Dermatology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the hair, nails, skin and its diseases.[1][2] It is a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects.[2][3][4] A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails.[2][5]

Adjunctive ingenol mebutate gel for actinic keratosis caused few side effects, increased compliance

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 22:08

Ingenol mebutate gel for the treatment of actinic keratosis is an effective adjunct therapy to cryosurgery, and the absence of attendant serious local reactions can increase compliance, based on data...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

More ways to make the most of lasers in clinical practice

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:50

PHOENIX – What’s the latest in lasers? The most stubborn tattoos – those with blue or green ink – are now the easiest to remove with new laser technology and techniques. Microwave treatment for...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Acne scar improvements maintained after laser treatment

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:25

PHOENIX – Improvements in acne scarring were maintained 3 months after six laser treatments with a diffractive lens array and a picosecond 755-nm alexandrite laser. Changes seen on histology suggest...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Laser innovations target tattoos, acne, body fat

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:15

PHOENIX – Advances in laser technology allow dermatologists to remove tattoos in half the time but at twice the cost. Cold therapy for sebaceous glands theoretically could cure acne. Nonsurgical body...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Investigational acne treatment targets the sebaceous gland

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 21:31

DENVER – In the not-so-distant future, a treatment option for patients with moderate to severe acne may involve destruction of the sebaceous gland, according to Dr. R. Rox Anderson, director of the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 19:30

SAN DIEGO – Approximately one-quarter of patients diagnosed with physical urticaria actually responded when challenged, based on data from a study conducted at the National Institutes of Health....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:20

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to support the approval of the antibacterial drug dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

What’s old is new again for actinic keratoses treatment

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 23:00

DENVER – Changes in health insurance coverage are prompting a resurgence in the use of 5-fluorouracil to treat actinic keratoses, according to Dr. Linda Susan Marcus. Not only is 5-fluorouracil...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Ustekinumab again linked to cardiovascular events

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 17:05

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The anti-interleukin-12/23 biologic agents ustekinumab and briakinumab were associated with a statistically significant 4.23-fold increased risk of major adverse cardiac events in...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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