Dermatology News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• How to Diagnose and Treat Pruritus in Older Adults Experts shared diagnosis and management strategies for chronic pruritus at the Dermatology Days of Paris 2024 conference.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Biomarkers Predict Lung Disease Outcome in SSc-ILD Therapy Patients with SSc-ILD who showed an increase in the level of blood biomarker KL-6 after 1 year of treatment were at risk of developing progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the second year.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• China Discovers Cluster of New Mpox Strain Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health...
  Reuters Health Information, January 09, 2025
• Merkel Cell Less Common, With Higher Mortality Than Melanoma A study analyzing over 660,000 skin cancer cases highlighted significant risk factors. incidence and mortality for MCC and melanoma.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• New Ideas on PsA Pathogenesis May Drive New Treatments Emerging evidence supports the argument that psoriatic arthritis arises from two pathways and that affected immune cells may become altered, leading to a worsening of symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Cardiac Risks With Newer Psoriasis Meds Match TNF Inhibitors A study of biologic-naive patients with psoriasis or PsA found that IL-17, IL-12/23, and IL-23 inhibitors have cardiovascular and thrombotic risk profiles comparable with those of TNF inhibitors.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Student-Run Clinics Seen Expanding With Promise and Pitfalls Medical students appear to be participating and managing more free clinics. A recent JAMA Internal Medicine article explored the benefits and potential risks of these programs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• MSWS 2024 Inflammation Now the Key Target for Seborrheic Dermatitis Topical antifungals, although often effective, are being discouraged in the early treatment of seborrheic dermatitis now that inflammation is considered key to the underlying pathology.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2025
• Combined Psoriasis/PsA Clinics: Potential and Pitfalls Experts propose potential workarounds for obstacles to wider use of combined clinics and personalized medicine for dermatology and rheumatology patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• TNF Inhibitors Ward Off Fracture in Axial Spondyloarthritis TNF inhibitors offered greater protection against fractures than NSAIDs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Stem Cell Transplant Effective for Children With Arthritis Children with refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis–related lung disease had complete remission after stem cell transplantation.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024
• Tildrakizumab Shows Durable Response in Scalp Psoriasis Patients with scalp psoriasis responded well to tildrakizumab at 52 weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024
• Biologic Use Predicts Remission Success in RA Patients with early RA who did not require a biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) had a higher chance of attaining sustained DMARD-free remission.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024
• Expert Tips for Managing GLP-1 Medication Side Effects Experts say patients should adjust dosage, try prescribed and over-the-counter drugs to help with symptom management and dietary changes to deal with side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2024
• Pediatric Central Line Skin Reactions Lack Rx Protocols A small survey reveals that most dermatologists consulted for central line dressing-related adverse skin reactions in children said standardized protocols are lacking.
  Medscape Medical News, December 26, 2024
• Parents of Children With AD Suffer Related Sleep Loss A study revealed that parents of children with atopic dermatitis experience less than optimal sleep and are more reliant on sleep aids.
  Medscape Medical News, December 24, 2024
• Why Sex and Gender Are Important Biomarkers in PsA Differences in how men and women manifest and experience psoriatic arthritis suggest it’s time to think of patient sex as a biomarker, one researcher said.
  Medscape Medical News, December 24, 2024
• Psoriasis Affects an Estimated 3% of US Adults Psoriasis is more common among older adults, those with obesity, and non-Hispanic white individuals, a study reported.
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2024