“To manage the future costs and quality of care for patients with skin cancer, a revised health strategy is needed,” write Simone van der Geer, M.D., of Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, and colleagues in a special article…
Also tagged Chronic Disease, Erasmus University, Geer, Health Strategy, Quality Of Care, Rotterdam, Skin Cancer, Skin Health, University Medical Center
Early detection of melanoma appears more common among younger patients, those living in areas with high concentrations of dermatologists and those whose cancer is detected by dermatologists. Frédérique Durbec, M.D., of Hôpital Robert Debré, France, and colleagues studied new cases of cutaneous melanoma in five regions of northeastern France in 2004…
Also tagged Cancer, Dermatologists, Melanoma, Northeastern France, Pital, Regions France
Treating melanoma in older adults is estimated to cost approximately $249 million annually. Anne M. Seidler, M.D., M.B.A., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, and colleagues used national databases to assess health care resource consumption by a total of 1,858 patients age 65 and older with melanoma during fiscal years 1991 to 1996…
Also tagged Emory University School, Emory University School Of Medicine, Fiscal Years, Health Care Resource, Medicine, Melanoma, National Databases, Older Adults, Resource Consumption, School Of Medicine, Seidler
Survivors of one melanoma appear approximately nine times as likely as the general population to develop a second melanoma. Porcia T. Bradford, M.D., and colleagues at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., used nine cancer registries to identify 89,515 patients who survived at least two months after an initial melanoma diagnosis between 1973 and 2006. [...]
Also tagged Bethesda Md, Cancer Registries, Diagnosis, Melanoma, National Cancer Institute, Nine Times, Population, Risk, Survivors
A prospective study found that the use of sutures to close the skin after a caesarean delivery results in fewer wound complications than the use of staples, Reuters reports. Suzanne Basha and colleagues at the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania led a prospective trial of 416 women giving birth via c-section who were randomly [...]
Also tagged Basha, C Section, C Sections, Caesarean Delivery, Closure, Delivery Results, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Pennsylvania, Prospective Study, Prospective Trial, Reuters, Staples, Sutures, Valley Health, Women Giving Birth, Wound Complications
Dr. Johannes M. Weiss and colleagues at the University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany have discovered that osteopontin (OPN) contributes to allergic contact dermatitis. They present these findings in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology…
Also tagged American Journal Of Pathology, Contact Dermatitis, Dermatitis, Journal Of Pathology, Opn, Ulm Germany, University Of Ulm
A study in this week’s edition of The Lancet reports that the use of human embryonic stem-cells (hESCs) is a promising alternative for producing temporary skin substitutes for patients awaiting skin grafts after, for example, serious burn injuries. The article is the work of Dr Christine Baldeschi, INSERM and Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and [...]
Also tagged Burns, Dr Christine, Embryonic Stem Cells, Human Cells, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Inserm, Lancet Reports, Monogenic Diseases, Skin Cells, Skin Grafts, Skin Substitutes, Stem Cell Therapy
The December 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology (JGP) contains a paper by Christopher Ahern (The University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and colleagues that explores pore mutation effects in Shaker and other K+ channels using in vivo nonsense suppression technology. The study was published online November 16 (http://www.jgp.org).
Also tagged British Columbia Vancouver, Christopher Ahern, General Physiology, Jgp, Mutation, Nonsense, Pore, Spring Time, Suppression, Technology, University Of British Columbia, University Of British Columbia Vancouver, Ushers, Vivo
Light touch – the sense that lets musicians find the right notes on a keyboard, a seamstress revel in the feel of cool silk, the artisan feel a curve in material and the blind read Braille – truly depends on the activity of Merkel cells usually found in crescent-shaped clusters in the skin, said researchers [...]
Also tagged Artisan, Baylor College Of Medicine, Blind Read, Braille, Clusters, College Of Medicine, Crescent, Current Issue, Curve, Journal Science, Medicine, Merkel Cells, Musicians, Mystery Light, Notes On A Keyboard, Revel, Silk
“A growing body of sex-specific studies shows a trend among men, especially white middle-class men, of delaying seeking help when they become ill,” writes June K. Robinson, M.D., of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and editor of Archives of Dermatology, and colleagues in an accompanying editorial. “By delaying seeking care, men present at [...]
Also tagged Archives Of Dermatology, Editorial, Feinberg School Of Medicine, Medicine, Melanoma, Middle Class Men, Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine, Physicians, School Of Medicine, Trend
