Dermatology News

• WHO Calls Emergency Meeting as Monkeypox Cases Cross 100 in Europe The World Health Organization held an emergency meeting to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.
  Reuters Health Information, May 20, 2022
• Warning Against Increased Lingual Frenotomy in Infants An increase in lingual frenulum surgeries in children after their discharge from maternity clinics has troubled clinicians. Some cite a lack of quality data about the procedure.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Alert Baricitinib Backed for Approval for Alopecia Areata in the EU In February 2022, the FDA granted priority review for baricitinib in adults with severe alopecia areata.
  International Approvals, May 20, 2022
• Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in Massachusetts The man has been hospitalized since May 12, and the diagnosis took 6 days to make because the disease is so rare.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Experts Urge Stopping Melanoma Trial Because of Failure and Harm New results from a phase 3 trial may shut the door on the addition of PD–1 or PD–ligand 1 inhibitors to the combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors for the treatment of BRAF V600–mutated melanoma.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Post-Mohs Bleeding Risk in Patients on Ibrutinib for CLL Studied Two studies evaluated the risk, with results indicating that holding the treatment before and after surgery helps reduce the risk for bleeding.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• AAD 2022 Synthetic, Botanical Agents Emerging as Promising for Melasma 'None of our patients can be on hydroquinone yearlong, so you have to bring in other agents that are efficacious,' says Dr Nada Elbuluk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• BSR 2022 Risk Factors for COVID Death Studied in U.K. Arthritis Patients Shielding status was the highest ranked of all the risk factors identified for early mortality from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Bupivacaine Following Mohs Surgery Reduces Opioid Use Patients report lower pain and opioid use with a single injection of the local anesthetic compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Topical Tranexamic Acid Reduces Bleeding Following Mohs Surgery The treatment significantly benefitted second intention wounds prone to bleeding.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Lenabasum Improved Skin Symptoms, in Small Dermatomyositis Trial In the phase 2 trial, skin biopsies before and after treatment showed significant reductions in inflammatory cytokines relevant to dermatomyositis pathogenesis.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• BSR 2022 Myositis Guidelines Aim to Standardize Adult and Pediatric Care These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Patient Attitudes Toward AI in Healthcare: It Depends A new survey looks at what patients think about AI playing a role in their healthcare diagnosis and management.
  WebMD Health News, May 12, 2022
• What Do Ultrasound Images Find in Superficial Lumps and Bumps? The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound offers illustrated clinical tips in a recently published paper to help diagnose and manage commonly identified masses.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Baricitinib Promotes Hair Growth in Alopecia Areata More than one third of patients who received the high dose of the Janus kinase inhibitor achieved the study goal of approximately 80% hair coverage.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• BSR 2022 Reduced-Frequency Methotrexate Monitoring Causes No Harm Laboratory blood test results were similar despite moving from once every month to about once every 3 months or about once every 5 months during the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022