Foot Lesions – Friday Pop Quiz 7/5/2024
What of the following is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
A. Doxycycline
B. Terbinifine oral
C. Adalimumab
D. Acitretin
E. Ivermectin
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here. …
What of the following is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
A. Doxycycline
B. Terbinifine oral
C. Adalimumab
D. Acitretin
E. Ivermectin
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here. … 
You may want to make an extra effort to encourage your young adult patients to protect their skin from the sun. Recent surveys, as noted in The New York Times, showed that adults born after 1997 – those considered in Gen Z – were more likely to believe sun safety myths, including that daily sunscreen usage is more harmful than sun exposure.
Experts say that misinformation in this age group … 
During the 2023 Skin of Color Update in New York City, esteemed experts, Dr. Andrew Alexis, Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Dr. George Han, Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, shared their expertise in diagnosing and managing psoriasis in individuals with skin of color … 
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Do implicit bias and race-compliance stereotyping impact clinical decision making in psoriasis? A feasibility study published in the February issue of the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology sought to answer this question.
To learn more about the key findings and takeaways, I interviewed one of the authors, Rithu Srikantha, MD, associate professor of dermatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine/N …