Practice Management News

President Biden’s administration has had a sharp focus on competition issues in health care mergers and acquisitions.

In this edition, CDC issues a health advisory concerning flesh-eating bacterium, staging for melanoma does not represent accurate recurrence and mortality and more.

High rates of physician suicide are a devastating reality that require multiple solutions, according to experts.

A 20-gene signature prediction demonstrated high accuracy in diagnosing metastasis risk in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study.

Two widely available serum marker blood tests, galactomannan and 1,2-beta-D-glucan, may improve diagnostic sensitivity in cases of invasive fungal infections, according to a study.

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease that affects a significant population worldwide. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, it occurs most frequently in children but also impacts as many as 16.5 million adults.

Mergers and acquisitions have come to private practice medicine during the last 5 years — and in a big way. It would be difficult to find a physician of any specialty in any U.S. location who is not aware of this trend.

Women who wear hijab are among the highest risk for developing traction alopecia, yet they are likely underrepresented in alopecia studies, according to a letter in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

The demand for cosmetic enhancement procedures is on the rise among adolescents, with 229,740 performed among this population in 2020 alone, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

In this edition, nearly $1 million in grants to aid diversity, equity, inclusion research; topical halcinonide may benefit patients with psoriasis; Asian patients may experience earlier mycosis fungoides diagnosis and more.