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5 Year Follow-up Results of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma Nitrous Oxide Cryotherapy
A recent report in the British Journal of Opthalmology focuses on what is believed to be the first report on the 5-year follow-up of the outcome of nitrous oxide contact probe cryotherapy for treatment of primary periocular basal cell carcinomas.
Risk Factors for Cutaneous Melanoma and Previous Cancer Diagnosis [Data Analysis]
As Derm PAs and Dermatologists, we are quite aware that close to 75% of all skin cancer deaths are due to melanoma. Did you also know that the AAD estimates one American will die every hour from melanoma?
Sunscreen Protection? On Increased Rates of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine published a journal article in late December 2011 which asks provocative questions concerning our patients' sunscreen usage. These questions are highly relevant to both Dermatologists and Derm PAs.
On the Necessity of Early Detection for Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects close to 520,000 patients in the USA alone, while some figures suggest that 1-3% of the world’s population has been diagnosed with psoriasis itself.
If dermatologist practitioners have clear enough vision to diagnose and treat PsA rapidly and appropriately, many patients might be saved from the potentially devastating long-term consequences of this disease.
Protecting Patient Privacy and Security with Your Online Presence
One factor which has tended to make dermatologists and dermatological physicians assistants wary of building an online presence through social media the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). Passed in 1996, HIPPA includes provisions which protect the privacy and security of personal health information.
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