Dermatology News

• Study Highlights Effect of Acne in Adult Women on Quality of Life Feelings of depression, anxiety, depression, and low self-worth during acne breakouts were among the concerns expressed by study participants.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• SPD 2021 When Is MRI Useful in Managing of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi? A major management decision is to do a screening magnetic resonance image of the CNS to evaluate for neurologic involvement.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• Do I Have Bad Breath? A New Sensor Will Check Scientists are developing a new device to check breath for hydrogen sulfide, the gas that prompts the unpleasant smell from the mouth.
  WebMD Health News, July 30, 2021
• Influencer Dies Seeking Treatment for Underarm Sweating "Ideally, what you're doing is you're heating up the sweat glands and the underarms and destroying them," says Adam Friedman, MD.
  WebMD Health News, July 30, 2021
• Common Outcome Measures for AD Lack Adequate Reporting of Race "The validity and reliability of these outcome measures remains uncertain across different races, ethnicities, and skin tones," according to one of the study authors.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Study Estimates Carbon Footprint Reduction of Virtual Visits This is "one of the first studies to evaluate the environmental impact of any aspect of dermatology," according to the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Five Do's and Five Don'ts for Managing Atopic Dermatitis Many common treatments for atopic dermatitis are based on little clinical evidence, researchers say in a new review.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• COVID Vax Does Not Increase Risk of Flare in Patients With Lupus An international web-based survey found a very low rate of medically confirmed flare post COVID vaccination in nearly 700 participants.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• SPD 2021 Diagnosing Neurofibromatosis 1, With and Without Genetic Testing For most children with NF1, the diagnosis can be made can using National Institutes of Health criteria published in 1988.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• SPD 2021 The First Signs of Elusive Dysautonomia May Appear on the Skin Flushing, Raynaud's phenomenon, and hypo- or hyperhidrosis were among the cutaneous manifestations of POTS in one small study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• Groups, States Push Back on Legal Challenges to PBM Regulation Physician and pharmacy groups and state attorneys general unite against efforts by pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) groups to derail regulation of the industry's practices.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• Are You at Legal Risk for Speaking at Conferences? Attorneys say participants who sign agreements to speak at conferences should be aware of all their rights and responsibilities.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• Blistering Eruptions, Including Bullous Pemphigoid, Seen After COVID Vaccine SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines may trigger subepidermal blistering eruptions, particularly bullous pemphigoid and most often in older adults, US clinicians report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Face Mask-Related Injuries Rose Dramatically in 2020 Dermatitis was the most common mask-related injury treated last year.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• SPD 2021 Autoinflammatory Diseases 'Not So Rare After All,' Expert Says The median time to diagnosis has been estimated to be between 2.5 and 5 years.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• CDC Revamps STI Treatment Guidelines The updates replace recommendations from 2015 and include treatment updates for gonorrhea and chlamydia and expanded syphilis screening for some pregnant women.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
• GRAPPA 2021 Vaccine Hesitancy Weighs Heavy for Some With Rheumatic Disease ACR COVID-19 vaccine task force chair Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MPH, goes over the latest evidence about COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
• FDA Approves Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Dermatomyositis Octagam 10% is the first treatment to have an indication specifically for dermatomyositis.
  FDA Approvals, July 21, 2021
• Recent Trend: Melanoma Mortality Declining Rapidly The drop in death rates has occurred despite increased incidence rates for both men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2021
• FDA Investigating Carcinogen Found in Recalled J&J Sunscreen Products The US Food and Drug Administration has said it is investigating the root cause of a cancer-causing chemical found in some of Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen products.
  Reuters Health Information, July 16, 2021