Keith Loria

From explaining how medications work and should be taken to reviewing potential adverse effects and financial details, pharmacists are crucial resources for patients undergoing treatment for skin cancer.

A group of dermatologists and dermatology students studied why AD may be related to certain cardiovascular diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, autoimmune diseases, and obesity.

To date, publications about health care disparities in atopic dermatitis in Latin American countries are few and far between.

PDT has an advantage in that it can combine easily with other therapies, thereby increasing its effectiveness rates.

Several dietary approaches have been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis, management, and/or therapy of diseases such as vitiligo.

As practices grow and become more intimately involved in patients’ complete health care — including regimens of sleep, nutrition, lifestyle, and even wearables — there is more room for lapses, errors or disagreements that pose questions suitable for lawyers.

Patients with psoriasis seem to suffer more in the wintertime when flare-ups are much more common.

More drugs and treatment options continue to be explored, and in 2022, there were some exciting advancements in these areas for dermatologists treating psoriasis.

The Net Health Tissue Analytics platform helps engage patients, collect information via digital imaging that can be transmitted via an app, and provide real-time access to the progress of a study.

In the past, there were many efforts to develop topical MTX, but the major obstacle was its physicochemical properties.

Psoriasis has long been linked to cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and heart failure.

Experts discuss game-changing drugs and what’s in the pipeline.

Honey has long been known to have remarkable antimicrobial and tissue-regenerative properties.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to change the way cellular and/or tissue-based products for skin wounds are coded and paid for in physician offices.

Small study finds that sleep deprivation increases white blood cells. The finding is a piece of a puzzle that may link poor sleep to inflammation and a number of diseases.

Dermatologists may not treat as many advanced wounds as would be expected.

Researchers assessed the function of skin bacteria in wound healing and wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis (WIHN), a rare adult organogenesis model.

Frank discussions about managing the disorder can boost patients’ self-esteem and quality of life.

An expert offers considerations and developmentally appropriate interventions to promote high-quality, patient-centered pediatric infusion care.

Additional research is required to determine the content validity of patient-reported outcome measures from patients with acne.

A recent acne vulgaris study used high-frequency ultrasonography (HF-USG) and power Doppler (PD) to assess the thickness of lesions.

The top articles in recent literature offer a roadmap for new directions in dermatology practice.

Robert Dracker, MD, MHA, MBA, CPI discussed considerations and developmentally appropriate interventions to promote high quality, patient-centered pediatric infusion care in a presentation at the 2022 National Infusion Center Association Annual Conference.

Prescription of isotretinoin is a challenging endeavor, requiring collaboration between providers, office administrative staff, pharmacists, insurance companies, and laboratory facilities.

Parental acne has “significant” associations with presentation and a predisposition to moderate to severe disease, but acne in siblings is a better indicator of the likelihood of grade 3 to 4 scarring, reported a recent study.

Speaking at the 2022 Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference for PAs & NPs, Joshua Zeichner, MD, cut through marketing hype and misperceptions of patients to assess products that bridge cosmetics and medicine.

Aging in skin of color is less about wrinkling and more about fat loss.

There is a theory that professional acne care can be effective not only in decreasing clinical signs but also in improving quality of life.

The education on how to treat patients with skin issues in this group needs to be expanded so physicians can better treat their patients.

CBD is still a gray area for many pharmacists and health care providers.