Dermatology

How do I loathe EHRs? Let me count the ways...

Nearly 50% of Medicare patients taking biologic therapies for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis stop treatment within a year, reported a study by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Analysis of trial data found that etanercept monotherapy treats psoriatic arthritis as effectively as the combination of etanercept and methotrexate.

Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have successfully developed a new material that could temporarily protect and tighten skin and smooth wrinkles.

Researchers have concluded that there is a small but significant genetic component to the observed connection between high body mass index (BMI) and psoriasis.

Avoiding needles may increase the appeal of temporary tattoos, but some physicians have warned against the use of black henna tattoos.

Gene therapy with the CRISPR/Cas9 system corrects mutations identified with patient-specific models that use stem cells generated from skin.

A new study has uncovered a potential shared genetic source between psoriasis and obesity, which could also address a connection among psoriasis, type 2 diabetes, and body mass index (BMI).

Rosacea patients are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to new research.

Patients afflicted with psoriasis have higher odds of developing abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Although popular acne treatment isotretinoin (Accutane) has been known to cause birth defects, many women still fail to follow simple contraception rules.

Patient adherence to oral antibiotic therapy for skin and soft tissue infections after hospital discharge appears to be low and associated with poor clinical outcomes.

Physicians, hospitals and large provider groups are beginning to understand the high costs of physician burnout.

Layoffs are tough. But, the economic downturn, lower insurance reimbursements, increased business expenses and the expectation that medical practices “do more with less†may make layoffs unavoidable.

Top-line results from a phase 3 trial indicate that twice-daily tofacitinib 5 mg and 10 mg are both superior to placebo in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis.

You do your best to attract qualified job candidates, ask the right interview questions and ultimately hire the best and the brightest to work at your practice. But, no matter what you do, it is inevitable that you will have problems with your workers from time to time.

Several symptoms, including nail pitting and uveitis, may indicate an increased risk for developing psoriatic arthritis.

At one point or another, every medical practice will have to deal with unmotivated employees. Unmotivated staff members can cause all sorts of problems, from a slowdown in productivity to decreased profits, poor morale and patient dissatisfaction.

Patients have often been told to avoid ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) before or after surgery due to an increased risk of bleeding.

Traditional skin tests that are used to determine allergies to the common antibiotic, amoxicillin, don’t actually work, according to new research findings.

Physicians do not usually burn themselves out. The majority of the time it is the work environment which burns out the physician. Certain conditions and circumstances in the workplace can set-up unsuspecting doctors for job related burnout. You can take an on fire, passionate, purpose driven physician and put them in the wrong work environment and you will burn them out.

“Flip the Clinic†is an open experiment that involves breaking the traditional health care mold. Clinic flippers are using a new strategies and techniques to empower patients and engage them in their health care while maximizing time with practitioners.

The FDA has approved Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb/Celltrion, Inc), the biosimilar for Remicade (infliximab) for the treatment of patients suffering from serious autoimmune diseases.

One of the largest and most important organs of the human body, the skin is also one of the most difficult to treat when damaged.

When you become a doctor, it’s no secret that you will have to deal with people all day long. And, in the course of these many human interactions (sometimes under stressful circumstances), there are bound to be some awkward, uncomfortable and painfully silent moments.

Several ultraviolet (UV)-filtering chemicals typically used in sunscreens can impair the function of human sperm cells, according to new research.

What once began in slow motion is now rapidly accelerating. The house of medicine is on fire, not with passionate purpose, but with a majority of doctors who are burning out.

Analysis of 3 apremilast trials finds that the medication increases workplace productivity and reduces workplace limitations for at least a year in patients who began trials with inadequately controlled psoriatic arthritis.

Patients afflicted with staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) skin and soft tissue infections only take about 57% of their prescribed antibiotic doses upon leaving the hospital.

Men afflicted with psoriasis are more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction.