Volume 12 - Issue 4 - April 2004
Department
Derm Dx
09/04/2008
Patient Presentation An 83-year-old Caucasian man was brought by his daughter for consultation because of a non-healing, slowly progressive lesion on his right earlobe, which lead to piercing of the earlobe.
Patient Presentation An 83-year-old Caucasian man was brought by his daughter for consultation because of a non-healing, slowly progressive lesion on his right earlobe, which lead to piercing of the earlobe.
Patient Presentation An...
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The Dermatologist
Cosmetic Clinic
09/04/2008
T he ideal soft tissue augmentation material (like the ideal spouse) should be permanent, forgiving and not ridiculously expensive. In dermatology, I think we’re getting closer to having the perfect fillers. Among the soft tissue products...
T he ideal soft tissue augmentation material (like the ideal spouse) should be permanent, forgiving and not ridiculously expensive. In dermatology, I think we’re getting closer to having the perfect fillers. Among the soft tissue products...
T he ideal soft tissue...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Letters to the Editor
09/04/2008
I n 2003, the attention of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) leadership to academic dermatology was a positive step forward. The efforts made by the leadership to keep dermatologists in academic settings or bring them back from...
I n 2003, the attention of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) leadership to academic dermatology was a positive step forward. The efforts made by the leadership to keep dermatologists in academic settings or bring them back from...
I n 2003, the attention of the...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
A recent study in the state of Florida showed a 10-fold increase in the number of deaths among patients who had surgery performed in a physician’s office instead of in an ambulatory surgical center or hospital was seen from 2000 through 2002...
A recent study in the state of Florida showed a 10-fold increase in the number of deaths among patients who had surgery performed in a physician’s office instead of in an ambulatory surgical center or hospital was seen from 2000 through 2002...
A recent study in the state of...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
I n an effort to heighten awareness of the deadliest form of skin cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has designated May as Melanoma Month. The month will kick off on May 3, Melanoma Monday, which is designed to raise awareness...
I n an effort to heighten awareness of the deadliest form of skin cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has designated May as Melanoma Month. The month will kick off on May 3, Melanoma Monday, which is designed to raise awareness...
I n an effort to heighten...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
I n youth, the jaw line at the inferior margin of the lower face is sharp and uninterrupted, forming the desirable V shape of the face during its prime years of youth. With the sagging of the cheek skin, the U configuration of the aging face...
I n youth, the jaw line at the inferior margin of the lower face is sharp and uninterrupted, forming the desirable V shape of the face during its prime years of youth. With the sagging of the cheek skin, the U configuration of the aging face...
I n youth, the jaw line at the...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
D ermatologists are no strangers to using many different combinations of drugs to help treat patients’ myriad dermatoses. However, with the advent of corticosteroid foam formulations, an old familiar friend (the corticosteroid) can be teamed...
D ermatologists are no strangers to using many different combinations of drugs to help treat patients’ myriad dermatoses. However, with the advent of corticosteroid foam formulations, an old familiar friend (the corticosteroid) can be teamed...
D ermatologists are no strangers...
09/04/2008
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Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
A n estimated 25% of all surgical procedures and 50% of all cosmetic procedures are performed in physicians’ offices.1 Patient and physician convenience, ease of scheduling, cost savings and avoidance of nosocomial infections are all...
A n estimated 25% of all surgical procedures and 50% of all cosmetic procedures are performed in physicians’ offices.1 Patient and physician convenience, ease of scheduling, cost savings and avoidance of nosocomial infections are all...
A n estimated 25% of all...
09/04/2008
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Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
It was in 1963 when Edith Yarnall, a 44-year-old mother and wife in the prime of life, felt the bump on the back of her leg.
“I was sliding across the seat in the car,” she explains, “when I felt the back of my left leg ‘bump’ over the...
It was in 1963 when Edith Yarnall, a 44-year-old mother and wife in the prime of life, felt the bump on the back of her leg.
“I was sliding across the seat in the car,” she explains, “when I felt the back of my left leg ‘bump’ over the...
It was in 1963 when Edith...
09/04/2008
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Legal Ease
09/04/2008
T he privacy of patients’ medical information has been a cornerstone of the doctor-patient relationship since the time of Hippocrates. As the complexity of the provision of medical care has increased, in particular since World War II and the...
T he privacy of patients’ medical information has been a cornerstone of the doctor-patient relationship since the time of Hippocrates. As the complexity of the provision of medical care has increased, in particular since World War II and the...
T he privacy of patients’...
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