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San Diego - The innate immune system may play a role in rosacea, according to Richard L. Gallo, M.D., Ph.D., from the Veterans Medical Research Foundation here and the University of California San Diego.

Dundee, Scotland - A routine cell culture of a patient with epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) has led to the inadvertent discovery of a revertant mutation that deactivates the original pathogenic mutation, according to Irwin McLean, Ph.D.

Healing waters: Natural hot springs help AD sufferers

Contact dermatitis:New science, new solutions

Late response is possible in initial nonresponders

San Francisco - When Ivor Caro, M.D., now medical director of dermatology at Genentech Inc., joined the South San Francisco-based biotechnology company last year, he saw great potential for dermatology research.

Dr. Jane is a pillar of the dermatologic medical community. She has practiced in her small rural town for 10 years, is loved by her patients, and respected by her peers. She is active in community services, considers herself a religious person and has never been the recipient of any legal complaint.

The Canadianregulations, which passed in mid-March, were revisions ofregulations that had been drafted in 1980.

Society sees escalating issues with nonphysician care

Contibution limits for all defined contribution plans have increased for 2004.

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Injections manage painful postherpetic neuralgia, keloids

Maui, Hawaii - Next-generation botulinum toxin treatments promise to improve problems ranging from smokers' lines to sweaty palms. However, such treatments aren't for novices - be they dermatologists or patients. "As Botox is now becoming more widely accepted and we're becoming more used to its application, we're finding new uses for it," said Kevin S. Pinski, M.D.

A team of scientists has discovered that a little-known molecule created in the intestine when soy is digested is a natural and powerful blocker of a potent male hormone involved in prostate cancer and male pattern baldness, according to EurekAlert.

Q.What is unique about shampoos designed for African-American patients?

Washington - In vivo and in vitro studies show that coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an endogenous antioxidant and energizer, inhibits oxidative stress in human skin cells.

A virus found on human skin could provide a natural cure for acne could help thousands of sufferers, according to a report published by PA News. Scientists at the University of Leeds Skin Research Centre carried out tests on the virus, called a bacteriophage. Initial research showed the virus attacked the bacteria, which is a major cause of spots and inflamed skin.

Medical experts from the skin disease research institute of China's Anhui Medical University for the first time have cloned the gene of familial trichoepithelioma, according to People's Daily Online.

Washington -- According to Komal Pandya, two derivatives of green tea -- caffeine and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) -- control UV damage after it has occurred.

London - J. Meirion Thomas, M.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., set out in a recent study to confirm that wide excision margin provides no advantage over narrow excision margin in melanoma. But, after studying 900 patients in the decade-long study, he found the opposite is true.

Data on new lesion development during follow-up shows drug is effective in simultaneous control of both conditions

Washington - The therapy of choice for the treatment of toenail onychomycosis remains continuous doses of terbinafine (Lamisil), according to Erin Warshaw, M.D. In certain situations, however, pulse dosing may play a role.

Washington - Results of a multistudy analysis reinforce the efficacy of subcutaneous etanercept (Enbrel, Amgen) for inducing rapid and sustained improvement in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis, said Kenneth Gordon, M.D., at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Boca Raton, Fla. - Contact dermatitis from topical medications is the most common type of adverse drug reaction, and allergic contact dermatitis is the most common and most important form of contact dermatitis induced by topical drugs, according to James S. Taylor, M.D., head of the industrial dermatology section of the department of dermatology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland. "Patients with medicament contact dermatitis usually have a good prognosis, but with a propensity for relapse," he said.

Washington - Pimecrolimus cream 1 percent showed better local tolerability than tacrolimus ointment 0.03 percent in pediatric patients with moderate atopic dermatitis, and the patients or their primary caregivers rated most of the formulation attributes of the pimecrolimus cream as being significantly better than those of the tacrolimus ointment, according to a recent Phase IV study presented at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.

Washington - Oral tazarotene offers rapid and durable clinical improvement in difficult-to-treat psoriatic lesions on the elbows and knees, said Sewon Kang, M.D., at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Dallas - Most community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin and soft tissue abscesses smaller than 5 cm can be managed with standard incision and drainage, without the need for antibiotic therapy, according to a new study.

Pulse doses of oral agent may help stabilize inflammatory acne

Washington, D.C. - In a recent 10-week, three-dose phase II trial of inflaximab (Remicade), 87.9 percent of the 250 participants achieved PASI 75, while 58 percent achieved PASI 90 at the 10-week mark.

Dr. Bob has a large, mostly medical, dermatology practice. The practice is divided almost equally into patients whose health care insurance is provided by managed care organizations and those whose insurance is provided by federally insured policies with either Medicare or Medicaid.