Lifestyle Medicine and Dermatology with Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Skin of Color Update, interviewed Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, who is board certified in both dermatology and lifestyle medicine. Watch as she shares the six major pillars of lifestyle medicine, and which dermatologic conditions are shown to be influenced by lifestyle factors. You may change how you counsel your patients after watching this video!
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Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Skin of Color Update, interviewed Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, who is board certified in both dermatology and lifestyle medicine. Watch as she shares the six major pillars of lifestyle medicine, and which dermatologic conditions are shown to be influenced by lifestyle factors. You may change how you counsel your patients after watching this video!
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Next Steps in Derm and the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, in partnership with the Dermatology Education Foundation (DEF) and Physicians Resources, interviewed Dr. Adam Friedman, professor and chair of dermatology at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, on life lessons from his residency and career. Dr. Friedman provides his tips for remaining calm during the craziest of office visits. … 
A study on the safety of UV lights during gel manicures is the most popular dermatology topic in the consumer press this month. Dermatologists have long been concerned that routine gel manicures with UV lights would be associated with a higher risk of skin cancer. A study in Nature Communications demonstrates that the radiation emitted by these UV nail polish dryers does damage DNA and cause perma … 
Patients with darker skin types are susceptible to developing other pigmentary disorders besides melasma. At SOCU 2022, Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, Director of the Skin of Color Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, gave a fascinating overview of various pigmentary disorders that can affect patients with skin of color and provided clinical pearls immediately useful in our p … 
A 35 year-old woman in her late third trimester of pregnancy presents to the office for an acute rash that started on her abdomen as seen in the picture below. What do you need to council the mother regarding the effect that this rash may have on the fetus?
A. Increased risk of prematurity and small-for-gestational age
B. No effect
C. Increased risk of stillbirths
D. Increased risk … 