Volume 12 - Issue 8 - August 2004
09/04/2008
I can still picture my poor friend Lisa in seventh grade. Seated as inconspicuously as possible in the back of the room, Lisa did everything she could to avoid the stares from fellow classmates. Her skin was always red, inflamed and...
I can still picture my poor friend Lisa in seventh grade. Seated as inconspicuously as possible in the back of the room, Lisa did everything she could to avoid the stares from fellow classmates. Her skin was always red, inflamed and...
I can still picture my poor...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
T his issue of Skin & Aging focuses on acne and discusses consensus recommendations for acne treatment. These recommendations are not formally issued guidelines of care from the American Academy of Dermatology (the AAD is expecting to...
T his issue of Skin & Aging focuses on acne and discusses consensus recommendations for acne treatment. These recommendations are not formally issued guidelines of care from the American Academy of Dermatology (the AAD is expecting to...
T his issue of Skin & Aging...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
W hen the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published consensus recommendations on the treatment of acne just over a year ago, a number of experts hailed them as an approach that was long overdue. The recommendations, which were...
W hen the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published consensus recommendations on the treatment of acne just over a year ago, a number of experts hailed them as an approach that was long overdue. The recommendations, which were...
W hen the Journal of the...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
M ost agree that it begins silently and asymptomatically as the microcomedone — a medically innocuous series of cellular events lead to this precursor lesion that once clinically expressed, can irrevocably change lives and fuel multi-million...
M ost agree that it begins silently and asymptomatically as the microcomedone — a medically innocuous series of cellular events lead to this precursor lesion that once clinically expressed, can irrevocably change lives and fuel multi-million...
M ost agree that it begins...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
A cne and rosacea are some of the most common conditions you treat everyday. And patients are always looking for better, faster treatments. Here, we’ll highlight some of the latest news and trends about the acne and rosacea prescription...
A cne and rosacea are some of the most common conditions you treat everyday. And patients are always looking for better, faster treatments. Here, we’ll highlight some of the latest news and trends about the acne and rosacea prescription...
A cne and rosacea are some of...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
D espite the very good drugs available to treat acne, for 10% to 15% of patients, treatment fails. According to Andreas Katsambas, professor and chairman of the department of dermatology at the University of Athens in Greece, there are a...
D espite the very good drugs available to treat acne, for 10% to 15% of patients, treatment fails. According to Andreas Katsambas, professor and chairman of the department of dermatology at the University of Athens in Greece, there are a...
D espite the very good drugs...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
W e all get stumped now and then with a patient who has a difficult case of acne, but one case in particular will long stand out in my mind. I truly had to put on my detective’s hat to solve this mystery. T. R. is a 32-year-old Caucasian...
W e all get stumped now and then with a patient who has a difficult case of acne, but one case in particular will long stand out in my mind. I truly had to put on my detective’s hat to solve this mystery. T. R. is a 32-year-old Caucasian...
W e all get stumped now and then...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
A common perception related to the use of topical retinoid therapy is that initial exacerbation of acne commonly precedes clinical improvement. Market research and informal surveys that I have completed suggest that many dermatologists...
A common perception related to the use of topical retinoid therapy is that initial exacerbation of acne commonly precedes clinical improvement. Market research and informal surveys that I have completed suggest that many dermatologists...
A common perception related to...
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Department
Financial Matters
09/04/2008
A ll of us have, or should have, some life insurance. We may have some through our company or we may have some that we have purchased individually. Some of us are buying life insurance to protect our loved ones in the event of a premature...
A ll of us have, or should have, some life insurance. We may have some through our company or we may have some that we have purchased individually. Some of us are buying life insurance to protect our loved ones in the event of a premature...
A ll of us have, or should have,...
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Column
Legal Ease
09/04/2008
A recent Supreme Court ruling is likely to have far-reaching negative implications for our patients — and there will be little we can do about it.
In June 2004, the Supreme Court ruled that patients couldn’t sue their HMOs in state court...
A recent Supreme Court ruling is likely to have far-reaching negative implications for our patients — and there will be little we can do about it.
In June 2004, the Supreme Court ruled that patients couldn’t sue their HMOs in state court...
A recent Supreme Court ruling...
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