Volume 13 - Issue 7 - July 2005
09/04/2008
CME #123— July 2005
Skin & Aging is proud to bring you this latest installment in its CME series. This series consists of regular CME activities that qualify you for two category 1 physician credit hours. As a reader of Skin & Aging, this...
CME #123— July 2005
Skin & Aging is proud to bring you this latest installment in its CME series. This series consists of regular CME activities that qualify you for two category 1 physician credit hours. As a reader of Skin & Aging, this...
CME #123— July 2005
Skin &...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Q uality. For more than a decade this has been the hottest buzzword in health care, particularly in managed care. Clinicians, industry think-tank experts, academicians, health plan “bean counters,” and others have produced numerous studies...
Q uality. For more than a decade this has been the hottest buzzword in health care, particularly in managed care. Clinicians, industry think-tank experts, academicians, health plan “bean counters,” and others have produced numerous studies...
Q uality. For more than a...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
P atient interest in natural ingredients is on the rise in all medical specialties, particularly dermatology. Natural ingredients are perceived to be safer and, sometimes, more effective — to the point that some patients decline prescription...
P atient interest in natural ingredients is on the rise in all medical specialties, particularly dermatology. Natural ingredients are perceived to be safer and, sometimes, more effective — to the point that some patients decline prescription...
P atient interest in natural...
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Department
Derm Dx
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Patient Presentation
A 33-year-old pregnant woman, gravida one, para zero, presented at 34 weeks of gestation complaining of a progressively worsening pruritic eruption. The lesions began around her umbilicus, and over a few days,...
Patient Presentation
A 33-year-old pregnant woman, gravida one, para zero, presented at 34 weeks of gestation complaining of a progressively worsening pruritic eruption. The lesions began around her umbilicus, and over a few days,...
Patient Presentation
A...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Allergen Focus
09/04/2008
T he thin-layer rapid use epicutaneous (T.R.U.E) Test of 23 common allergens is a valuable, first-line screening tool used by many dermatologists. Although the test focuses on common allergens, frequent questions have arisen from colleagues...
T he thin-layer rapid use epicutaneous (T.R.U.E) Test of 23 common allergens is a valuable, first-line screening tool used by many dermatologists. Although the test focuses on common allergens, frequent questions have arisen from colleagues...
T he thin-layer rapid use...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Financial Matters
09/04/2008
I n our experience, fewer than 5% of physicians are properly advised by a professional team. To be honest, it is rare when we meet a physician who is financially savvy or is properly advised by a team of professional advisors.
We are...
I n our experience, fewer than 5% of physicians are properly advised by a professional team. To be honest, it is rare when we meet a physician who is financially savvy or is properly advised by a team of professional advisors.
We are...
I n our experience, fewer than...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Cosmetic Clinic
09/04/2008
S ince 1982, when collagen was first approved for use in humans, not much has really changed in the collagen soft tissue augmentation market. The bovine collagen that was initially used was cross-linked for additional stability and the...
S ince 1982, when collagen was first approved for use in humans, not much has really changed in the collagen soft tissue augmentation market. The bovine collagen that was initially used was cross-linked for additional stability and the...
S ince 1982, when collagen was...
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Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
C all me a heretic if you’d like. Tell me I’m turning my back on my specialty. Accost me at meetings and curse my name on the Internet. But you won’t change my mind. I’ll still believe that tanning beds shouldn’t be banned. Sure, tanning beds...
C all me a heretic if you’d like. Tell me I’m turning my back on my specialty. Accost me at meetings and curse my name on the Internet. But you won’t change my mind. I’ll still believe that tanning beds shouldn’t be banned. Sure, tanning beds...
C all me a heretic if you’d...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
T he topic of pay for performance created a lot of buzz this past winter at the American Academy of Dermatology’s meeting in New Orleans. A lot of this buzz centered on concern about having yet more standards to meet, documentation to...
T he topic of pay for performance created a lot of buzz this past winter at the American Academy of Dermatology’s meeting in New Orleans. A lot of this buzz centered on concern about having yet more standards to meet, documentation to...
T he topic of pay for...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Practice Builders
09/04/2008
W hether you own your own practice or are part of a group, you will likely have to sign a commercial lease at some point in your life. Since this is something physicians don’t have to do very often, and landlords do all the time, the...
W hether you own your own practice or are part of a group, you will likely have to sign a commercial lease at some point in your life. Since this is something physicians don’t have to do very often, and landlords do all the time, the...
W hether you own your own...
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The Dermatologist
