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- Ortho Dermatologics Names 2018 Aspire Higher Scholarship Recipientshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/ortho-dermatologics-names-2018-aspire-higher-scholarship-recipients/2457658/Ortho Dermatologics, a division of Bausch Health Companies Inc., has named the 2018 honorees of the Aspire Higher program, which since 2013 has granted more than $450,000 in scholarships to students who have been affected by dermatologic conditions. This year nine st
- Experimental Drug May Reverse Hair Loss, Hair Whitening and Skin Inflammationhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/experimental-drug-may-reverse-hair-loss-hair-whitening-and-skin-inflammation/2457669/An experimental drug can successfully reverse hair loss, hair whitening and skin inflammation linked by previous studies to human diets heavy in fat and cholesterol, according to a new Johns Hopkins study in mice. The investigators say the compound halts the production of glycosphingolipi
- Skin Cancer Risk Varies Based on Organ Transplant Patients' Skin Tonehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/skin-cancer-risk-varies-based-on-organ-transplant-patients-skin-tone/2457673/Dermatologists must know how to evaluate organ transplant patients’ unique risk factors for skin cancer and counsel these patients accordingly. “Individuals who receive organ transplants need to take immunosuppressive medications for the rest of their lives, and this makes it
- Save the Date: Skin Cancer Foundation's Champions for Change Gala this Octoberhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/save-the-date-skin-cancer-foundations-champions-for-change-gala-this-october/2457692/The Skin Cancer Foundation’s signature fundraising event, the Champions for Change Gala, is coming October 25 in New York City. Robert J. Friedman, MD will be honored as the 2019 Champion for Change. The Skin Cancer Foun
- Cynosure Launches TempSure Vitalia for Feminine Wellnesshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/cynosure-launches-tempsure-vitalia-for-feminine-wellness/2457696/Hologic's Cynosure division has launched TempSure™ Vitalia in North America. TempSure Vitalia is an FDA-cleared and Health Canada-approved advanced radiofrequency treatment that delivers therapeutic heat to internal
- Rare Pediatric Skin Conditions Often Get Expensive, Inconsistent Carehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/rare-pediatric-skin-conditions-often-get-expensive-inconsistent-care/2457704/Children with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) have high rates of complications — resulting in long and costly hospital stays — and that treatment strategies varied among health care providers, according to the first large-scale analysis, which is
- World Vitiligo Day: Ra Medical Highlights Potential of Technologyhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/world-vitiligo-day-pharos-highlights-potential-of-technology/2457715/In light of World Vitiligo Day (June 25), it’s important to realize that hope is here for patients who suffer from this disease, says Ra Medical Systems. Painless treatment is a possibility with P
- White Coats, Scrubs Top Patient Preferences for Doctor's Attirehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/white-coats-scrubs-top-patient-preferences-for-doctors-attire/2457735/What doctors wear matters…a lot, according to the largest-ever study of patient preferences for doctors’ attire. Just more than half of the 4,062 patients surveyed in the clinics and hospitals of ten major medical centers said that what physicians wear is important to th
- Rapamycin Lotion Reduces Facial Tumors Caused by Tuberous Sclerosishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/rapamycin-lotion-reduces-facial-tumors-caused-by-tuberous/2457750/Rapamycin lotion significantly reduced the disfiguring facial tumors affecting more than 90 percent of people with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) report. Findings of the multicenter, international stud
- Biotin Supplements Caused Misleading Test Results, Almost Led to an Unnecessary Procedurehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/biotin-supplements-caused-misleading-test-results-almost-led-to-an-unnecessary-procedure/2457758/A new case report in the Journal of the Endocrine Society documents how a patient's use of a biotin supplement, caused her to have clinically misleading test results, whic