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- FDA Approves BMS' Sotyktu for Plaque Psoriasishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-bms-sotyktu-for-plaque-psoriasis/2461341/The FDA has approved Bristol Myers Squibb Sotyktu (deucravacitinib), a first-in-class, oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. Sotyktu is not recomme…
- Three Beliefs Affect Older Adults Sunscreen Usehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/three-beliefs-affect-older-adults-sunscreen-use/2461202/Reminders from a romantic partner might be an effective way to encourage sunscreen use by people age 50 or older, suggests a study in the May/June issue of The Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association. People older than 50 are also more likely to use sunscreen if they believe it prevents sun…
- Dermavant's Tapinarof Shows Durable Improvement in PsO in Long-term Extension Studyhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/dermavants-tapinarof-shows-durable-improvement-in-pso-in-long-term-extension-study/2461140/Results from the Phase 3 PSOARING 3 long-term extension study demonstrate durable improvements across efficacy outcomes, quality of life measures, and tolerability scores with investigational tapinarof cream 1% once daily (QD) for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults. The data, from prespeci…
- NPF Task Force Issues New Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for PsO Patientshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/npf-task-force-issues-new-guidance-on-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-for-pso-patients/2460911/The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new information on COVID-19 vaccines for moderately to severely immunocompromised people. Since these individuals may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19, due to their increased risk of serious, prolonged illness, the CDC recom…
- Hair Loss Breakthrough: 3D-Printing Creates “Hair Farms”https://practicaldermatology.com/news/hair-loss-breakthrough-research-uses-3d-printing-to-create-hair-farms/2460083/Columbia researchers have created a way to use 3-D printing to create “hair farms” in a dish, which could open up hair restoration surgery to more people, including women, and improve the way pharmaceutical companies search for new hair growth drugs. The findings, which appear in Nature Communicat…
- ASDS Announces 2018 President's Award Recipientshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/asds-announces-2018-presidents-award-recipients/2457565/In her final act as president this week, Lisa M. Donofrio, MD, recognizes four members of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) with the President’s Award at the Society’s Annual Meeting. “One of the wonderful gifts about being president of an organization like this is the opportuni…
- AAD: Research Shows Free Skin Cancer Screenings Can Help Save Liveshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/aad-research-shows-free-skin-cancer-screenings-can-help-save-lives/2457675/Data indicates that American Academy of Dermatology’s (AAD's) SPOTme program serves an important need. While skin cancer can be deadly, it is also highly treatable when detected early. In fact, melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 95 percent when detected an…
- Psoriasis Severity Linked to Diabetes Riskhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/psoriasis-severity-linked-to-diabetes-risk/2457970/Psoriasis patients are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than their psoriasis-free counterparts, and this risk increases dramatically based on the severity of the disease, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Specifically, people wit…
- Data Show Acne Patients Don't Understand Risks Associated with Antibiotic Treatmenthttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/data-show-acne-patients-dont-understand-risks-associated-with-antibiotic-treatment/2458805/Widespread and inappropriate use of antibiotics continues to be a problems in the US leading to antibiotic resistance issues. While most people understand how the overuse of antibiotics to treat viral infections contributes to this issue, according to Galderma, new data reveal that acne patients an…
- FDA to Require Warnings on Sunlamp Productshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20140530-fda_to_require_warnings_on_sunlamp_products/2459227/The FDA issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to moderate-risk (class II) devices. The order also requires that sunlamp products carry a visible black-box warning on the device that explicitly stat…