Making quality improvement a priority.(Guest Editorial)
Health care errors have received a great deal of press lately,
which is no surprise given that 784,000 deaths per year are attributed
to medical injuries. It follows that quality assurance in . . .
Too little vigilance.(Under My Skin)
We all have hypervigilant patients who spend too much time staring
at their bodies and calling us about minor variants of normal they ought
to ignore. Then there are their opposite numbers, those . . .
MRSA is a superbug: caution advised.(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
Dr. Christopher J. Harrison might be a bit too casual in his
outlook regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("In
Fight Against MRSA, Panic Is Not a Practical Tool," Guest
Editorial, . . .
Study: oral vapitadine cuts itch without sedation.(News)
SAN ANTONIO -- An oral formulation of the investigational drug
vapitadine was found to be more effective than placebo in providing itch
relief to patients with atopic dermatitis in a recent phase . . .
New advances refine chronic urticaria screening.(News)
SAN ANTONIO -- Treatment of chronic urticaria can be challenging,
but recent findings regarding the condition may help improve outcomes,
Dr. Aniko Kobza Black reported at the annual meeting of the . . .
Illegal sale of HGH for antiaging rakes in $2 billion a
year.(News)
WASHINGTON -- Congress is taking a tough look at the use of human
growth hormone for a wide variety of conditions, which is prompting some
concern that payers may react by limiting reimbursement . . .
Heparin contaminant linked to adverse events
identified.(News)
The chemical compound oversulfated chondroitin sulfate is the
contaminant in batches of heparin that has been linked to 19 deaths and
several hundred serious health problems in the United States, . . .
FDA issues warning about combination cough
medicine.(News)
Deaths and life-threatening side effects associated with the misuse
of a long-acting prescription cough medicine that contains hydrocodone
have prompted the Food and Drug Administration to issue a . . .
CDC panel urges flu vaccine for more children.(News)
ATLANTA -- A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory
panel has recommended expanding the ages for annual influenza
vaccination for children to include all who are 6 months to 18 years . . .
Skin-related social anxiety impedes exercise
participation.(News)
Social anxiety stemming from acne or other skin conditions might
keep people from exercising, according to the results of a survey of 50
adults selected from an acne support group.
Exercise is . . .
Incomplete shave biopsy doesn't affect
outcome.(News)
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- An incisional biopsy that fails to remove all
of a pigmented skin lesion suspected of melanoma certainly isn't
optimal, but it doesn't adversely affect overall or . . .
New genetic markers may help predict melanoma
outcome.(News)
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- DNA micro array analysis of melanomas has
identified several key genes whose over or underexpression provides
novel independent prognostic markers for melanoma outcome.
"We . . .
Role of SLN biopsy for thin melanomas unclear.(News)
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in
patients with thin melanomas is "an enormous conundrum," Dr.
Daniel G. Coit observed at the annual Hawaii dermatology seminar
sponsored . . .
Long-term infliximab found effective for pustular
psoriasis.(News)
SAN ANTONIO -- Infliximab appears to be a valuable treatment for
long-term management of pustular psoriasis, Dr. Rajat Varma said at the
annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
In . . .
Dermoscopy found to better predict melanoma.(News)
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- Nevi displaying a specific high-risk pattern on
dermoscopy appear to indicate a several-fold greater melanoma risk than
is conferred by the presence of clinical dysplastic nevi, . . .
New Behcet's management guidelines revealed.(News)
Nine new recommendations for the management of Behcet's
disease have been issued by the European League Against Rheumatism,
based on a review of literature dating from 1966 through 2006.
Although . . .
Case of the month.(News)(Case study)
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A 2-year-old presented to an outpatient pediatric dermatology
clinic with what his mother described as the "wordt diaper rash in
the world." He had a 1-year history of a . . .
"Special population" implicates environmental vitiligo
triggers.(News)
Amajor recessive gene appears to govern susceptibility to vitiligo,
but actual disease on set depends on environmental triggers, researchers
reported.
Dr. Stanca A. Birlea and associates at the . . .
HPV vaccination could be extended to adult women.(Infectious
Diseases)
ATLANTA -- Adult women in their mid-20s to mid-40s could become the
next group recommended for .human papillomavirus vaccination.
The currently licensed quadrivalent HPV vaccine (Merck &
Co.'s . . .
Trial opens door to topical-only psoriasis therapy: COBRA
enrolled nearly 2,500 patients.(News)
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- Clobetasol propionate spray 0.05% resulted in
dramatic clinical improvement with a low rate of adverse events and
excellent acceptance in patients with moderate to severe . . .
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