Skin Disorders

Shingles can be treated—and now prevented

Jeffrey M. Weinberg, MD December 04, 2009

Older patients are at greatest risk for debilitating postherpetic neuralgia, but antiviral therapies ease the pain, and a new vaccine offers hope of prevention.
 

Two erythematous leg rashes

By Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD April 30, 2009

Two women with considerable comorbidities present with lower leg trouble.
 

Widely used rheumatoid arthritis drugs may bring on shingles

April 17, 2009

Drugs that inhibit tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) may significantly raise the risk of herpes zoster
 

Nail pitting

February 11, 2009

 

Melanoma rates jump in women under 40

August 28, 2008

The annual incidence of melanoma among Caucasian women aged 15-39 years rose...
 

A gastric bypass patient with recurrent bronchitis

Chris Cave, MD July 25, 2008

New-onset symptoms trigger a diagnostic quest in a woman with a multifactorial medical history.
 

WHICH ANTIHISTAMINES HALT ITCHING?

July 25, 2008

Which antihistamine is most likely to be effective in the treatment of pruritic lesions—loratadine (Claritin), fexofenadine (Allegra), fexofenadine with pseudoephedrine...
 

A short course in topical psoriasis agents

By Robert G. Greenberg, MD July 24, 2008

Unsightly skin can cause patients great anguish, raising their frustration with slow or ineffective therapies. This is the approach used by one expert.
 

RECALCITRANT PLANTAR WARTS

July 24, 2008

For the past six months I have been treating plantar warts on the foot of a 20-year-old woman. After two Histofreeze treatments, the warts appeared...
 

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