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- Dermatologists Can Spot Early Psoriatic Arthritishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120521-dermatologists_can_spot_early_psoriatic_arthritis/2459795/Clinical dermatologists could help diagnose early psoriatic arthritis (EPsA) through the use of patient questioning and subsequent imaging studies in collaboration with rheumatologists and radiologists, data suggest. (JEADV 26(5):627-633. ) In a European study, dermatologists were able to diagnose …
- Study: FDA Approves Drugs Faster than Europe, Canadahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120517-study_fda_approves_drugs_faster_than_europe_canada/2459797/Drugs are approved faster in the US than in Europe and Canada, new research from Yale University School of Medicine shows. Authors of the study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, reviewed decisions from 2001 to 2010 by the FDA and regulators in Canada and Europe, Health Canada and t…
- New School Initiative for Skin Cancer Preventionhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120515-new_school_initiative_for_skin_cancer_prevention/2459798/La Roche-Posay recently collaborated with the Women's Dermatologic Society to launch “Time Out, Protect Your Skin” (TOPS) in schools to educate children and families about skin cancer prevention. New York City's Grace Church School was the first school to receive a sun-safe makeover, integrating …
- New Technology Helps Identify Two Rare Skin Cell Subtypeshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120515-new_technology_helps_identify_two_rare_skin_cell_subtypes/2459799/Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), using technology developed by Fibrocell Science, have identified two rare adult stem cell-like subpopulations in adult human skin, potentially, potentially providing a source of stem cell-like subpopulations from skin biopsies. The fi…
- FDA Extends Deadline for Sunscreen Label Compliancehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120514-fda_extends_deadline_for_sunscreen_compliance/2459802/Sunscreen manufacturers have won a small victory from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has extended the deadline for compliance with new labeling back to December 2013 for some companies. The industry pushed back on the agency, which ordered changes to sunscreens last summer with an or…
- MELA Sciences Rings in Melanoma Monday with NASDAQ Opening Bellhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120507-mela_sciences_rings_in_melanoma_monday_with_nasdaq_opening_bell/2459807/MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELA) is kicking off Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month by ringing the opening bell for NASDAQ Monday morning. Dr. Doris Day will ring the bell with Dr. Joseph Gulfo, president and CEO of MELA Sciences. MELA Sciences will be supporting the AAD's Mel…
- DocBookMD App Offers Secure Communication, HIPAA Compliancehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120424-docbookmd_app_offers_secure_communication_hipaa_compliance/2459816/Doctors can now send X-rays and lab results back and forth, securely and with full HIPAA compliance via a new application, available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. The DocBookMD app is free for doctors who are members of their state or county medical society. All activity is run through a secure se…
- Lasers May Treat Burn Scars of Military, Civilianshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120420-lasers_may_treat_burn_scars_of_military_civilians/2459817/Fractional laser procedures may offer a treatment option for the estimated 1 million American who survive serious burn injuries each year, according to experts presenting at the ASLMS Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, FL. According to Jill Waibel, MD, credited with performing one of (or perhaps the) fir…
- Slight Uptick for Biologics Predicted in EUhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120419-slight_uptick_for_biologics_predicted_in_eu/2459820/In a recent TreatmentTrends© study with EU5 dermatologists, BioTrends Research Group, LLC finds that there has been a slight increase in the use of biologics in all of the EU5 countries except Italy, where usage has remained constant. Future prescribing habits will see moderate increases in prescri…
- Study Shows No Association Between NSAIDs and BCChttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120418-study_shows_no_association_between_nsaids_and_bcc/2459821/New data question an association between NSAID use and development of BCC, showing that NSAID use was not associated with subsequent incidence of BCC (HR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.92–1.16) after adjusting for age, sex and estimated lifetime summer sun exposure among a cohort of 58,213 Caucasian Radiologic …