• Bariatric Surgery Improves Psoriasis

    November 24, 2015

    At the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting, results of a single-center retrospective study were presented in which researchers Monica [...]

  • AMA Calls for Ban on Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices

    November 24, 2015

    Physicians at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new policy aimed at driving solutions to make prescription drugs [...]

  • Data Shows Acne Patients Don’t Understand Risks Associated with Antibiotic Treatment

    November 24, 2015

    Widespread and inappropriate use of antibiotics continues to be a problems in the US leading to antibiotic resistance issues. While most people [...]

  • ASDSA Announces Patient Safety Hero Award Winners

    November 24, 2015

    The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association (ASDSA) honored Lawrence J. Green, MD, and David J. Watts, MD, with its Patient Safety [...]

  • Female-to-Male Gender Confirmation Surgeries

    November 24, 2015

    For patients with severe gender dysphoria, or gender incongruence, surgery has been a mainstay of treatment for decades. Recently, Medicare lifted a [...]

  • Couples Plastic Surgery By The Decade

    November 24, 2015

    Couples plastic surgery has never been more “in”. It used to be reserved for a more senior age group, with his and [...]

  • Surgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center Perform the Most Extensive Face Transplant to Date

    November 24, 2015

    The surgery—the first of its kind performed in New York State—began the morning of August 14, 2015 and concluded 26 hours later [...]

  • Secrets to Successful Fat Transfer

    November 24, 2015

    Chicago-based facial plastic surgeon Steven Dayan, M.D., says he hasn’t seen any of the reported problems with autologous fat use among his [...]

  • Pfizer to Buy Allergan for Record $160 billion

    November 23, 2015

    Pfizer (PFE) announced Monday it will buy Allergan (AGN) for $363.63 a share, or about $160 billion in the biggest deal ever [...]

  • Vitamin B3 Reduces Risk of New Skin Cancers

    November 20, 2015

    According to new research from the University of Sydney and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a form of vitamin [...]

  • FDA Approves Cotellic Combined with Zelboraf to Treat Advanced Melanoma

    November 20, 2015

    The FDA approved Cotellic (cobimetinib) to be used in combination with Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to treat advanced melanoma that has spread to other [...]

  • Buyer Beware: Re-imported and Foreign-sourced Prescription Drugs

    November 20, 2015

    By Benjamin L. England, Esq.Similar to prescription medical devices, imported and reimported prescription drugs frequently present an attractive alternative to the domestic [...]