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Released: 2-Mar-2021 10:00 AM EST
Yale Researchers Identify Tumor Reactive Immune-Cells to help fight against Advanced Melanoma
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

According to a new study led by Yale Cancer Center and Department of Neurology researchers, a simple blood draw may be the first step in helping to discover tumor reactive immune or T cells to treat advanced melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. The findings were published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Released: 25-Feb-2021 10:45 AM EST
How to Prevent Premature Skin Aging
American Academy of Dermatology

As people age, it’s natural to experience thinner, drier skin and an increase in wrinkles and other signs of aging. However, sometimes one’s environment and lifestyle choices can cause the skin to age prematurely. Although there is no way to prevent your skin from aging, dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology say it’s possible to prevent premature skin aging by following a few simple steps.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 2:15 PM EST
Last-Itch Effort: Fighting the Bacteria That Exacerbate Eczema with Bacteria
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine use bacteriotherapy to improve symptoms of atopic dermatitis.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 11:10 AM EST
Experts at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Describe Types of Rashes Associated with MIS-C
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

In a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) describe the array of rashes seen in MIS-C patients at their hospital through late July 2020, providing photos and information that could help doctors diagnose future cases.

18-Feb-2021 11:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Mechanisms That Are Essential for Proper Skin Development
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that Polycomb complexes, groups of proteins that maintain gene expression patterns, are essential for proper skin development, according to a paper published in Genes & Development on February 18.

10-Feb-2021 7:30 AM EST
Gene-Based Blood Test for Melanoma Spread Evaluates Treatment Progress
NYU Langone Health

A test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments released by dying tumor cells may serve as an accurate early indicator of treatment success in people in late stages of one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, a new study finds.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 4:00 PM EST
Loyola Medicine Provides Tips to Prevent Burn Injuries during National Burn Awareness Week
Loyola Medicine

The American Burn Association (ABA) recognizes the first full week of February as National Burn Awareness Week to provide education on common burn injuries and provide tips on how to keep you and your family safe.

Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:45 AM EST
Northwestern Medicine Study Examines Sweat Chemistry and Cardiovascular Health
Northwestern Medicine

Can the chemistry of your sweat determine how healthy your heart is? A new study, enrolling participants at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, is researching how wearable sweat sensors could be used to monitor chronic cardiovascular conditions.

Released: 5-Feb-2021 2:30 PM EST
ASDS Introduces Evidence-based Recommendations to Prevent and Treat Adverse Events of Injectable Fillers
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) multispecialty Soft-tissue Fillers Guideline Task Force has released its evidence-based recommendations for physicians performing injectable filler procedures. The guideline, published in the February 2021 issue of Dermatologic Surgery, specifically addresses the prevention and treatment of adverse events from injectable filler treatments.

Released: 5-Feb-2021 2:15 PM EST
Signs of burnout can be detected in sweat
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

We've all felt stressed at some point, whether in our personal or professional lives or in response to exceptional circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic.

   
31-Jan-2021 8:00 PM EST
Fecal Transplant Turns Cancer Immunotherapy Non-Responders into Responders
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

A phase II clinical trial shows that changing the gut microbiome through fecal transplant can transform cancer patients who never responded to immunotherapy into patients who do.

   
Released: 27-Jan-2021 1:30 PM EST
Vaccine delivered via skin could help in fight against respiratory diseases
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Among infectious diseases that have caused pandemics and epidemics, smallpox stands out as a success story. Smallpox vaccination led to the disease's eradication in the twentieth century.

Released: 27-Jan-2021 9:30 AM EST
How fat loss accelerates facial aging
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For many of us, as we get older the skin on our face begins to sag and we seem to lose volume around our eyes, cheeks and chin. Is gravity taking its toll in our later years or do we lose fat over the course of several years that many of us associate with youth, vibrancy and energy? Understanding the cause is paramount to how plastic surgeons treat the signs of facial aging.

Released: 26-Jan-2021 11:40 AM EST
How to Prevent and Treat Dry, Chapped Lips
American Academy of Dermatology

For many people, winter skin probably conjures up images of dry, cracked hands, flaky skin, and windburn. However, the lips can be affected too. And while it may seem that dry, cracked lips are something you have to live with until spring, dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology say it’s possible to have soft, supple lips year-round by following a few simple steps.

