Hiring a fee-only financial planner.(Managing Your Dermatology
Practice)
This is the second column to expand on the suggestions made in my
January "New Year's Resolutions" column. (The January
column can be found in the archives at www.skinandallergynews.com.)
The . . .
Rule for Patient Safety Organizations proposed.(Practice
Trends)
Draft federal regulations more than 2 years in the making aim to
give hospital networks, physician groups, and similar organizations the
ability to help doctors reduce medical errors and improve . . .
Rx abuse worries Americans.(Policy & Practice)
The abuse of prescription drugs is as big a problem as the abuse of
illegal drugs, according to respondents to a Wall Street Journal/Harris
Interactive poll. Even so, less than half of those . . .
Drug, device promotion may expand.(Policy & Practice)
FDA last month proposed draft guidance that would allow drug and
medical device makers to distribute medical or scientific journal
articles and reference publications that involve unapproved uses . . .
Woodcock named CDER head.(Policy & Practice)
Dr. Janet Woodcock has been named director of the FDA's Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research. Dr. Woodcock, a rheumatologist, served
as director of CDER once before, in the 1990s, and has served . . .
Supreme Court limits device suits.(Policy & Practice)
The U.S. Supreme Court has bolstered medical device
manufacturers' argument that FDA approval confers special
protection against liability suits. The justices voted 8-1 in finding
that the Medical . . .
Galderma buys CollaGenex.(Policy & Practice)
Two dermatology powerhouses are about to combine--that is, if U.S.
regulatory authorities approve the merger of Galderma Laboratories and
CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals. Galderma proposes to purchase . . .
Botox promotions investigated.(Policy & Practice)
The U.S. Attorney's office for the northern district of
Georgia has subpoenaed Allergan, seeking documents that might show
off-label promotion of Botox (botulinum toxin type A) for the treatment
of . . .
Lupus biologic drug pipeline: an embarrassment of riches.(Across
Specialties)
SNOWMASS, COLO. -- The systemic lupus erythematosus drug pipeline
is suddenly chockfull of biologic agents, good news for physicians, who
have been waiting more than 3 decades since the last . . .
Risk factors for ovarian failure in SLE observed.(Across
Specialties)
Higher disease activity, treatment with cyclophosphamide, older
age, and a certain ethnic background were each linked with a
significantly increased risk for developing premature gonadal failure . . .
Cash being used to help motivate patients to lose weight.(Across
Specialties)
Everyone knows that money talks. But when it comes to dieting, can
money really motivate overweight patients to shed pounds?
Dr. Joseph K. Chemplavil, an endocrinologist in Hampton, Va.,
thinks . . .
Obesity brings risk for plethora of skin conditions.(Across
Specialties)
SAN ANTONIO -- Obese patients are at increased risk for a number of
dermatologic conditions.
It is important for dermatologists to be aware of the increased
risk for these conditions among obese . . .
Regions of brain associated with satiety isolated in
study.(Across Specialties)
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A new imaging study that has identified areas of brain activation
associated with feelings of fullness may provide new therapeutic targets
to minimizing overeating.
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Vacuum-assisted wound therapy uses expanded.(Wound
Healing)
CHICAGO -- The indications for negative-pressure wound therapy are
expanding to include infected wounds and complicated wounds with exposed
bone, tendon, or even orthopedic hardware, Dr. Anton . . .
Push-pull model of wound healing described.(Wound
Healing)
WASHINGTON -- The vascular surgeon insists that revascularization
was a success--and there are outcome images to prove it but the diabetic
foot becomes ischemic anyway, and the wound fails to . . .
Wound care centers offer new opportunities.(Wound
Healing)
BALTIMORE -- The increasing need for wound care centers in the
United States may present an opportunity for dermatologists to wed their
interests in both medical and surgical dermatology, according . . .
HPV vaccine cuts abnormal pap smears in 4 years.(Infectious
Diseases)
Abnormal Pap tests and cervical procedures have already declined
markedly among young women who were vaccinated against the human
papillomavirus in three pivotal clinical trials, according to . . .
Data strengthen link between HPV, oral cancer.(Infectious
Diseases)
Researchers in Montreal have reported new evidence supporting a
strong causal association between human papillomavirus infection and
tonsil-related oral cancers.
The study also found that human . . .
CDC: over 3 million teen girls infected with STD.(Infectious
Diseases)
CHICAGO -- More than 3 million teenage girls have at least one
sexually transmitted disease, and 15% of those have multiple infections,
according to the first large study of STDs in this . . .
Syphilis infections jumped 12% from 2006 to 2007.(Infectious
Diseases)
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CHICAGO -- The rate of syphilis in the United States has increased
for the 7th consecutive year, jumping 12% from 2006 to 2007, according
to preliminary evidence released . . .
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