Dermatology News

The effects of acne go beyond the skin, often having an impact on an individual’s social life, self-esteem and mental health.

Delayed localized cutaneous reactions to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are not a contraindication to receiving subsequent vaccinations, according to a case series study.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from Novartis’ Sandoz to review an earlier U.S. appeals court ruling in favor of Amgen’s etanercept against etanercept-szzs, effectively blocking the biosimilar from entering the U.S. market.

In this video, April Armstrong, MD, MPH, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, spoke with Healio about the results and clinical implications of the POETYK PSO-1 and POETYK PSO-2 trials.

In this video, April Armstrong, MD, MPH, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, discussed the potential connections between diet and psoriasis severity.

A 10-year-old female presented to her primary care provider’s office with some redness and painful swelling of the area about her nose and mid-face. The history of this problem began when she developed a “pimple” on the bridge of her nose 4 days earlier. After picking at the pimple for a couple of days, she noted the onset of the erythema and painful swelling, which progressively worsened. She had no fever or other new symptoms and otherwise felt well. Her provider sent her to the ED for further management of this mid-facial cellulitis.

Itch can have a substantial impact on quality of life, but is difficult to quantify, according to a research article in Science Advances.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, while mask wearing was prevalent, increases in acne, erythema and rhytides were reported, according to a poster presented at AAD VMX 2021.

Treatment with guselkumab results in higher enthesitis resolutions rates at week 24, with maintenance of those higher rates through 1 year, in patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Patients who are HIV positive and members of the LGBT community experience disparities in dermatologic treatment, which clinicians can work to change in order to positively affect a patient’s experience.