Volume 18 - Issue 8 - August 2010
Cover Story
08/17/2010
Dermatologists setting up shop as a clinical trial center may see many benefits, but they also face multiple challenges. As clinical trials expand well beyond academic centers and move increasingly into the community-practice arena, many...
Dermatologists setting up shop as a clinical trial center may see many benefits, but they also face multiple challenges. As clinical trials expand well beyond academic centers and move increasingly into the community-practice arena, many...
Dermatologists setting up shop...
08/17/2010
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Department
Publisher's Message
08/18/2010
Over time there has always been one constant — change. Change is something that all of us have to adapt to in all aspects of our lives. And, change can often be for the better. Our mission at Skin & Aging is to provide dermatologists, as...
Over time there has always been one constant — change. Change is something that all of us have to adapt to in all aspects of our lives. And, change can often be for the better. Our mission at Skin & Aging is to provide dermatologists, as...
Over time there has always been...
08/18/2010
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Cosmetic Clinic
08/18/2010
Columnist Ken Beer is the Director of Cosmetic Bootcamp, which offers core specialists high level interaction and instruction at seven boutique meetings per year. There, he says, he learns more from teaching, along with fellow instructors,...
Columnist Ken Beer is the Director of Cosmetic Bootcamp, which offers core specialists high level interaction and instruction at seven boutique meetings per year. There, he says, he learns more from teaching, along with fellow instructors,...
Columnist Ken Beer is the...
08/18/2010
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Coding and Billing
08/18/2010
While physicians’ costs rise, Medicare seeks to cut their compensation. Now they await with dread the threatened but still pending 21.2% decrease in the Medicare reimbursement rate. Dr. Kircik, for one, is mad and wonders if physicians should...
While physicians’ costs rise, Medicare seeks to cut their compensation. Now they await with dread the threatened but still pending 21.2% decrease in the Medicare reimbursement rate. Dr. Kircik, for one, is mad and wonders if physicians should...
While physicians’ costs rise,...
08/18/2010
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Clinical Tips
08/18/2010
This column will highlight a wide range of pearls from practicing dermatologists — everything from a better way to perform a clinical procedure to a more effective method for communicating with patients to advice for improving an office...
This column will highlight a wide range of pearls from practicing dermatologists — everything from a better way to perform a clinical procedure to a more effective method for communicating with patients to advice for improving an office...
This column will highlight a...
08/18/2010
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Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
08/18/2010
Assuring the quality of medical care is such a laudable goal as there is a constant pressure to do more to see quality improved. Lifetime board certification appears to be an anachronism. New trainees are already subject to time-limited...
Assuring the quality of medical care is such a laudable goal as there is a constant pressure to do more to see quality improved. Lifetime board certification appears to be an anachronism. New trainees are already subject to time-limited...
Assuring the quality of medical...
08/18/2010
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Spotlight
08/18/2010
In dermatology, we are fortunate to have many insightful practitioners and great teachers and mentors. Some are bright stars in our special universe — others unsung heroes. All of these colleagues have much to share from wisdom to humor to...
In dermatology, we are fortunate to have many insightful practitioners and great teachers and mentors. Some are bright stars in our special universe — others unsung heroes. All of these colleagues have much to share from wisdom to humor to...
In dermatology, we are fortunate...
08/18/2010
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Psoriasis Solutions
08/18/2010
As Dr. Van Voorhees observes in this month’s column, transitions in psoriasis treatment — as in life — often require adjustments. Here she offers her own strategies to best manage changing treatments. Transitions in my opinion are always a...
As Dr. Van Voorhees observes in this month’s column, transitions in psoriasis treatment — as in life — often require adjustments. Here she offers her own strategies to best manage changing treatments. Transitions in my opinion are always a...
As Dr. Van Voorhees observes in...
08/18/2010
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Industry Insider
08/18/2010
Dermatology executives discuss their views of the dermatology market to provide insights on trends, challenges and changes in the industry. Robert Ruck is currently the Vice President, Worldwide Marketing for Sciton, Inc., a Palo Alto,...
Dermatology executives discuss their views of the dermatology market to provide insights on trends, challenges and changes in the industry. Robert Ruck is currently the Vice President, Worldwide Marketing for Sciton, Inc., a Palo Alto,...
Dermatology executives discuss...
08/18/2010
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08/18/2010
Helping patients find the right support groups can go a long way in helping them cope with chronic conditions like psoriasis. August is Psoriasis Awareness Month, which the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) sponsors to highlight the impact...
Helping patients find the right support groups can go a long way in helping them cope with chronic conditions like psoriasis. August is Psoriasis Awareness Month, which the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) sponsors to highlight the impact...
Helping patients find the right...
08/18/2010
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08/17/2010
A review. Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated, multi-system disease with a prevalence of approximately 1% to 3% worldwide.1 Chronic stable plaque psoriasis, or psoriasis vulgaris, is the most common form of disease,...
A review. Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated, multi-system disease with a prevalence of approximately 1% to 3% worldwide.1 Chronic stable plaque psoriasis, or psoriasis vulgaris, is the most common form of disease,...
A review. Psoriasis is a...
08/17/2010
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