotrexate found safer but less effective than cyclosporine in atopic dermatitis

WCD: Smoking tied to worse occupational hand eczema

WCD: Restoring microbiome might ease atopic dermatitis

Early nonadherence ups emergency care, hospitalization for lupus

Single HPV vaccine dose appears as effective as full course

Majority of eczema appears after childhood

Consider combining therapies for atopic dermatitis

Psoriasis, PsA increase temporomandibular disorder risk

Psoriasis, PsA increase temporomandibular disorder risk

CheckMate 067 ends ipilimumab’s reign in first-line metastatic melanoma

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