No significant differences seen in physician vaccination rates across demographic groups, including region, gender, age
Oral isotretinoin: 29 years of medical malpractice cases in the United States.
Reviews of malpractice claims in the United States show trends of increasing payments with statistically higher payouts for more debilitating and permanent injuries.To examine lawsuits involving notable associated adverse reactions …
Alcohol abuse associated with poor response to systemic therapies for psoriasis: findings from a prospective multicentre cohort study.
Factors that might influence response to systemic treatment for moderate-to-severe psoriasis are varied, and generally, are poorly understood, aside from high body weight, suggesting that other unidentified factors may be …
Development and preliminary validation of the patient-reported Chronic Itch Burden Scale, assessing health-related quality of life in chronic pruritus.
Chronic pruritus (CP) significantly affects patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Very few self-reported HRQoL questionnaires exploring CP were developed according to international guidelines thus limiting their use in pre-authorization …
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Lawsuit was signed by 117 of 178 workers who were suspended last week for failure to get fully vaccinated by the hospital’s deadline
AMA Plan to Fight Racism Criticized by Some Members
Plan was announced last month and acknowledges that there is racism and White privilege in the medical establishment
The Completeness and Accuracy of DataDerm™: The Database of The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
The utility of any database or registry depends on the completeness and accuracy of the data it contains. This report documents the validity of data elements within DataDerm, the clinical …
Management of inadequate response and adverse effects to dupilumab in atopic dermatitis.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by pruritus, skin-pain, and sleep disturbances. Currently, dupilumab is the only U.S. FDA approved systemic therapy and biologic medication for …
Adverse Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes in Women with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) disproportionately affects women of childbearing age. However, pregnancy and maternal outcomes for women with HS are unknown.To compare risk of adverse pregnancy and maternal outcomes among women …
Risk of psoriasis according to body mass index: a retrospective cohort analysis.
Psoriasis has been linked to obesity, although there is limited data on the incidence of psoriasis according to body mass index.To compare incidence of psoriasis among patients stratified by BMI …