Dermatology News

• Florida Offers Drive-Through Botox to Quarantined Residents Quarantined Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows' feet need frown no longer -- Botox is back, and it's being offered at a drive-through.
  Reuters Health Information, June 04, 2020
• Hidradenitis Suppurativa Tied to Increased Cancer Risk Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) was associated with an increased risk of cancer in a population-based study in Korea.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• Hidradenitis Suppurativa Linked to Multiple Comorbidities Before and After Diagnosis People with the chronic skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) are at increased risk for comorbidities presenting both before and after HS diagnosis, according to a Danish registry-based study of disease trajectories.
  Reuters Health Information, May 28, 2020
• FDA Approves Ixekizumab (Taltz) for Nonradiographic axSpA The monoclonal interleukin-17A antagonist has three other indications: ankylosing spondylitis in adults, psoriatic arthritis in adults, and plaque psoriasis in adults and children age 6 and older.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• COVID-19: Where Doctors Can Get Help for Emotional Distress Many physicians say the traumatic experiences of being on the front line leave them mentally exhausted, guilt-ridden, and depressed. Here's where to find resources to help your mental health at this time.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• Long-Term Use of Biologics Does Not Appear to Raise Melanoma Risk Patients treated with biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis don't appear to be at increased risk of melanoma, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, May 27, 2020
• US Insurers Often Limit Biosimilar Coverage US commercial health plans only covered biosimilars as 'preferred' products in 14% of coverage decisions last year, according to an analysis of publicly available data on coverage decisions.
  Reuters Health Information, May 27, 2020
• Gaps in Malpractice Insurance Risky for Frontline Physicians; More Limited coverage working outside specialty or state; 'no mercy' for noncompliant nursing homes; doctor successfully invokes 'alternative method' defense; state ballot initiative put on hold.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 28, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves New Biologic for Atopic Dermatitis in Children Dupilumab (Dupixent) injection has been approved for adults since 2017. The new indication is for children whose atopic dermatitis is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies.
  FDA Approvals, May 27, 2020
• Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: Helping Your Patients From Afar As people are social distancing and staying at home, domestic violence is increasing, and people are at risk. Experts say you can intervene, even from a distance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• Study Confirms Higher Risk of Inflammatory CNS Events With Some TNF Inhibitors Exposure to TNF inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of inflammatory events in the CNS in patients with autoimmune diseases, according to a retrospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 25, 2020
• Healthcare Workers May Be at Risk Early in COVID-19 Outbreak In the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare workers may not recognize that patients have the disease, which can put them at risk, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• Consumer Reports Ranks Top Sunscreens for 2020 Chemical sunscreens beat out those with mineral or natural ingredients on this year's best sunscreen list by Consumer Reports.
  WebMD Health News, May 22, 2020
• Alopecia Patients May Be at Increased Risk of Heart Attack Patients with alopecia areata appear to be at heightened risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a large population-based study from South Korea.
  Reuters Health Information, May 21, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Chilblains in Children, Antibody Tests Removed These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• Chilblain-like Lesions Reported in Kids Thought to Have COVID-19 Two case series from Europe describe chilblain-like lesions in children with mild symptoms of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• Fewer Cancer Recurrences Seen With Topical Corticosteroids in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus Topical corticosteroids use is associated with a reduced recurrence rate of vSCC and dVIN in women with vulvar lichen sclerosus, according to researchers in Australia.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2020
• COVID-19 and Physician Income: Some Suffer While Others Do Not Like COVID-19's symptoms, the pandemic's effect on physician income has been worse for some specialties than for others. Here's a rundown of how various doctors are dealing financially.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2020
• Europe Sees Two Deaths, Multiple Cases of COVID-Linked Syndrome in Children A new life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 has affected 230 children in Europe and killed two so far this year.
  Reuters Health Information, May 15, 2020
• Medicare for All vs Single Payer: Do You Know the Difference? Many people consider Medicare for All and single payer synonymous; others say they have important differences.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2020