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After years of debate and disagreement, could an improved, more user-friendly version of iPLEDGE be on the horizon? iPLEDGE, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-required Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy [...]

Nine days after the independent laboratory Valisure petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall acne products with benzoyl peroxide (BP) because of the lab's findings of extremely high [...]

FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY Two new studies focusing on the safety of benzoyl peroxide (BP)-containing acne products with typical everyday use found no reason for [...]

The talent show, the grand finale of the 1-week camp, was nearly 7 years ago, but Emily Haygood of Houston, now 17 and about to start her senior year, remembers [...]

More than 3 months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not confer the right to an abortion, dermatologists who [...]

More than a month after the launch of the new iPLEDGE Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program, the operation still was not running smoothly for many dermatologists, pharmacists, and [...]

Health care providers who give this year's Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 6 months to 11 years should be sure they withdraw the correct volume of the vaccine from [...]

It was the last monoclonal antibody treatment standing. But less than 10 months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave bebtelovimab its emergency use authorization (EUA) to fight COVID-19, [...]

LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- For years, clinicians have debated whether prescribing statins to patients older than 75 for the prevention of cardiovascular events is appropriate. In 2022, the U.S. Preventive [...]

LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- Ms. S had recently arrived home after a stay at a skilled nursing facility to recover from a hip fracture resulting from osteoporosis. For many patients, [...]

Samuel Mathis, MD, tries to cover a lot of ground during a wellness exam for his patients. Nutrition, immunizations, dental hygiene, and safety at school are a few of the [...]

As the parents of the 19 children shot dead in Uvalde, Tex., by a teen gunman grapple with unspeakable grief, the survivors and their families are dealing with their own [...]

JUST IN TIME for summer outings, a new report on sunscreens is out. The news isn't all sunny. About 75% of more than 1,850 sunscreen products evaluated offer inferior sun [...]

In December 2021, major changes took effect in the iPLEDGE program, the Food and Drug Administration-required safety program for managing the risks of isotretinoin's teratogenicity and preventing exposure during pregnancy. [...]

The Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to 12 companies selling over-the-counter skin-lightening products, the agency announced on April 19. All the products contain hydroquinone as the active ingredient, [...]

Oral tofacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, helped regrow hair in three-quarters of pediatric patients with alopecia areata (AA) in a small study conducted at the University of Colorado and published [...]

Asking knee osteoarthritis patients a simple question - do you have difficulty climbing stairs? - may predict the risk of future functional limitation, according to research presented at the annual [...]

In the United States, nearly 4 million women a year prepare to give birth, looking forward to the joy to come. But for some, the dream turns tragic. About 700 [...]

FROM JAMA DERMATOLOGY Using sunscreen and following other sun-protective behaviors such as wearing long sleeves or staying in the shade do not decrease bone mineral density overall or increase the [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency should conduct an ecologic risk assessment of the UV filters found in sunscreens to understand their effects on aquatic environments and human health, an expert panel [...]

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a modification to the isotretinoin risk-mitigation program to make it more inclusive for transgender patients. Beginning on Dec. 13, 2021, patients prescribed isotretinoin [...]

For dermatologists and others treating patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), it is 'an incredible time,' Lawrence F. Eichenfield, MD, said at MedscapeLive's Women's & Pediatric Dermatology Seminar. More and more [...]

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, a dermatologist in the San Francisco Bay area, is the new president-elect of the American Medical Association and will take over as president in June 2022. [...]

In a tell-all era in which almost no topic is taboo, only a small number of Americans with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) discuss their symptoms with their doctors, let alone [...]

THE AVERAGE ADULT has 20 square feet of skin This shell constantly protects against bacteria, dirt, and the elements. In return, it gets burned by the sun, starved by dehydration, [...]

IMAGINE A MORNING THAT ISN'T A FRENZIED, EXHAUSTED BLUR: YOU awaken refreshed and energized, having been nudged into slumber by a custom-blended herbal tea. It's early, so there's plenty of [...]

SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN TO SLEEP. NEITHER THUNDERSTORMS nor earthquakes nor next-door keg parties will keep them from their appointed snoozing. The rest of us aren't so gifted. Insomnia affects [...]

MOST DAYS ARE A BIT HALEY for Arleen Lemus, who juggles a full-time job with the time-consuming avocation of traveling to dog shows with her two purebred collies. Usually, the [...]

IT'S 2005, AND WE'LL TALK about anything. From fetishes to toenail fungus, maximum frankness pervades chat shows and chat rooms. Yet only about half of Americans with irritable bowel syndrome [...]

AS A KID, Lynne Matallana recalls telling her mother she hurt--a lot. 'I was told to rise above it,' she says. She tried but wasn't always successful. 'In my teens, [...]

SPAS AREN'T JUST FOR FACIALS ANYMORE. You may think of such places as hangouts for the overly groomed, but many spas are more accurately described as healing retreats: They've become [...]

IN SPRING, blooming flowers and lush green trees can make you feel lucky to be alive--or hopelessly miserable, if you're one of the nearly 40 million people who will sneeze [...]

Is there a germ out there with your name on it? The average American suffers through two to four colds a year and has a 20 percent chance of getting [...]

For nearly a year, she was faithful to her low-carb weight-loss plan, passing up the breads and pasta she loves in pursuit of a slimmer figure. 'I'm a carb eater, [...]

If you're planning your summer vacation--and, if history repeats, 41 percent of us are doing just that--you may be consumed with details like getting a dog sitter, tinkering with the [...]

Calcium is the new wonder nutrient! Research confirms that the mineral best known for building bones never stops working. Calcium helps control blood pressure, reduces the risk of colon cancer, [...]

If you feel clumsy when you do step aerobics or self-conscious when you run, you're unlikely to stick with these activities. To avoid always starting and stopping exercise programs, just [...]

Thanks to a grass-roots campaign called Fight the Fat, Dyersville, Iowa, is 3,998 pounds lighter than it was four years ago. The 10-week, team-oriented program inspired 383 men and women [...]