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Volume 21 - Issue 7 - July 2013

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Evaluating Cosmeceuticals
07/22/2013
Cosmeceuticals have the potential to benefit a multitude of patients. Utilizing the science behind the products will enable the dermatology provider to offer all patients a cosmeceutical regimen that is tailored to individual...
Cosmeceuticals have the potential to benefit a multitude of patients. Utilizing the science behind the products will enable the dermatology provider to offer all patients a cosmeceutical regimen that is tailored to individual...
Cosmeceuticals have the...
07/22/2013
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Active Treatment in Individuals With Psoriatic Arthritis
04/07/2016
Sensitive biomarkers help determine early changes in those with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Marjan de Groot, MD, and colleagues published a study in Dermatology in 2012 that determined which changes in the skin best correlate with clinical...
Sensitive biomarkers help determine early changes in those with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Marjan de Groot, MD, and colleagues published a study in Dermatology in 2012 that determined which changes in the skin best correlate with clinical...
Sensitive biomarkers help...
04/07/2016
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Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/22/2013
Chromoblastomycosis, or chromomycosis, is a subcutaneous, dematiaceous fungal infection, resulting from skin inoculation by pigmented fungi including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladophialophora carrionii, Fonsecaea...
Chromoblastomycosis, or chromomycosis, is a subcutaneous, dematiaceous fungal infection, resulting from skin inoculation by pigmented fungi including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladophialophora carrionii, Fonsecaea...
Chromoblastomycosis, or...
07/22/2013
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Effects of Adalimumab on Arterial Infammation
04/07/2016
Biologic treatment for skin infammation in psoriasis leads to improvement, but its effect on vascular infammation is less defned. Robert Bissonnette, MD, FRCPC, and col- leagues published a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging in...
Biologic treatment for skin infammation in psoriasis leads to improvement, but its effect on vascular infammation is less defned. Robert Bissonnette, MD, FRCPC, and col- leagues published a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging in...
Biologic treatment for skin...
04/07/2016
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Vivacare, The Online Patient Education Service, to Launch New Disease Education Centers
07/12/2013
In dermatology, the Centers will include acne, psoriasis and more. The service is also becoming more mobile-friendly.
In dermatology, the Centers will include acne, psoriasis and more. The service is also becoming more mobile-friendly.
In dermatology, the Centers will...
07/12/2013
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Study Indicates That Ustekinumab Does Not Affect BMI
04/07/2016
In a study published in 2013 in British Journal of Dermatology, Paolo Gisondi, MD, and colleagues observed the difference in the effects that the biologic agents ustekinumab and infiximab have on patients’ body mass index (BMI). When...
In a study published in 2013 in British Journal of Dermatology, Paolo Gisondi, MD, and colleagues observed the difference in the effects that the biologic agents ustekinumab and infiximab have on patients’ body mass index (BMI). When...
In a study published in 2013 in...
04/07/2016
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Aesthetics Corner
Fractionated C02 Laser Treatment for Photoaging of the Arms and Legs
07/10/2013
This case demonstrates that utilizing fractionated CO2 laser on the arms and legs can impressively rejuvenate photodamaged skin.
This case demonstrates that utilizing fractionated CO2 laser on the arms and legs can impressively rejuvenate photodamaged skin.
This case demonstrates that...
07/10/2013
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Cost-Effectiveness Modeling in Biologics For Partial Responders
04/07/2016
A systematic review conducted by Slaven Sikirica, published in Value in Health in 2013, confrmed that psoriasis patients with an improvement of a minimally important difference (MID) in their health-related quality of life (QOL), as...
A systematic review conducted by Slaven Sikirica, published in Value in Health in 2013, confrmed that psoriasis patients with an improvement of a minimally important difference (MID) in their health-related quality of life (QOL), as...
A systematic review conducted by...
04/07/2016
The Dermatologist
Derm Dx
What is This Black Umbilical Nodule?
07/10/2013
A 68-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer presented with a black nodular lesion in her umbilicus that had been present since her teenage years.
A 68-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer presented with a black nodular lesion in her umbilicus that had been present since her teenage years.
A 68-year-old woman with a...
07/10/2013
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Etanercept Improves Work Productivity in Psoriasis Patients
04/07/2016
Psoriasis is a condition that is known to reduce work productivity, and many biologic treatments lack a suffcient amount of evidence regarding their role in improving work output. In a recent study conducted in Canada and published in...
Psoriasis is a condition that is known to reduce work productivity, and many biologic treatments lack a suffcient amount of evidence regarding their role in improving work output. In a recent study conducted in Canada and published in...
Psoriasis is a condition that is...
04/07/2016
The Dermatologist
Biologic Treatment and Its Effect on Disease Severity and Quality of Life
04/07/2016
A study published in February 2013 in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology states that, for those with moderate-to-severe psoriasis being treated with biologics, a reduction of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index...
A study published in February 2013 in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology states that, for those with moderate-to-severe psoriasis being treated with biologics, a reduction of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index...
A study published in February...
04/07/2016
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