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Understanding nonadherence in patients and encouraging a change in attitude toward patients and their medication can improve medication adherence

Understanding Rx Nonadherence Can Improve Adherence

Changing attitudes toward patients and their medication adherence can improve adherence
The most frequent dermoscopic criteria for melanoma in situ are regression

Dermoscopic Criteria Identified for Diagnosing Melanoma in Situ

Most frequent dermoscopic criteria for MIS are regression, atypical network, irregular dots/globules
Facial moisturizers with 4-t-butylcyclohexanol and licochalcone A  may be effective for treating mild-to-moderate dermatitis

New Formulated Moisturizer Effective for Facial Dermatitis

Moisturizer with 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, licochalcone A, effective compared to triamcinolone
Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence May Help Prevent Physician Burnout

Many potential uses for AI, including improving searches and documentation, selecting treatment
The antibiotic clarithromycin (brand name: Biaxin) may increase the long-term risk of heart problems and death in patients with heart disease

FDA Warns of Possible Heart Risks Linked to Clarithromycin

Agency advising doctors to consider prescribing other antibiotics to patients with coronary heart disease
The percentage of uninsured U.S. persons of all ages did not change significantly from 2016 to the first nine months of 2017

CDC: No Change in Percentage of Uninsured in U.S. From ’16 to ’17

Increase in percentage of those aged younger than 65 years enrolled in high-deductible health plan

American Academy of Dermatology, Feb. 16-20

The American Academy of Dermatology's 2018 Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology was held from Feb. 16 to...
For men with metastatic melanoma treated with targeted or immune therapy

Obesity Linked to Improved Survival in Metastatic Melanoma

Survival benefit limited to male patients receiving targeted therapy, immunotherapy
Specific populations

AAD: Fathers May Not Perceive Harms of Teen Indoor Tanning

Low harms more often perceived by parents of male teens, those age ≥16, with less sun-reactive skin
Ustekinumab improves psoriasis and reduces vascular inflammation among patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis

AAD: Ustekinumab Cuts Vascular Inflammation in Psoriasis

Reduction in total aortic vascular inflammation with ustekinumab versus increase with placebo