Warp Speed to Cancer Cures? High-Stakes Court Battles; The 'Forgotten Cancer' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jul 07, 2021
COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 06, 2021
Target TNF or IL-12/23 in Psoriatic Arthritis? Both TNF inhibitors and ustekinumab were effective in real-world use Jun 30, 2021
SCOTUS Saves Eviction Ban; Novartis, Roche in Court Battle; How Old Is the Plague? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 30, 2021
Make the Diagnosis: It’ll be A Tricky Diagnosis A 6-year-old boy was at the doctor for a regular checkup and his father asked the doctor to take a look at a red lesion on the helical rim of his ear. Jun 24, 2021
Can Biologics Prevent PsA in Psoriasis Patients? Significantly less progression than with phototherapy alone Jun 23, 2021
Financial Toxicity in Cancer: A Possible Solution Join us live on Facebook to discuss financial toxicity in cancer care Jun 21, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
Physician Organizations Challenge PA Name Change The AMA and AOA release statements against the rebrand Jun 09, 2021
Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Misses on OS in High-Risk Melanoma But pembrolizumab topped active controls for relapse-free survival Jun 07, 2021
Make the Diagnosis: When the Pantry Is Empty A 50-year-old woman went to urgent care because she hadn't been feeling well for several weeks. Jun 03, 2021
Mix 'N' Match COVID Vaccines; Fauci's Emails Studied; Indian Variant Rising Rapidly A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 02, 2021
Cancer Patients Develop 'Adequate' Immune Response to COVID Vax In a prospective study in Israel, 90% of cancer patients were seropositive for antibodies May 28, 2021
Lymph Node Findings on PET: Cancer or COVID Vaccine? Post-jab radiotracer uptake "could prompt unnecessary biopsies and treatments" May 26, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases? May 25, 2021
Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color May 25, 2021
Plaque Psoriasis Drug Shows Promise for Psoriatic Arthritis Monoclonal antibody targets the IL-23 p19 subunit May 20, 2021
Novel Immunotherapy Boosts Melanoma Outcomes Adding LAG-3 checkpoint inhibitor to nivolumab extended PFS in patients with advanced disease May 19, 2021
Younger CRC Screening; AI and Lung Cancer Detection; COVID and Oncology Trials News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 19, 2021
For Safety, One Biologic a Winner in Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis Lower hospitalization rates compared with other biologics or small molecule therapies May 19, 2021
Rituximab Tops Mycophenolate Mofetil for Pemphigus Vulgaris Sustained complete response rate four times higher with anti-CD20 antibody May 19, 2021
Is This the Most TikTok'd COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Dermatologists say there's no issue: 'Happy filling, happy vaccinating' May 12, 2021
COVID, Cancer, and Loneliness; Waking Up 'Zombified' Cells; High Cost of Dying News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 12, 2021
Op-Ed: Insurers Bet Big on Bribing Patients They're working an overly complex drug pricing system to their advantage May 11, 2021
No Clarity for Role of Laser Therapy in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus Mixed results from two small randomized clinical trials May 10, 2021
Doubling Down on Immunotherapy in Advanced Melanoma Checkpoint inhibitor combo active after upfront anti-PD-1/L1 therapy May 09, 2021
Another COVID-19 Side Effect: 'Zoom Dysmorphia' As people spend more time on camera, many of them like themselves less and less May 06, 2021
First Detailed Look at COVID Vaccine Skin Reactions Mostly mild, self-limiting reactions and no serious adverse reactions May 05, 2021
USPSTF Still Not Swayed on Vitamins to Prevent Heart Disease, Cancer Vitamin E, beta-carotene singled out as supplements to be avoided May 04, 2021
Rapid Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis With New JAK1 Inhibitor Plus: First-in-class drug shows promise in AD, BTK inhibitor active in pemphigus May 03, 2021
Topical JAK Inhibitor Shows Promise in Vitiligo Half of patients had 90% improvement after 2 years of treatment Apr 30, 2021
FDA Wants Menthol Smokes Banned; COVID-Cancer Mystery; Loneliness Begets Cancer? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Apr 29, 2021
High Rate of Hyperhidrosis Relief With Topical Agent Benefit for 86% of patients treated with sofpironium bromide Apr 29, 2021
Neonatal Number Two May Foretell Allergy Intestinal microbiota patterns at birth associated with atopic sensitization by age 1 Apr 29, 2021
Rapid Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis With Topical JAK Inhibitor Disease activity index improved as early as week 1 with delgocitinib cream Apr 27, 2021
Make the Diagnosis: This Rash Concerns Mom, But Not Him At her 8-year-old son's regular check-up, a mother asked the pediatrician to look at a skin condition that developed rather suddenly about a month ago. Apr 27, 2021
Significant Improvement in Hand Eczema With Pan-JAK Inhibitor Disease activity indicators reduced, no safety signals with gusacitinib versus placebo Apr 26, 2021
Drug 'TYKs' All the Boxes in Two Plaque Psoriasis Trials Significantly higher response rates with TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib versus apremilast Apr 25, 2021
Big Win in Psoriasis for Dual IL-17A/17F Inhibitor Significant differences in clearance with bimekizumab vs secukinumab at all time points Apr 23, 2021