by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
The AP (8/23) reports, “An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink.” Now, “with the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection caused by a common bacteria...
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to an article posted in Dermatology Daily, from the American Academy of Dermatology, reports that a new vaccine from Amgen called TVEC, which harnesses the power of a patient’s own immune system, appears to have some effect in controlling melanoma on a...
by admin | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
HealthDay (8/3, Gray) reports that a 1,100-patient study published online July 19 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology “affirms that basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, should be viewed as a chronic disease.” Not only did...
by admin | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Sacramento (CA) Business Journal (7/20, Robertson, Subscription Publication) reported that in California, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) “has signed a measure into law that’s designed to protect…patients from the unlicensed practice of medicine in...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
From the AAD’s Dermatology Daily, a recent article about shortage of Physicians due to recent reforms. On its front page, the New York Times (7/29, A1, Lowrey, Pear, Subscription Publication) reported that expanded health insurance and Medicaid will not...
