PASADENA, Calif. — The herpes zoster vaccine, also known as the shingles vaccine, is generally safe and well tolerated according to a Vaccine Safety Datalink study of 193,083 adults published online in the Journal of Internal Medicine. More than 1 million people develop shingles every year in the United States. Shingles is a painful contagious [...]
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Study finds Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Vaccine Safe
Posted by admin on April 23, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/herpes-zostershingles/study-finds-shingles-herpes-zoster-vaccine-safe/
HPV Vaccine helpful in some Cervical & Vulvar Disease: Interview
Effect of the human papillomavirus (HPV) quadrivalent vaccine in a subgroup of women with cervical and vulvar disease: retrospective pooled analysis of trial data. Author Interview: Elmar A. Joura, MD Associate Professor of Gynecology Medical University of Vienna, AKH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna (CCC) What are the main findings of the study? Prophylactic vaccination with quadrivalent HPV vaccine is highly efficacious in preventing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, adenocarcinoma in situ, vulvar intraepithelial [...]
Posted by admin on March 29, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/hpv-vaccine-helpful-in-some-cervical-vulvar-disease-interview/
For Ticks and Lyme Disease, 2012 Might Be a Very Bad Year
Newswise — Paul Curtis, a professor of natural resources and an Extension wildlife specialist at Cornell University, has coordinated the university’s Wildlife Damage Management Program during the past 18 years. His research focuses on reducing human-wildlife conflicts and minimizing the potential for disease transmission. Curtis comments on the outlook for a “bad tick year” and [...]
Posted by admin on March 22, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/lyme/for-ticks-and-lyme-disease-2012-might-be-a-very-bad-year/
FDA approval of laser therapy for onychomycosis does not equate to proven efficacy
Are non peer-reviewed sources spot-on in their conclusion that laser therapy is highly effective for onychomycosis? Not so much. Theodore Rosen, MD, professor of dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, explained why during his presentation of “Laser Therapy of Onychomycosis” at Friday’s Hot Topics session. “The literature is scant,” he said. “A lot of it [...]
Posted by admin on March 18, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/aad-american-academy-dermatology/fda-approval-of-laser-therapy-for-onychomycosis-does-not-equate-to-proven-efficacy/
South Beach Clinical Dermatology Symposium Pediatric Tips
Tips for Tots Dr. Fred Ghali Dr. Ghali’s lecture focused on having a kid-friendly office, how to meet and greet a pediatric patient, diagnostic tricks, molluscum and warts and minor surgeries. To have a kid-friendly waiting room, have appropriate books and magazines for children. Also, video games or other hand-held games help occupy children while [...]
Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/warts/south-beach-clinical-dermatology-symposium-pediatric-tips/
New map pinpoints areas of highest human risk for lyme disease in eastern United States
Read the Author Interview here: Maria Ana Diuk-Wasser PhD Band of tick hunters gathered evidence for most extensive field study ever conducted. Given frequent over- and under-diagnosis of Lyme disease, map offers officials new tool for assessing risk and tracking disease spread Deerfield, Ill. — A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where [...]
Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/lyme/new-map-pinpoints-areas-of-highest-human-risk-for-lyme-disease-in-eastern-united-states/
Efficacious Treatment of Non-Dermatophyte Mould Onychomycosis with Topical Amphotericin B: Authors’ Interview
Efficacious Treatment of Non-Dermatophyte Mould Onychomycosis with Topical Amphotericin B Authors’ Interview: Massimo C. R. Lurati MD Florence Baudraz-Rosselet MD Prof. Michel Monod PhD Private practice and Department of Dermatology Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland What are the main findings of the study? Dermatophytes are the main cause of onychomycosis, but a significant percentage of [...]
Posted by admin on January 25, 2012
http://dermatologistsblog.com/infections/efficacious-treatment-of-non-dermatophyte-mould-onychomycosis-with-topical-amphotericin-b-authors-interview/
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