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Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine but Causes Less Severe Disease
Risk for hospital admission among adults with COVID-19 29 percent lower than in the first pandemic wave that began in March 2020
Adjuvant Dupilumab Improves Asthma Control for Children
Adding dupilumab versus placebo reduced exacerbations, improved lung function in children with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma
Topical Tapinarof Reduces Severity of Plaque Psoriasis
Response rate higher but more adverse events seen at week 12 in patients with plaque psoriasis receiving tapinarof versus vehicle control
What Are the Consequences of Delay in MMS for Keratinocyte Carcinoma?
22 percent of patients who had delay to MMS due to stay-at-home order were more worried about their cancer
Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Is Rare, Has Variable Treatment
More than 20 therapies were tried in a case series of 95 patients; 19 percent reported hospitalization during follow-up
Treatments Explored for Moderate-to-Severe Alopecia Areata
Improvement in lesional scalp transcriptome toward nonlesional profile seen at week 24 for both ritlecitinib, brepocitinib
Psoriasis Ups Risk for Vascular Disease, Venous Thromboembolism
Risk particularly high in women and individuals with psoriatic arthritis
Spatial Clustering of Exemptions Linked to Measles Outbreaks
Increases in medical exemptions result in more than twice as many infections than if exemptions were maintained at pre-policy change level
Telemedicine Visits Do Not Lead to More Follow-Up Care
However, telemedicine visits associated with fewer medication prescriptions, orders for laboratory tests or imaging
Recommendations Developed for Dermatology Artificial Intelligence
Checklist for evaluation of image-based AI reports grouped into topics of data, technique, technical assessment, application
Is BF-200 ALA Superior to Vehicle for Total Lesion Clearance in AK?
BF-200 ALA has high efficacy, excellent cosmetic outcome for patients with mild-to-severe actinic keratoses located on extremities, trunk, neck
Giving Nivolumab/Ipilimumab First Ups Overall Survival in Melanoma
Two-year overall survival 72 percent for those starting with N/I, 52 percent for those starting with dabrafenib/trametinib
Old Spice, Secret Antiperspirants Recalled Due to Benzene
Proctor & Gamble said that it has not received any reports of harm from the recalled products
Colorectal Cancer Risk Up for Patients With Psoriasis
In subgroup analysis according to sex, increased risk for CRC seen for female, but not male psoriasis patients
Vaccine Makers Already Testing Their Shots Against Omicron Variant
So far, existing vaccines have proven effective against prior coronavirus variants, including the delta variant
Personal Care Product-Related Contact Dermatitis Increasing
Men twice as likely to have soaps as source of PCP, while hair care products were twice as likely to be a source among...
Is Patient-Led Surveillance Feasible After Localized Melanoma?
Patient-led surveillance correlated with increased skin self-examination frequency, had no adverse impact on psychological outcomes
Pandemic Had Greater Effect on Work-Life Balance for Female Physicians
A sizable gender gap evident for risk of depression and anxiety
Risk for Psoriasis Reduced After Tonsillectomy
Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the risk for psoriasis was increased after tonsillectomy
Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Shorter Stature in Early Childhood
Associations of atopic dermatitis with height and BMI decreased by age 14 and 5.5 years, respectively
What Is the Prevalence of Vitiligo in the United States?
U.S. population-based prevalence estimate of vitiligo is 0.76 percent; about 40 percent of adults with vitiligo may be undiagnosed
Two Distinct Clusters of Prurigo Nodularis Patients Identified
More African Americans seen in cluster 2, which had an inflammatory plasma profile and lower quality of life
Review Profiles Open-Access Datasets With Skin Cancer Images
Darker skin types underrepresented among publicly available skin image datasets used to inform skin cancer diagnosis
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