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A home-use device combining radiofrequency and light-emitting diode energies is safe and efficacious for self-treatment of periorbital wrinkles

Home-Use Device Safe, Effective for Periorbital Wrinkles

Average reduction of 1.49 Fitzpatrick scores; improvement in almost all 30 self-treated subjects

November 2016 Briefing – Dermatology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Dermatology for November 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Workers at hog production facilities in the United States are developing skin infections from multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Drug-Resistant Infections Tied to Livestock-Associated Staph

Findings in hog farmers and their households in North Carolina
The median Medicare payment was $171

Median Medicare Payment $171K Per Dermatologist in 2013

Mean reimbursement of $78 per unit for evaluation and management, $457 per unit for Mohs
Hyperhidrosis is associated with increased prevalence of anxiety and depression

Hyperhidrosis Tied to Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression

Positive correlations identified for HH severity and the prevalence of anxiety and depression
For patients with infantile hemangiomas

U/S IDs Response to Propranolol in Infantile Hemangioma

Serial ultrasonography can be used to demonstrate response to treatment with propranolol
In patients with multiple myeloma

Thalidomide May Cause Epidermal Necrolysis in Multiple Myeloma

Case report describes toxic epidermal necrolysis in patient with multiple myeloma receiving thalidomide
More than 30 percent of patients admitted with a diagnosis of lower extremity cellulitis are misdiagnosed

About 30 Percent Misdiagnosed With Lower Extremity Cellulitis

Misdiagnosis leads to 50,000 to 130,000 unnecessary hospitalizations, costs of $195 to $515 million

October 2016 Briefing – Dermatology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Dermatology for October 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
In an non-integrated dermatopathology practice

Use of Term ‘Rule Out’ May Delay Dermatopathology Diagnosis

Use on requisition form linked to longer time to diagnosis, increased use of pathology stains, sections