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For patients with melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)

Vitamin D May Cut Colitis Risk for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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Odds of developing ICI colitis significantly reduced with vitamin D use in patients with melanoma
Safety climate perceptions are associated with care practitioner-reported stress and job satisfaction

Safety Climate Perceptions Linked to Health Provider Stress

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Nurses have poorest safety perceptions, lowest job satisfaction, and highest reported stress
The U.S. government does not have the legal authority to force drug companies to disclose prices in their TV ads

Court Rules Against Drug Price Disclosures in TV Ads

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Judges said HHS exceeded its legal authority by requiring drug price disclosure as part of its stewardship of Medicare, Medicaid
Children presenting with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have a wide range of presenting symptoms

Signs, Symptoms Vary Widely for Children Presenting With PIMS-TS

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Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally linked to SARS-CoV-2 is poorly understood
Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for suicide have been identified among health care professionals

Risk Factors for Suicide ID’d in Health Care Professionals

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Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, job problems, legal problems, physical health problems increase risk
Familial psoriasis is not necessarily induced by obesity

Body Mass Index Lower in Patients With Familial Psoriasis

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Patients are often younger and have lower body mass index at first visit
Skin psoriasis and somatic comorbidity are associated with onset of psychiatric illness

Skin Psoriasis, Somatic Comorbidity Up Psychiatric Illness

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Risk increased for patients with psoriasis with somatic comorbidity, but no synergistic association seen
Black patients are more likely to experience a longer delay from diagnosis to surgery versus white patients with melanoma

Racial Differences Seen in Time to Treatment for Melanoma

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Time from diagnosis to definitive surgery is twice as long on average for black versus white patients
States that expanded Medicaid had a greater decrease in age-adjusted cancer mortality than those that did not

ASCO: Drop in Cancer Mortality Greater With Medicaid Expansion

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Estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 in states that expanded Medicaid

May 2020 Briefing – Dermatology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Dermatology for May 2020. This roundup includes the latest...