Dermatology Perspective

• Drug Combinations Improve Survival in Melanoma Dr Jeffrey Weber discusses oral melanoma abstracts presented at ASCO 2024.
  Medscape Oncology, July 25, 2024
• A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health   We can't just give cash to low-income folks instead of food to improve their health, can we? That's just what these researchers did.
  Medscape, July 22, 2024
• Laboratory-Developed Meat: Ethicist Says It's Worth Pursuing   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses considerations for laboratory-developed meat.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 22, 2024
• Treating Psoriatic Arthritis in Primary Care A rheumatologist reviews the main updates to the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology's 2019 recommendations.
  Medscape Rheumatology, July 19, 2024
• Phototherapy for Psoriasis: When Is It the Right Choice?   Drs Tina Bhutani, Mona Shahriari, and Jason Hawkes discuss the use of phototherapy in the treatment of psoriasis as they work toward optimal outcomes in patient care.
  Medscape Dermatology, July 16, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Infographic: PAs Feel Content With Jobs Despite Challenges A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
  Medscape, July 09, 2024
• 5 Things to Know When Prescribing Topical Antifungals Overuse of topical antifungals, particularly combination antifungal-steroids, can cause adverse effects and drive resistance. Here's what you need to know about judicious use of these medications.
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 02, 2024
• How Facial Temperature Reveals Age and Disease Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."
  Medscape, July 02, 2024
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Despite overall career satisfaction among physician assistants, a minority express concerns about their relationship with doctors, patients, and administrators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2024
• Fostering Effective Communication With Food Allergy Patients   In this Care Cues, a physician and a young adult with food allergies share strategies on fostering effective communication about allergy management, from childhood to independent health management.
  Medscape, June 24, 2024
• Online Diagnosis of STIs? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the use of websites for diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 24, 2024
• ADA 2024 Diabetic Foot Infections: A Peptide's Potential Promise An antimicrobial peptide spray demonstrates promise in managing mild to moderate diabetic foot complications.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 24, 2024
• Phantom Cell Lines Undermine Cancer Research Credibility Research containing mistakes (or academic malfeasance) has been included in literature reviews, sowing confusion and uncertainty.
  Medscape Oncology, June 18, 2024
• Transplant Ethics: Quality of Life & Functional Restoration   Art Caplan discusses the ethics of transplanting for quality of life, not for functional restoration.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 17, 2024
• First Generation to Have More Cancer Than Their Parents   But how worried should we be? Dr F Perry Wilson breaks it all down.
  Medscape, June 11, 2024
• AMA President on a System in Crisis Outgoing AMA president Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, talked recently with Medscape about the obstacles ahead for America's physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2024
• Change Makers: Joe Kiani on Home-Based Care   The CEO of Masimo speaks with WebMD CMO John Whyte, MD, MPH, about how wearables and AI can advance home-based care.
  Medscape, June 06, 2024
• Infographic: Ideal States for Setting Up a Practice A Medscape data analysis shows five states where physicians can be successful professionally and also thrive personally.
  Medscape, June 06, 2024
• Inpatient Mortality Is Not a Great Way to Judge Hospitals   Public reporting of sepsis outcomes, including hospital deaths, isn't telling the whole story.
  Medscape, June 03, 2024