Volume 17 - Issue 4 - April 2009
04/16/2009
Earlier this month, Genentech issued a voluntary U.S. market withdrawal of efalizumab (Raptiva). On April 8, the company sent a letter to physicians to inform them about the decision to implement a phased voluntary withdrawal of the psoriasis...
Earlier this month, Genentech issued a voluntary U.S. market withdrawal of efalizumab (Raptiva). On April 8, the company sent a letter to physicians to inform them about the decision to implement a phased voluntary withdrawal of the psoriasis...
Earlier this month, Genentech...
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04/16/2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a new rule in September 2008 to protect consumers from identity theft by requiring financial institutions and creditors to implement a written identity theft prevention program. According to these...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a new rule in September 2008 to protect consumers from identity theft by requiring financial institutions and creditors to implement a written identity theft prevention program. According to these...
The Federal Trade Commission...
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04/16/2009
An Efficacious Treatment for Hyperhidrosis
During an event sponsored by Valeo Pharma at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, presenters showed studies in which Hydrosal Professional — 15% aluminum chloride in a...
An Efficacious Treatment for Hyperhidrosis
During an event sponsored by Valeo Pharma at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, presenters showed studies in which Hydrosal Professional — 15% aluminum chloride in a...
An Efficacious Treatment for...
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Issues in Dermatology
04/16/2009
Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in all 129 of the nation’s medical colleges, an influential college association has...
Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in all 129 of the nation’s medical colleges, an influential college association has...
Drug and medical device...
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Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
04/16/2009
Skin & Aging is always focused on new ideas and trends in dermatology. And once again, as the spring renewal progresses, we offer our readers a crash course in wound care, with our annual cover story — The Top 10 Wound Care Research...
Skin & Aging is always focused on new ideas and trends in dermatology. And once again, as the spring renewal progresses, we offer our readers a crash course in wound care, with our annual cover story — The Top 10 Wound Care Research...
Skin & Aging is always focused...
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Chief Medical Editor Message
04/16/2009
Walter Shelley, former chair of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, died in January this year. Walter had a broad influence on the field of dermatology. He helped train many people, and others like me were influenced by his...
Walter Shelley, former chair of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, died in January this year. Walter had a broad influence on the field of dermatology. He helped train many people, and others like me were influenced by his...
Walter Shelley, former chair of...
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Spotlight
04/16/2009
In dermatology, we are fortunate to have many of our profession’s innovators and great teachers still among us. This column was created so that we may gain insight from these practitioners and learn more about them. Some are bright stars in...
In dermatology, we are fortunate to have many of our profession’s innovators and great teachers still among us. This column was created so that we may gain insight from these practitioners and learn more about them. Some are bright stars in...
In dermatology, we are fortunate...
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Legal Ease
04/16/2009
In 2008, several states continued to pass legislation that impacted physicians, even as the federal government did not. This article will review some developments and re-developments in state law in 2008. New York Sales Taxes: Not Just for...
In 2008, several states continued to pass legislation that impacted physicians, even as the federal government did not. This article will review some developments and re-developments in state law in 2008. New York Sales Taxes: Not Just for...
In 2008, several states...
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Department
Derm Dx
04/16/2009
PATIENT PRESENTATION A 68-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 10-year history of multiple 2-cm to 3-cm tender exophytic violaceous or tan nodules with hemorrhagic crust on the lower extremities. The patient also had violaceous macules...
PATIENT PRESENTATION A 68-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 10-year history of multiple 2-cm to 3-cm tender exophytic violaceous or tan nodules with hemorrhagic crust on the lower extremities. The patient also had violaceous macules...
PATIENT PRESENTATION A...
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News
Helpful Handouts
04/16/2009
Husband-wife dermatologists Lynne Margesson and Bill Danby support their treatments for patients diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma with a handout that stresses sun avoidance, watchfulness, and their own instructions for using the immune...
Husband-wife dermatologists Lynne Margesson and Bill Danby support their treatments for patients diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma with a handout that stresses sun avoidance, watchfulness, and their own instructions for using the immune...
Husband-wife dermatologists...
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