Dermatology

Dermatology Team Finds Treatment for Rare “Life-ruining” Condition

Dalhousie Medical School dermatologist Dr. Barrie Ross and his colleagues have successfully ended a 20-year quest to find a treatment for Familial Cold Autoinflammatory…    

Plastic Surgeons Deploy New Laser for Wrinkle Removal, Acne Scarring, Tattoo Removal

UT Southwestern Medical Center plastic surgeons are among a handful in the nation deploying a new type of laser that goes deeper into the…    

Eczema still on the increase in developing countries

Experts are warning policy makers that allergic disease might replace infectious disease as a major cause of ill health in cities undergoing rapid demographic…    

Researcher Developing New Method for Hearing Loss Assessment

A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real-world situations.

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Aldara cream treats skin damage from sun

A type of skin lesion called actinic keratosis, caused by long-term exposure to the sun, responds well to prescription Aldara cream applied three times…    

Drug Effective In Treatment of Heavy Psoriasis Patients

A meta-analysis of four randomized Phase III placebo-controlled trials confirms that the injectable drug Efalizumab, a humanized therapeutic antibody designed to selectively and reversibly…    

Divorce may raise children’s eczema risk

Young children whose parents are divorced may be more likely than other children to develop the allergic skin condition eczema, a new study…    

Hormones and the Skin: the Role Hormones Play as We Age

Many people say that aging is just a state of mind. However, many dermatologists will tell you that aging can be affected by your…    

Gene Involved In Common Birth Defect Also Regulates Skin Biology

Following up on an earlier discovery that a gene called IRF6 is involved in the common birth defect cleft lip and palate, researchers at…    

Women’s Skin Ages Faster than Men’s, Suggests First Non-Invasive Test to Measure Skin Aging

Physicists and medical researchers for the first time have demonstrated a new technique that non-invasively measures in real time the level of damage to…    

New Formulations Improve Sunscreen Effectiveness

First developed in 1928, sunscreen continues to evolve as research yields new insight into the best ways to protect the skin from the damage…