Released: 25-Jan-2021 3:35 PM EST
Most Patients Find Teledermatology Appointments Suitable Alternative to Office Visits
George Washington University

The majority of dermatology patients surveyed find telehealth appointments to be a suitable alternative to in-person office visits, according to a survey study published in Journal of Drugs in Dermatology from researchers at the George Washington University.

   
Released: 19-Jan-2021 11:35 AM EST
National Research Effort Discovers Relationship Between Inflammation, Metabolism and Scleroderma Scarring
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Study finds NAD+ break down leads to multi organ scarring, providing now a previously undiscovered pathogenic role of the enzyme CD38 in disease scarring.

Released: 14-Jan-2021 4:50 PM EST
Acute itching in eczema patients linked to environmental allergens
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that allergens in the environment often are to blame for episodes of acute itch in eczema patients, and that the itching often doesn’t respond to antihistamines because the itch signals are being carried to the brain along a previously unrecognized pathway that current drugs don’t target.

Released: 12-Jan-2021 11:30 AM EST
Researchers map ticks across Cornhusker State
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

After eons of landing on the legs and arms of humans and animals, ticks have landed smack-dab in the middle of the research interests of University of Nebraska–Lincoln master’s student Dominic Cristiano.

Released: 12-Jan-2021 11:25 AM EST
Low fitness linked to higher psoriasis risk later in life
University of Gothenburg

In a major register-based study, scientists at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now demonstrated a connection between inferior physical fitness in young adults and elevated risk of the autoimmune disease psoriasis.

Released: 12-Jan-2021 8:45 AM EST
Wistar Researchers Develop New Humanized Mouse Model That Provides Insight Into Immunotherapy Resistance
Wistar Institute

Wistar scientists have created an advanced humanized immune system mouse model that allows them to examine resistance to immune checkpoint blockade therapies in melanoma. It has revealed a central role for mast cells.

   
Released: 7-Jan-2021 11:40 AM EST
Human migration patterns connected to vitamin D deficiencies today
Oxford University Press

A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers finds that migration flows the last 500 years from high sunlight regions to low sunlight regions influence contemporary health outcomes in destination countries.

   
Released: 4-Jan-2021 8:10 AM EST
Roswell Park Experts Use Gene Sequencing to Quantify Risk of Skin Cancer Long Before Damage is Visible
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

In a study published today in the journal Science Advances, a team from Roswell Park details a method to measure the abundance of cancer-related early changes to skin tissue long before the damage becomes visible to the eye.

Released: 29-Dec-2020 11:00 AM EST
Story Tips from Johns Hopkins Experts on Covid-19
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Coronavirus vaccines are rolling out across the country, so, what does that mean for the outlook of the pandemic?

Released: 17-Dec-2020 10:45 AM EST
For college students, skin cancer risk remains high in winter months
Brigham Young University

New research from Brigham Young University finds college students could be just as at risk for developing skin cancer in the dead of winter as they are in the middle of summer.

Released: 16-Dec-2020 3:20 PM EST
Weizmann Institute of Science and Colleagues Show How Cancer Cells Hurt Themselves to Hurt Immune Cells More
Weizmann Institute of Science

Melanoma is skilled at evading therapies, with its cells going so far as to starve in order to stop the immune cells that would eradicate them. A team from the Weizmann Institute, including Prof. Yardena Samuels; the Netherlands Cancer Institute; and the University of Oslo have revealed one of melanoma's tricks - never before seen in human cells - and a therapeutic target.

Released: 10-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
Despite COVID-19 Pandemic First Patient Undergoes New Personalized Immunotherapy
UC San Diego Health

Bernard Thurman was referred to a personalized cancer therapy trial at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, a collaboration with the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, the trial employs a patient’s immune cells — specifically tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) — to destroy cancer cells.

9-Dec-2020 8:55 AM EST
Predicting Heart Disease from the Skin
Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson researchers find that the genetic underpinnings of a skin disorder at birth indicate future heart problems.

Released: 8-Dec-2020 9:00 AM EST
Tips to Avoid Spreading Molluscum Contagiosum
American Academy of Dermatology

Molluscum contagiosum is a common and highly contagious skin condition caused by a virus. According to dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, the condition mostly affects children — adults are often immune to the infection — and causes pearly, flesh-colored bumps to appear on the skin.

Released: 2-Dec-2020 2:35 PM EST
IPC Statement On SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines And Psoriasis
International Psoriasis Council

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to have a considerable impact on the provision of appropriate care to people with psoriasis.

