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Perspectives from leading dermatologists on the latest in diagnosing and treating conditions of the skin, hair, and nails.
Childhood Rosacea: Look Them in the Eye
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All the studied children experienced remission within 3 months of treatment.
- By Mary Wu Chang, MD
- May 9, 2008
- Covering Arch Dermatol 2008 Feb
Shedding Light on Perceptions of Indoor Tanning
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Knowledge about the ill effects of this practice is rising, but so is usage among the young.
- By Craig A. Elmets, MD
- May 9, 2008
- Covering Arch Dermatol 2008 Apr
PEComas: A Recently Described Tumor to Keep in Mind
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Increased awareness of this tumor type will help us avoid misdiagnosis and needless anxiety.
- By Angelica Selim, MD
- May 9, 2008
- Covering Am J Surg Pathol 2008 Apr
Can Money Buy Happiness?
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Giving to others makes us happier than spending on ourselves.
- By Mark V. Dahl, MD
- May 9, 2008
- Covering Science 2008 Mar 21
Accutane: Thoughts and Ramblings
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A thorny question about optimization testing of 13-cis retinoic acid for acne therapy
- By Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH
- May 2, 2008
Skin Hypersensitivity and Chronic Headaches
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Cutaneous allodynia was significantly linked with episodes of chronic headache, especially migraines.
- By Gil Yosipovitch, MD
- May 2, 2008
- Covering Neurology 2008 Apr 22
Illuminating the Relation Between Polymorphous Light Eruption and Lupus
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Contrary to expectations, no patients with PMLE progressed to cutaneous lupus during a relatively long follow-up period.
- By Craig A. Elmets, MD
- May 2, 2008
- Covering Br J Dermatol 2008 May
Looking Far Afield . . .
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Sweat glands function as antennae.
- By Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH
- May 2, 2008
A New Calcineurin Inhibitor Is Effective for Psoriasis Vulgaris
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Patients experienced improvement in PASI scores with minimal toxicity.
- By Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
- April 18, 2008
- Covering Lancet 2008 Apr 19
Warfarin Increases Delayed Bleeding After Skin Surgery
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But there is no need to stop warfarin if careful management is employed.
- By George J. Hruza, MD
- April 18, 2008
- Covering Br J Dermatol 2008 Mar
Looking Far Afield . . .
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Interesting and amusing notes from the borderlands of dermatology
- By Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH
- April 18, 2008
Editor's Picks from across Journal Watch
Early Treatment in Ehrlichiosis
- Infectious Diseases
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Prompt initiation of doxycycline therapy can make a big difference in morbidity.
- By Larry M. Baddour, MD
- March 26, 2008
- Covering Medicine (Baltimore) 2008 Mar
Linezolid-Resistant CoNS
- Infectious Diseases
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An outbreak of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci was associated temporally with increased linezolid use in an ICU.
- By Lynn L. Estes, PharmD
- April 9, 2008
- Covering J Antimicrob Chemother 2008 Apr
Multidrug-Resistant MRSA More Common Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
- General Medicine
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The infection might be sexually transmitted.
- By Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
- April 9, 2008
- Covering Ann Intern Med 2008 Feb 19
Are ED Visits Increasing for Community-Acquired MRSA?
- Emergency Medicine
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Visits for skin and soft tissue infections nearly tripled between 1993 and 2005, suggesting that the answer is yes.
- By Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
- March 28, 2008
- Covering Ann Emerg Med 2008 Mar
Journal Watch Dermatology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of dermatologic subjects including atopic dermatitis, eczema, hemangioma, melanoma, phototherapy, psoriasis and scleroderma.
