Volume 15 - Issue 9 - September 2007
09/04/2008
A recent New England Journal of Medicine article is the best evidence we have thus far showing the lack of survival benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in malignant melanoma (MM) patients.1 This multi-center trial randomly assigned...
A recent New England Journal of Medicine article is the best evidence we have thus far showing the lack of survival benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in malignant melanoma (MM) patients.1 This multi-center trial randomly assigned...
A recent New England Journal of...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Study Shows Long-Lasting Results with Alexandrite Laser Hair Removal
A study conducted by a group of investigators affiliated with Plataforma Laser in Barcelona, Spain, and in Innsbruck, Austria, offered more than 8 years of data to...
Study Shows Long-Lasting Results with Alexandrite Laser Hair Removal
A study conducted by a group of investigators affiliated with Plataforma Laser in Barcelona, Spain, and in Innsbruck, Austria, offered more than 8 years of data to...
Study Shows Long-Lasting Results...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Over the past several years, the use of 20% 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) has grown tremendously with many clinicians utilizing this therapy for a variety of clinical conditions.
ALA-PDT: What Conditions Are...
Over the past several years, the use of 20% 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) has grown tremendously with many clinicians utilizing this therapy for a variety of clinical conditions.
ALA-PDT: What Conditions Are...
Over the past several years, the...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
There has been recent concern over the ethics of client billing versus direct billing of pathology services used by dermatologists. The subject of a front-page article in The Wall Street Journal1 nearly 2 years ago, and our Skin & Aging...
There has been recent concern over the ethics of client billing versus direct billing of pathology services used by dermatologists. The subject of a front-page article in The Wall Street Journal1 nearly 2 years ago, and our Skin & Aging...
There has been recent concern...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Tissue Tightening: Where We Are with This Technology
Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D.
Tissue tightening” is a term often used by physicians and the public, and it is the subject of seminars, scientific presentations, intense marketing...
Tissue Tightening: Where We Are with This Technology
Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D.
Tissue tightening” is a term often used by physicians and the public, and it is the subject of seminars, scientific presentations, intense marketing...
Tissue Tightening:...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Although they may not often state it, most cosmetically oriented dermatologists believe that combination therapy produces the best results. The likely reason it isn’t presented at meetings is because it is mainly anecdotal, difficult to study...
Although they may not often state it, most cosmetically oriented dermatologists believe that combination therapy produces the best results. The likely reason it isn’t presented at meetings is because it is mainly anecdotal, difficult to study...
Although they may not often...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
The June article, “Pathology vs. Dermatology: The Battle Heats Up,” here in Skin & Aging, got me thinking about pathologists and their organized effort to prohibit patients from paying dermatologists for pathology...
The June article, “Pathology vs. Dermatology: The Battle Heats Up,” here in Skin & Aging, got me thinking about pathologists and their organized effort to prohibit patients from paying dermatologists for pathology...
The June article,...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Topical Anesthetic UseTopical anesthetics are widely used to numb the skin for medical and cosmetic procedures and to relieve pain and burning and itching due to a variety of medical conditions. The FDA has approved many products for these...
Topical Anesthetic UseTopical anesthetics are widely used to numb the skin for medical and cosmetic procedures and to relieve pain and burning and itching due to a variety of medical conditions. The FDA has approved many products for these...
Topical Anesthetic UseTopical...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Dr. Tor Shwayder was born in Detroit, MI, the third of four sons. His father was a chemical engineer and his mother, a concert pianist. He graduated from Harvard University (1976), the University of Michigan Medical School (1980) and a...
Dr. Tor Shwayder was born in Detroit, MI, the third of four sons. His father was a chemical engineer and his mother, a concert pianist. He graduated from Harvard University (1976), the University of Michigan Medical School (1980) and a...
Dr. Tor Shwayder was born in...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Department
Derm Dx
09/04/2008
A 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of facial edema.
A 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of facial edema.
A 58-year-old man presented to...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
