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Volume 28 - Issue 12 - December 2020

Featured Article

Geriatric Dermatology:  A Different Look at Aging
Cover Story
12/14/2020
Dermatology has long fought to prevent and reverse the cutaneous signs of aging, but the truth exists that aging is inevitable. It is time to adapt the specialty to improve care for skin disease in older patients.
Dermatology has long fought to prevent and reverse the cutaneous signs of aging, but the truth exists that aging is inevitable. It is time to adapt the specialty to improve care for skin disease in older patients.
Dermatology has long fought to...
12/14/2020
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Feature

Evaluation and Management 2021 Coding Guidelines: Key Changes and Implications
Practice Advances
12/14/2020
New guidelines for the documentation of evaluation and management take effect January 1, 2021, and coding changes may affect payments in outpatient practices. New documentation guidelines for evaluation and...
New guidelines for the documentation of evaluation and management take effect January 1, 2021, and coding changes may affect payments in outpatient practices. New documentation guidelines for evaluation and...
New...
12/14/2020
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A Tender Eyebrow Nodule Heralding the Malignant Degeneration of a Spiradenoma
Feature Story
12/14/2020
While uncommon, the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous adnexal tumors such as spiradenocarcinoma are incredibly important for prognostic implications.   Spiradenocarcinomas are rare, malignant eccrine tumors...
While uncommon, the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous adnexal tumors such as spiradenocarcinoma are incredibly important for prognostic implications.   Spiradenocarcinomas are rare, malignant eccrine tumors...
...
12/14/2020
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Partner Approved
12/14/2020
Psoriasis has a known association with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Dermatologists should keep the association in mind when treating their patients with psoriasis.
Psoriasis has a known association with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Dermatologists should keep the association in mind when treating their patients with psoriasis.
Psoriasis has a known...
12/14/2020
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Empower Your Patients to Monitor Their Eczema Symptoms
Partner Approved
12/14/2020
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic disease requiring long-term monitoring of symptoms and triggers. Patients can proactively monitor their eczema with a new, easy-to-use mobile app.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic disease requiring long-term monitoring of symptoms and triggers. Patients can proactively monitor their eczema with a new, easy-to-use mobile app.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic...
12/14/2020
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Moving Rosacea Research Forward
Partner Approved
12/14/2020
While a number of new therapeutic agents have been approved to treat the signs of rosacea, much needed research is underway to better understand its pathogenesis. An estimated 16 million Americans have rosacea,1...
While a number of new therapeutic agents have been approved to treat the signs of rosacea, much needed research is underway to better understand its pathogenesis. An estimated 16 million Americans have rosacea,1...
While...
12/14/2020
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Insights

Q&As
12/14/2020
Women have found an increasing presence throughout dermatology both at a general and subspecialty level, but gaps in representation remain.  Over the past decade, women have found a growing role in the...
Women have found an increasing presence throughout dermatology both at a general and subspecialty level, but gaps in representation remain.  Over the past decade, women have found a growing role in the...
...
12/14/2020
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Empower Your Patients to Monitor Their Eczema Symptoms
Partner Approved
12/14/2020
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic disease requiring long-term monitoring of symptoms and triggers. Patients can proactively monitor their eczema with a new, easy-to-use mobile app.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic disease requiring long-term monitoring of symptoms and triggers. Patients can proactively monitor their eczema with a new, easy-to-use mobile app.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic...
12/14/2020
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Department

What Is the Cause of These Annular Lesions?
Derm Dx
12/14/2020
A 36-year-old man with a history of chronic back pain presented for evaluation of an atypical nevus on the right leg. A complete skin examination was performed. A dark brown 2- x 2-mm macule was found on his right...
A 36-year-old man with a history of chronic back pain presented for evaluation of an atypical nevus on the right leg. A complete skin examination was performed. A dark brown 2- x 2-mm macule was found on his right...
A...
12/14/2020
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Column

A Conversation With David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Spotlight
12/14/2020
Dr Goldberg earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, and later went on to complete his dermatology residency and a dermatologic surgical fellowship at New York University...
Dr Goldberg earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, and later went on to complete his dermatology residency and a dermatologic surgical fellowship at New York University...
Dr...
12/14/2020
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News

News
12/14/2020
New Biomarker for Vascular Inflammation in Psoriasis Identified CCL20 was strongly associated with vascular endothelial inflammation among patients with psoriasis, according to the findings of a recent...
New Biomarker for Vascular Inflammation in Psoriasis Identified CCL20 was strongly associated with vascular endothelial inflammation among patients with psoriasis, according to the findings of a recent...
New...
12/14/2020
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