The HCPLive dermatology page is a resource for medical news and expert insights on skin disease. This page features expert-led coverage, articles, videos and research on the therapies and development of treatments for dermatologic conditions, and more.
May 1st 2024
An analysis of the NIH's All of Us program finds no increased ILD risk with methotrexate in dermatomyositis.
Show Me Your Care Plan™: Nursing Considerations for Applying the Latest Approaches Across Care Settings in Melanoma
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Advances In: Integrating New Treatment Options into Management Plans for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
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Medical Crossfire®: Maximizing Patient Outcomes in Shingles – Are You Leveraging Guideline Based Care?
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"REEL" Time Patient Counseling™: Integrating Biosimilars into the Clinical Conversation
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PER Skin Summit: Optimizing Diagnosis and Individualizing Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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Advances In™: Aligning Pathology and Oncology Efforts in the Community to Improve NSCLC Care
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Community Practice Connections™: 19th Annual International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies®
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: A Deeper Look at the Pathogenesis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in Melanoma from Philadelphia
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Picturing the Potential Role of OX40 and OX40L Inhibitors in Atopic Dermatitis
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS): Deepening Foundations of Knowledge in Disease Pathogenesis, Disease Severity Assessment, and Treatment Decision-Making
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Probiotics May Prevent Atopic Dermatitis if Microbiome Cooperates
December 13th 2016Previous research showed probiotics given to pregnant women during certain stages of pregnancy and post delivery reduced the likelihood of atopic dermatitis in their children. Recently published reports; however, may not agree.
Atopic Dermatitis Patients Risk Contact Dermatitis from Topical Treatments
December 12th 2016Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) were reported to have a greater risk for developing contact dermatitis from some common ingredients of topical products than those with a history of contact dermatitis but no AD, in a recent comparison of patch testing responses in both groups.
EU Regulators Accept Dupilumab for Review
Regeneron and Sanofi’s highly-anticipated atopic dermatitis drug dupilumab, trade name Dupixent, has been accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for review. The drug has performed well in trials and is considered an impending blockbuster.
Skin Test Can Predict Remissions in Urticaria
Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) typically lasts one to five years. Nevertheless, in 14% of CIU patients, the disease lasts longer than five years, and few predictors of its remission rate are available. However, a pair of Thai investigators recently showed that the results of two simple skin tests could predict two-year remission rates in patients with CIU.
Carol Burnett's "Mama" Opens Up About Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Vicki Lawrence, the Carol Burnett Show actress and singer behind "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," recently became a spokeswoman for a sponsored chronic idiopathic urticaria resource, and spoke in a new interview about the self-blame associated with skin diseases.
Corticosteroids Pose Toxicity Risk for Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Patients who have either chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) or chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) who take oral corticosteroids (OCS) face a greater risk of side effects as well as higher total healthcare costs, according to a recent study.
Dermatologists Name Favorite Drugs in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis
November 23rd 2016In a recent survey of pediatric dermatologists, cyclosporine (Neoral/ Novartis, SandIMMUNE/ Sandoz, others) was the most common choice of systemic agent to treat severe pediatric atopic dermatitis (AD), followed by methotrexate (Trexall, Teva, others).
Researchers Aim to Determine the Two Subtypes of Crohn's Disease
Researchers from the University of North Carolina examined the gene expression and regulation in colon tissue from patients to better understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that make up Crohn’s disease.
Researchers Examine the Role of Biofilms in Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis
“While the concept of biofilms in atopic dermatitis is relatively new, antimicrobial and biofilm dispersing agents have been included in the treatment regimen for atopic dermatitis for decades," according to the study authors.
Which Emollient Makes Atopic Dermatitis Worse?
November 21st 2016Multiple measurements of skin integrity and function were applied to distinguish between the effects of topical emollient products in a recent study. Two popular products in the UK were determined to transiently improve the skin barrier that is thought to be defective in atopic dermatitis (AD), and another product was confirmed to be damaging.
Managing Psoriatic Arthritis in Plaque Psoriasis Patients
Nearly one-third of patients with plaque psoriasis will also be diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. While somewhat common, this diagnosis requires a different approach to care in order to help patients better manage their symptoms.
Diagnosing Plaque Psoriasis a 'Straightforward' Effort for Dermatologists
With plaque psoriasis becoming an increasingly common condition providers are able to more easily identify the condition than they had in the past. Looking for red scaling plaques, and thickened skin, as well as asking questions can get doctors the answers they need. In rare cases skin biopsies are also performed.
Developing New Treatments for Urticaria and Looking Toward the Future
For many patients, chronic idiopathic urticaria can be a debilitating condition affecting them at all hours of the day and making living with the condition very difficult. Because of this, the need for newer, more effective treatments is driving the field forward at a rapid pace.
Treating Urticaria Goes More Than Skin Deep
When a patient is diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria, there are several things doctors can do to help them. The process to get the proper diagnosis can take several weeks, which can complicate the situation for patients.
Diagnosing Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria with Unanswered Questions Lingering
People can experience bouts of urticaria over the course of their lives, but usually they only last for a matter of days. When the symptoms last six weeks or more, it can be classified as chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Testing Ustekinumab for Severe Atopic Dermatitis
October 31st 2016Approved by the FDA to treat plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and active Crohn's disease, ustekinumab appeared to benefit patients with severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in a small study seeking to correlate its immunologic effects with clinical efficacy.
Diminishing Returns When Switching TNF Treatments in Psoriatic Arthritis
A review of studies concludes that switching psoriatic arthritis patients who have stopped responding to one tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) to another will likely reduce their symptoms, but the effectiveness of each new medication will likely be less than each former medication.