Dermatology News

• ASDSA Warns of Rogue Insulin Pen Use for DIY Fillers Videos on social media showing children using insulin delivery pens to self-inject hyaluronic acid have prompted a safety warning from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• AAD Announces Diversity Initiatives The AAD’s diversity committee headed the development of the plan, unanimously approved by the AAD’s board of directors, which outlines four key goals for the next 3 years.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• Tocilizumab May Improve Lung Function in Early Systemic Sclerosis Treatment with tocilizumab could stabilize or improve lung function in people with early interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• How to Spot a Fake N95 Counterfeit N95 airborne particle-filtering face masks are on the rise, but recognizing phonies can be easy using a few simple steps.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• Psoriasis Registry Study Finds Normal Pregnancy Outcomes Women with psoriasis can expect healthy pregnancy outcomes at a rate similar to that of the general population, according to one of the largest studies to examine the issue to date.
  Medscape Medical News, February 16, 2021
• Survey: Most Patients Support Teledermatology Many medical practices turned to telemedicine when the pandemic shut down the economy last spring, but what do dermatology patients think about the socially distant approach?
  Medscape Medical News, February 16, 2021
• As Variants Spread, Top Experts Lay Out Best Protection Plan Six leaders in infection prevention weigh in on the measures that will make the difference at this critical point in the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2021
• Tirbanibulin Ointment Clears Actinic Keratosis Lesions in Half of Recipients Within 2 Months Just five treatments with an experimental ointment over 5 days completely cleared actinic keratosis lesions in half of volunteers within 2 months, although 1 year after treatment lesions had reappeared in many cases, according to a new trial.
  Reuters Health Information, February 10, 2021
• Alert Cemiplimab Now Approved for Basal Cell Carcinoma The FDA has approved the immunotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma previously treated with a hedgehog pathway inhibitor or for whom an HHI is inappropriate.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2021
• Can Gut Parasites Slow the Aging Process? A decline in these microbes in developed nations has been linked to inflammatory illnesses such as asthma, atopic eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and T1D.
  WebMD Health News, February 09, 2021
• Superspreader Sunday: The Super Bowl With COVID Variants Afoot After almost every major holiday in 2020, the United States had an increase in COVID-19 cases and experts are concerned this will happen again as Americans get ready for Super Bowl Sunday.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• Fecal Transplant Overcomes Resistance to Immunotherapy Some patients with advanced melanoma who were unresponsive to pembrolizumab showed a response after receiving a fecal transplant.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• Increased Risk of Meningioma With Cyproterone Acetate Use A strong, dose-dependent association between use of cyproterone acetate and risk of meningioma requiring invasive treatment has been confirmed.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2021
• Consensus Statement Issued on Treating Disorders of Cornification Clinicians using systemic retinoids for treating disorders of cornification in children and adolescents should aim for a low dose to balance therapeutic goals with acceptable toxicity levels.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2021
• EADV 2020 Adalimumab Enhances Primary Wound Closure After HS Surgery 'Our experience suggests that under the effects of treatment with adalimumab, wound healing disorders with primary wound closure occur less often,' Gefion Girbig, MD, reported at the EADV Congress.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2021
• Alert RAP Device Cleared for Short-term Improvement in Cellulite "This is a novel, noninvasive treatment for cellulite that appears to be safe, with little pain and little downtime," said Mathew M. Avram, MD, JD.
  FDA Approvals, February 03, 2021
• Expert Offers Tips for Sorting Out Pink Lesions on Dermoscopy "How can dermoscopy help us distinguish between Spitz nevus, melanoma, clear cell acanthoma, psoriasis, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma?"
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2021
• Gene Test Helps Inform Management of High-Risk SCC Patients Emerging data support the clinical validity and use of DecisionDx-SCC as a prognostic 40-gene expression profile test for patients with high-risk squamous cell carcinoma.
  Medscape Medical News, February 01, 2021
• Tough Pain Relief Choices in the COVID-19 Pandemic The most used pain relievers in the world have come under new scrutiny as more people with symptoms of fever and body aches turn to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to ease symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, January 29, 2021
• Severe Atopic Eczema Tied to Higher Risk of Premature Death Adults with severe atopic eczema face an increased risk of dying from associated health issues, although the absolute risk of death from severe eczema is low, according to results of a U.K. population-based cohort study.
  Reuters Health Information, January 28, 2021