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FDA approves AI device to check skin cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the first artificial intelligence-powered medical device to help doctors detect the most common forms of...
Alopecia surge after Covid – large South Korean study
A large study involving more than half a million people in South Korea suggests that the incidence of alopecia areata significantly increased after Covid-19.
In...
FDA approves chronic skin disease drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to a drug to treat the skin condition seborrheic dermatitis in patients...
Experts advise monitoring of acne drug’s adverse psychiatric effects
The common skin condition of acne has been associated with considerable morbidity, particularly psychiatric and psychological, but one of the most efficacious treatments, isotretinoin,...
Soft touch technique gives hope to nail-biters, hair-pluckers – German study
Scientists estimate that about 5% of people worldwide are afflicted with body-focused repetitive behaviours – like compulsively pulling or picking at their hair or...
Skin/hair/nail supplements boom despite toxicity risks – US analysis
Despite limited data to support their use, the sale of hair, skin and nail (HSN) supplements has nearly doubled in recent years, say US...
Cheap BP drug could treat acne – Southampton study
A cheap drug used to treat high blood pressure could help thousands of women suffering from persistent acne, according to a study led by...
High success rate in JAK inhibitor trial results for alopecia
About 40% of patients with severe alopecia areata had dramatic hair regrowth at six months, going from nearly hairless to almost a full head...
Drug trial shows relief for infants, children from eczema’s itch – US randomised study
The first study to treat moderate-to-severe eczema in infants and children six months to five-years-old with a biologic drug rather than immune-suppressing medications shows...
How skin oil turns infection-fighting cells into accomplices, making acne bacteria thrive – US study
Cutibacterium acnes, a crunchy bug that lives on human skin, loves the oily pocket around hair follicles. No face is quite as greasy as...
Psoriasis study shows promising new treatment strategy
As part of a study, a MedUni Vienna research team has now discovered a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in both psoriasis and...
British universities’ first world study comparing child eczema moisturisers
A world-first study directly comparing different types of moisturisers to use for children with eczema, has come up with unexpected findings, notes Medicalbrief.
Around one...
Opzelura: FDA approves first topical JAK inhibitor for atopic dermatitis
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted a first-ever approval of a topical Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for atopic dermatitis.
Ruxolitinib (Opzelura) cream, manufactured by...
Histone deacetylase inhibitor gel efficacious for basal cell carcinoma — Phase II trial
The histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, remetinostat gel, is a well-tolerated and effective treatment for basal cell carcinoma (BCC), as an alternative to surgical excision,...
Simple dietary changes may have significant effect on psoriasis
A Western diet rich in sugar and fat leads to an imbalance in the gut's microbial culture and may contribute to inflammatory skin diseases...
Development of microbe for bacteriotherapy of eczema — First-in-human trial
A first-in-human, Phase I, double-blinded clinical trial had identified a universal strain of bacteria derived from healthy human skin that can treat the most...
Tirbanibulin superior to placebo in treating actinic keratosis
Tirbanibulin is superior to vehicle at two months for the treatment of actinic keratosis, but almost half of patients who had a complete response...
Low fitness linked with an up to 35% higher psoriasis risk later in life
A major register-based study among Swedish military conscripts, over a median of 31 years, found an up to 35% elevated risk of the least...
No evidence for daily emollient to prevent infant eczema
A randomised controlled trial in 12 hospitals and four primary care sites across the UK found no evidence that daily emollient during the first year of...
Western diet rich in fat and sugar linked to skin inflammation and psoriasis
A study suggests that dietary components, rather than obesity itself, may lead to skin inflammation and the development of psoriasis. A common and chronic...
FDA study finds sunscreen's active ingredients readily absorbed in bloodstream
The active chemicals in sunscreens can readily soak into the bloodstream, found a US Food and Drug Administration pilot study.
Scientists at the US...
Higher vitamin A intake linked to lower skin cancer risk
People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17% reduction in risk for getting cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, the second-most-common type...
Topical cream effective in reversing effects of vitiligo
A nationwide phase II clinical trial, coordinated out of Tufts Medical Centre in Boston, has found that a topical cream was extremely effective in...
Doctors now favouring combination therapies to treat acne
Physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favour of a combinations of therapies, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings...
Breast feeding for three months helps keep child eczema at bay
Children exclusively breastfed for the first three months of life had significantly lower odds of having eczema at age 6 compared with peers who...
Allergy shots may help with severe atopic dermatitis
A medically-challenging case presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting found that allergy shots provided significant benefits...
Sunscreen users get only 40% the sun protection they think
A small UK experiment found sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 50, applied in a typical way, would at best provide 40% of...
Advice platform compiles skin cancer indices
derma.plus, the platform for dermatological advice, has conducted an international study on skin cancer to better understand the geographical and socio-economic factors which make...
First successful treatment of squamous cell carcinoma with HPV vaccine
JAMA Dermatology reports what they believe to be the complete regression of squamous cell skin cancers after combined systemic and direct intratumoral injection of...
Diuretic drug found to be successful in treatment of acne
The diuretic drug spironolactone may be just as effective as antibiotics for the treatment of women's acne, found a US study.
In a finding that...
Osteoporosis drug found to stimulate hair follicle growth
A new drug could ease the distress of men and women who suffer from baldness, according to researchers from The University of Manchester's Centre...
No meaningful benefit from emollient bath additives for children with eczema
Emollient bath additives provide no meaningful benefit when used in addition to standard eczema care in children, finds a trial. Bath additives are widely...
Generic skin cream reduces risk of SCC surgery
A clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence that using the generic skin...
Facial exercise programme helps women look younger
A 30-minute daily or alternate-day facial exercise programme sustained over 20 weeks improved the facial appearance of middle-aged women, resulting in a younger appearance...
Improved healing for drained skin abscesses with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment was associated with improved outcomes in patients with drained skin abscesses regardless of lesion size or guideline criteria, according to a study...
No added benefit from bleach baths for eczema
For patients suffering from eczema (atopic dermatitis), dermatologists will sometimes recommend bleach baths to decrease bacterial infection and reduce symptoms. But a new Northwestern...
Recommendation on safety of skin procedures after Tx with isotretinoin
International literature review regarding the safety of skin procedures performed either concurrently with, or immediately after, treatment with the acne medication isotretinoin.
For decades, it...
Asthma drug effective for patients with urticaria
The asthma drug Omalizumab is shown to be effective in treating hives, found two separate German clinical studies.
Patients who develop itchy wheals in response...
No benefit from using topical antibiotics for eczema
Findings from the CREAM study are that there is no meaningful benefit from the use of either oral or topical antibiotics for milder clinically...
Non-invasive technique to detect skin cancer
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering have developed a non-invasive imaging technique that accurately detects skin cancer without surgical...