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Botulinum toxin injections in surgical wound closure immediately after surgery improve facial surgery scars

Botulinum Toxin Injections Improve Facial Surgical Scars

Findings based on a small study of botox injections done immediately after surgical wound closure
Frontal fibrosing alopecia is negatively linked to health-related quality of life

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Negatively Linked to HRQOL

More than half of patients had some association between alopecia and health-related quality of life
Physicians are increasingly being challenged to protect their practice finances while helping patients without insurance

Doctors Facing Challenge to Help Needy While Protecting Practices

Many practices are finding it difficult to maintain their viability while caring for patients who can't pay
Level of backrest elevation is not associated with changes in tissue integrity among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation

Backrest Elevation Has No Effect on Sacral Tissue Integrity

Findings among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, March 2-5

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting/World Allergy Congress The annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma...
Carboxytherapy appears to be a promising therapeutic option for treatment of alopecia

Carboxytherapy Found to Be Effective As Alopecia Treatment

Reduction in dystrophic hair, black and yellow dots, tapered hair for patients with alopecia areata
A newly developed scale may identify patients addicted to tanning

New Screening Tool Developed to Assess Tanning Addiction

Use of tool finds tan addiction tied to female gender, being single, anxiety, obsessive-compulsiveness

February 2018 Briefing – Dermatology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Dermatology for February 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
Strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis producing 6-N-hydroxyaminopurine may provide protection against skin neoplasia

S. epidermidis Producing 6-HAP May Protect From Skin Neoplasia

6-HAP selectively inhibited proliferation of tumor lines in culture; cut incidence of UV-induced tumors in mice
Trials to evaluate drugs or devices used to treat chronic medical conditions that are published early in the chain of evidence often show an exaggerated treatment effect compared with subsequent trials

Early Studies Often Show Exaggerated Treatment Effect

Findings based on assessment of trials evaluating drugs, devices to treat chronic medical conditions