16-Nov-2020 7:00 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence Program Can Pick Best Candidates for Skin Cancer Treatment
NYU Langone Health

Experts trained a computer to tell which skin cancer patients may benefit from drugs that keep tumors from shutting down the immune system’s attack on them, a new study finds.

   
Released: 16-Nov-2020 4:05 PM EST
Estudio descubre relación entre antibióticos antes de los 2 años de edad y problemas infantiles de salud
Mayo Clinic

En un estudio retrospectivo de casos, los investigadores de Mayo Clinic descubrieron una relación entre la administración de antibióticos en niños menores de 2 años y varias enfermedades o afecciones duraderas que oscilaban desde alergias a obesidad. Los resultados están en Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Released: 16-Nov-2020 11:05 AM EST
Pandemic Stress Triggers Skin, Hair Problems
Cedars-Sinai

While many felt stressed out from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, others are just now experiencing a delayed physical response to living with stress: hair loss.

13-Nov-2020 11:50 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Discover How to Boost Efficacy of Vaccine Designed to Prevent Melanoma Recurrence
Mount Sinai Health System

A vaccine created to prevent the recurrence of the deadly skin cancer melanoma is about twice as effective when patients also receive two components that boost the number and effectiveness of immune system cells called dendritic cells, according to phase 2 clinical trial results published in Nature Cancer in November.

Released: 16-Nov-2020 10:35 AM EST
Dermatologists treat young boy who saved sister from dog attack
American Academy of Dermatology

The American Academy of Dermatology named dermatologists Dhaval Bhanusali, MD, FAAD, and Cory Maughan, DO, FAAD, Patient Care Heroes for providing life-changing scar treatment to a young dog bite victim. Six-year-old Bridger Walker acted quickly and courageously when a dog tried to attack his younger sister earlier this year. During his effort to protect her, he suffered severe bites to his face that were treated and stitched up shortly after the incident at the nearby hospital in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Released: 16-Nov-2020 10:15 AM EST
Springfield Dermatologist Recognized for Extraordinary Efforts during COVID-19 Pandemic
American Academy of Dermatology

The American Academy of Dermatology named board-certified dermatologist Sacharitha Bowers, MD, FAAD, a Patient Care Hero for her role in addressing disparities in care related to COVID-19 in Springfield, Ill.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Luz Fonacier Installed as ACAAI President
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

Luz Fonacier, MD, of Mineola NY, was installed as president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) at the virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting on November 15.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Luz Fonacier fue instalada como presidenta del ACAAI
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

El 14 de noviembre, durante la Reunión Científica Anual virtual, la Dra. Luz Fonacier de Mineola NY, fue instalada como presidenta del ACAAI. La Dra. Fonacier es la cuarta mujer y la primera presidenta asiático-americana de la ACAAI.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Black and Hispanic Children in the U.S. Have More Severe Eczema Than White Children
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

A presentation at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting reveals the disparities that exist for Black and Hispanic children when it comes to Atopic Dermatitis (AD), commonly known as eczema.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Some Allergens That Cause Contact Dermatitis Are Found in Masks That Prevent COVID-19
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

A medically challenging case presented at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting revealed that for a man with several skin allergies, mask-wearing triggered his contact dermatitis.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Algunos alérgenos que causan dermatitis por contacto se encuentran en las mascarillas que previenen la COVID-19
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

Un caso médicamente difícil presentado en la Reunión Científica Anual del ACAAI de este año, reveló que para un hombre con varias alergias cutáneas, el uso de una máscara desencadenó una dermatitis por contacto.

9-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
Los niños negros e hispanos de EE. UU. tienen el eccema más grave que los niños blancos
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

Una presentación llevada a cabo en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI de este año, revela las disparidades que existen para los niños negros e hispanos en cuanto a la Dermatitis Atópica (DA), comúnmente conocida como eccema.

11-Nov-2020 12:15 PM EST
MD Anderson researchers present immunotherapy advances at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Promising clinical results with combination treatments for patients with melanoma and lung cancer highlight immunotherapy advances being presented by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 35th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs (SITC 2020) .

Released: 11-Nov-2020 11:55 AM EST
From 84 Days to 5 Hours: Telemedicine Reduces Dermatology Consult Time
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Allowing primary care doctors to take photos and send them to dermatologists improved access to specialty care



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