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Baltimore - Toilet-seat contact dermatitis is once again afflicting American children - and the rare condition is often misdiagnosed, causing delay in proper treatment, news source MedPage Today reports.

Washington - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports that more than 600 organizations and institutions are working with local Haitian authorities to bring relief to victims of the recent earthquake, Medscape Medical News reports.

Wayland, Mass. - Officials of aesthetic-device makers Syneron Medical of Israel and Candela, based here, have announced the successful closing of their merger, according to PR-inside.com.

Dermatology PAs : Standards, supervision still concerns, but caseloads, knowledge base grow AAD’s ‘Seal’ exits : Academy says FDA sunscreen monograph to supersede approval program Special Report : Dermatitis

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"Getting an EHR is like getting married," says Jonathan Hager, M.D., an internist with Alexander Medical Group in Rochester, N.Y. "Once you are in one of these systems, you are in it. You've got to take the time and make sure you know what you're doing."

Tampa, Fla. ? Along with knowing when and how to biopsy gynecologic dermatoses, dermatologists must address patients' anxieties regarding these problems, an expert says.

Bethesda, Md. ? The skin is the window to the body and often, internal disease processes can be associated with cutaneous symptoms. A number of cutaneous signs are linked to internal malignancies and the timely recognition of these signs and their associations with either genodermatoses or paraneoplastic syndromes can significantly impact the prognosis and treatment of patients.

We are receiving a lot of calls and e-mails regarding which Medicare fee schedule dermatology practices are supposed to use starting Jan. 1. There is a lot of incorrect information floating around from various sources.

Munich, Germany - Acupuncture may bring some relief to itching suffered by atopic eczema patients, Reuters Health reports.

Kyoto, Japan - Results of a new study suggest that frequency of pruritic symptoms is strongly associated with psychological stress, HealthDay News reports.

Cambridge, England - The first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes are complete, according to new research published in the Dec. 16 online issue of Nature, Medscape Medical News reports.

Miami - Whites and Hispanics are being diagnosed with melanoma more frequently in recent years, while Hispanics and blacks continue to have advanced skin cancer at diagnosis, ScienceDaily reports.

Dermatology's Dividends : Study ranks specialty among the most satisfying ‘Botax’ now ‘tan tax’ : Revised Senate healthcare reform bill would assess sunbed users Special Report : Anti-aging Therapies

Topical retinoid treatment yields gradual results, but the modality can be effective for some wrinkles and depigmentation.

Flagellate pigmentation is an uncommon and curious cutaneous manifestation commonly associated with systemic bleomycin chemotherapy.

Recently, a 27-year-old woman consulted me about hair loss of several years' duration. She was in otherwise good health, and she proved this by showing me an impressive list of perfectly normal laboratory results indicating, among other things, that she did not have anemia or thyroid disease.

A recent study that ranks dermatology among the most satisfying medical specialties to practice finds agreement among dermatologists, who count the specialty's diversity, flexibility and visual nature among its charms.

Once again, dermatologists and other physicians face the prospects of huge reductions in their Medicare reimbursement rates because of the inability of Congress to resolve the problems imposed by the sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) and must count on, yet again, another temporary reprieve.

Derms will need to take a more comprehensive approach to age management that will demand more than knowing how to inject the latest filler or toxin or dial in a laser setting.

New devices are hitting the market with claims of skin-tightening capabilities.

With all of the talk about the government's EMR stimulus package, new CPT codes, and the impact of the turbulent economy, you wouldn't pick dress codes as a big concern for medical practices. But as the newest generation entering the work force starts filling positions at your dermatology practice, it won't be long before you, too, may need to establish - or update - your practice's dress code.

The first U.S. face transplant recipient continues to regain sensory and motor capabilities, with future revision procedures planned.

Scabies infection may be a trigger for bullous pemphigoid, and investigators plan to conduct a larger study to confirm their findings.

An Er:YAG laser equipped with tiny, straight and curved micron tips allows physicians to perform ablative treatments of very small and typically hard-to-reach cutaneous lesions more quickly and easily compared to traditional straight tips.

Dr. Cosmetic has a thriving cosmetic dermatology practice. He treats thousands of patients each year with a variety of lasers, fillers and botulinum toxins. One year ago, he treated a patient with botulinum toxin who, after paying her bill, died in his office from a heart attack. Although saddened by the death of his patient, he was somewhat comforted by the fact that his treatment had nothing to do with her untimely death.

Patients with treatment-resistant chronic idiopathic urticaria may respond more successfully to antihistamine therapy augmented with dapsone or colchicine.

Identifying precipitating events and treating patients with antidepressant Lexapro can help patients overcome delusions of parasitosis.

According to preliminary data, administration of curcumin diminishes the severity of radiation dermatitis, a common adverse event in cancer patients who are receiving radiation therapy.

Politics is a popular but touchy subject. We wondered whether dermatologists' patients are raising the issue of healthcare reform during visits, and, if so, how the derms are handling those questions.