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CO2 laser works best for hypertrophic scars

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 14:00

PHOENIX – A fractional carbon dioxide laser at 10,600 nm was the only one of three laser treatments for hypertrophic scars that produced significant overall improvements in a comparison of data on...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Try tackling cysts or lipomas with punch tool instead of scalpel

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 18:10

DENVER – A little lidocaine and a punch biopsy tool allow physicians to tackle most cysts and lipomas in the office, providing effective treatment without interrupting patient flow. The punch...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Adjunctive ingenol mebutate gel for actinic keratosis caused few side effects, increased compliance

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 22:08

Ingenol mebutate gel for the treatment of actinic keratosis is an effective adjunct therapy to cryosurgery, and the absence of attendant serious local reactions can increase compliance, based on data...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Acne scar improvements maintained after laser treatment

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:25

PHOENIX – Improvements in acne scarring were maintained 3 months after six laser treatments with a diffractive lens array and a picosecond 755-nm alexandrite laser. Changes seen on histology suggest...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Laser innovations target tattoos, acne, body fat

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:15

PHOENIX – Advances in laser technology allow dermatologists to remove tattoos in half the time but at twice the cost. Cold therapy for sebaceous glands theoretically could cure acne. Nonsurgical body...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Investigational acne treatment targets the sebaceous gland

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 21:31

DENVER – In the not-so-distant future, a treatment option for patients with moderate to severe acne may involve destruction of the sebaceous gland, according to Dr. R. Rox Anderson, director of the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 19:30

SAN DIEGO – Approximately one-quarter of patients diagnosed with physical urticaria actually responded when challenged, based on data from a study conducted at the National Institutes of Health....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:20

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to support the approval of the antibacterial drug dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

CO2 laser works best for hypertrophic scars

Try tackling cysts or lipomas with punch tool instead of scalpel

Adjunctive ingenol mebutate gel for actinic keratosis caused few side effects, increased compliance

Acne scar improvements maintained after laser treatment

VIDEO: Laser innovations target tattoos, acne, body fat

Investigational acne treatment targets the sebaceous gland

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

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