INTRODUCTIONHistory of Present Illness A 57 year-old African American man presented with a 30- year history of painful skin lesions. The patient noted that the lesions begin as tender knots,…

Skin as an Endocrine Organ The historical picture of the skin as a simple end target for hormones has been replaced by a more complex understanding of its role as…

FDA Boxed Warning for TygacilThe FDA is warning that an analysis shows an increased risk of death when intravenous (IV) Tygacil (tigecycline) is used for FDAapproved uses as well as…

A Phase 3, Prospective, Open-Label, Multicenter Study of Lymphoseek Sponsored by Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, the purpose of this study is to determine the false negative rate (FNR) associated with Lymphoseek-identified sentinel…

Not infrequently, young doctors in their residency program do not have the opportunity to be exposed to the wonderful field of dermatologic surgery. Many times, such training is minimal, or…

The December issue of the JDD has so much to offer to the aesthetic and medical dermatologist. Papers that specifically relate to both fillers and botulinum toxin show that these…

With increasing urgency, national and international health authorities are calling for physicians to limit antibiotic use.1 Generally, physicians are familiar with efforts to reduce antibiotic prescriptions to minimize bacterial resistance,…

Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation PIH, remains a major hurdle in treating a variety of conditions in skin of color, it is a complication seen in many procedures, such as cutaneous lasers…

INTRODUCTION Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cancer worldwide.1-3 Based on National Cancer Institute estimates of nonmelanoma skin cancer, more than 1.5 million new cases of BCC were…