Government officials have stood before doctors many times and talked about the need to change the perverse incentives that pay them more for caring for sick patients than for keeping people healthy to start. Dr. Richard Gilfillan, who runs the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, had a similar pitch when he talked to more than 1,000 people... »

Foreign-made skin-lightening creams, found to contain toxic levels of mercury, are poisoning users as well as the people they live with, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC identified a Mexican-made cream as the likely source of mercury exposure in 22 people in 5 households in California and ... »

Could radiation therapy be making its way back to the dermatologists’ toolbox for treating skin cancer? Maybe, said Dr. James M. Spencer.

The once gigantic machines used for radiation are being replaced by smaller ones, and treatment methods and calculations are getting simpler, said Dr. Spencer, at the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical... »

When patients don’t follow doctor’s orders, is it simply all their fault?

Maybe not, says dermatologist Steven R. Feldman.

Even while compliance and adherence to therapy is critical, data show that many dermatology patients don’t even fill their prescriptions, Dr. Feldman said during his presentation at the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical... »

Have your patients come in with an allergic reaction or ailment caused by a cosmetic? The Food and Drug Administration continues to implore consumers and providers to report all cases of adverse health affects related to cosmetics. The agency held a webinar on the topic earlier this week.

Legally, the FDA does not have the power to regulate cosmetics... »

There’s often truth in humor, as was the case in a slightly tongue-in-cheek talk by Dr. Eric “Billy” Baum of the University of Alabama at this year’s Caribbean Dermatology Symposium in Puerto Rico.

Dr. Baum’s talk, ostensibly on practice and financial pearls,was peppered with funny sports quotes and pearls about saving money by combining family ... »

Dr. Paul Lizzul and Dr. Allan Conney, along with their colleagues, are in the early stages of research that hints at broad implications for preventing squamous cell and basal cell skin cancer. After starting in the lab and progressing with animal models, they took a hypothesis about the effect of caffeine on actinic keratoses and applied it... »