Melanoma immunotherapy has a critical limitation: 40 to 60% of patients don’t respond. Arielle Elkrief, MD, discusses an innovative approach targeting the gut microbiome. By using fecal microbiota…
Shereene Idriss, MD, dives into the causes and treatments for jowls, from natural aging and lifestyle habits to bone structure changes. Highlighting at-home remedies like facial massages and…
Nanette B. Silverberg, MD, Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, discusses alopecia areata (AA) in the pediatric population. Alopecia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab (Rituxan) has been implicated in 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HIV-negative patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies or autoimmune diseases,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small study of rheumatoid arthritis patients, treatment with the anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agent infliximab appeared to increase the antioxidative capacity…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN-alpha-2b) for advanced melanoma improves recurrence-free survival, investigators report in an early online release from the…
Jeffrey M. Weinberg, MD, Associate Chair of the Department of Dermatology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center reviews the pathogenesis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated psoriasis. Psoriasis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In an unselected cohort of female patients aged 4 to 15 years old with no reported history of sexual contact, more than one…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Quantitative measurements of skin elasticity is a “highly promising” non-invasive biomechanical biomarker for detecting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and predicting disease progression, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with severe atopic dermatitis prone to infections, a regimen of dilute sodium hypochlorite baths and intermittent intranasal mupirocin reduces disease severity,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a prospective, 14-year study indicate that women with psoriasis are at increased risk of incident diabetes and hypertension, verifying previous findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Certain women may be at risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) when they start taking combined oral contraceptives, according to investigators at…
