Skin & Allergy News articles from April 2007

Skin & Allergy News archives from April 2007

Full Mohs payment reinstated for now.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Novel antioxidant shows promise as photoaging topical: data encouraging for coffee-berry extract.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Combo therapy may be hydroquinone alternative.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

HPV vaccine effective against lesions and warts at 3 years.(News)
April 1, 2007

Study's baseline results support atopic March.(News)
April 1, 2007

HHS programs to boost quality, transparency.(News)
April 1, 2007

Injection site pain is top adverse event for Gardasil.(News)
April 1, 2007

Merck stops lobbying for state-level HPV vaccine mandates.(News)
April 1, 2007

Prevalence of HPV is estimated at 27% in females aged 14-59 years.(News)
April 1, 2007

Novel drugs highly effective in resistant HIV: maraviroc and raltegravir each reduced viral loads to below 400 copies/mL in 55%-75% of patients.(News)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007

Herpes suppression does dual duty in women who have comorbid HIV.(News)
April 1, 2007

10% of new HIV cases show resistance to drugs.(News)
April 1, 2007

Newly designed drug labels aim for ease of use: the highlights section of the label, designed in response to physician feedback, is one major change.(News)
April 1, 2007

FDA panel selects influenza vaccine strains for 2007-2008.(News)
April 1, 2007

The perils of early adoption.(Under My Skin)
April 1, 2007

Quality reporting in dermatology.(Adviser's Viewpoint)
April 1, 2007

Experienced PAs are valuable assets.(Letters)
April 1, 2007

Reasons not to mandate HPV vaccine.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007

Rx: take two pens and call me.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007

Contrarians funded by big tobacco.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007

Skill, technique are critical with permanent filler.(Dermatology Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Unipolar RF device goes deep to treat cellulite.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Proper preop makes for easier toenail surgery.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Port-wine stains may darken years after laser Tx.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Animal-derived implant found 'relatively effective'.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Ophthalmologist shares periocular excision tips.(Dermatologic Surgery)(Catherine Newton)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007

Thrombosis, not bleeding, poses greater surgery concern.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Platelet concentrate may speed wound healing.(Dermatologic Surgery)
April 1, 2007

Patients prefer autoinjection pen over syringe: increase odds of success and facilitate ease of use by training patients to use the autoinjection pen.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Clobex spray improves psoriasis, quality of life in real-world study.(Dermatologic Therapy)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007

Tacrolimus cream is safe, effective for psoriasis.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Reformulations in acne medication show promise.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Rosacea lesion counts drop after use of green tea cream.(Dermatologic Therapy)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007

Ethnicity could affect acne patients' response to therapy.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Licorice, Part II.(COSMECEUTICAL CRITIQUE)
April 1, 2007

Consider nonsurgical Tx for mild hidradenitis suppurativa.(Dermatologic Therapy)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007

Imiquimod useful before, after cancer surgery: pretreatment can shrink a BCC lesion, and use after surgery may improve scarring and prevent recurrence.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Military experts say newer hemostatic dressings beat gauze.(Dermatologic Therapy)
April 1, 2007

Dalteparin can help diabetic foot ulcers.(Dermatologic Therapy)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007

Patients' reluctance to seek treatment for truncal acne surprisingly common.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Breast cancer in men linked to melanoma risk.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Skin signs unite range of innate immunity defects: several disparate skin syndromes appear to share a neutrophil dysfunction genesis.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Connective tissue disease may induce a skin eruption.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

New assay takes sting out of chronic urticaria.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Many factors affect how to biopsy nail streaks.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Phase II cancer drug trial methods are often obsolete.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Surgery tops radiotherapy in skin cancer patients.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Size does matter in the diagnosis of vasculitides.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Studies find circumcision is linked to reduced HIV risk.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Protege carotid stent, alphanate.(New & Approved)
April 1, 2007

Global scleroderma database predicts organ risk.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Scleroderma, similar syndromes can be tricky to diagnose.(Clinical Rounds)(Disease/Disorder overview)
April 1, 2007

Knifelike vulvar ulcers may signal Crohn's disease.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Newest cervical ca vaccine is effective through 5.5 years.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Classification of vulvar disease blends specialties.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Migraine patients shouldn't use oral birth control.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Control of vulvar disease may stave off cancer.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

MRSA increasing in persistent vaginal yeast infectious.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Antibiotic use shown to drive resistance within individuals.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Consider complex aphthosis in young girls' vulvar ulcers.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Nontreatment best option for most labial agglutination.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007

Engineered skin reduces the need for large donor grafts.(Clinical Rounds)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007

Obese children may face heart failure in their 20s.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

FDA panel backs 'stopgap' avian flu vaccine.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Myth persists on seafood allergy/contrast link.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Some consumers are ignoring cautionary food allergen labels.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

One-third of egg-allergic children are tolerant by age 5.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Nasal Tx of seasonal allergic rhinitis helps eyes.(Clinical Rounds)
April 1, 2007

Simple label machine subs for EMR system.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Feds may stop pay for surgical site infections.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Surge in nonsurgical procedures.(Policy & Practice)
April 1, 2007

Hill wants tanning bed study.(Policy & Practice)(Carolyn Maloney)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007

Coal tar/menthol OK for dandruff.(Policy & Practice)
April 1, 2007

Ex-FDA chief avoids jail.(Policy & Practice)(Lester Crawford)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007

Majority want access guarantee.(Policy & Practice)
April 1, 2007

Health spending continues to soar.(Policy & Practice)
April 1, 2007

Lawsuit outcomes often tied to breach of duty.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

With skin of color, use lasers carefully to avoid malpractice.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

States are moving fast on health care reform.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

As costs rise, employer insurance coverage falls.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

USP issues perioperative medication error report.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Medicare pay fix won't come easy ... or cheap.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Expert warns of ominous signs in fight against AIDS.(Practice Trends)
April 1, 2007

Client billing results in lower pathology charge.(Practice Trends)(Clinical report)
April 1, 2007