July 2003 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” Blood pressure drugs can cause skin lupus, but it improves after stopping the drug. The glycoprotein D vaccine works against genital herpes in some women, and the HPV-16 vaccine reduces HPV-16 infection and related diseases. More frequent light therapy clears psoriasis faster. A cream called imiquimod effectively treats a type of skin cancer. Iron supplements don't necessarily help with chronic hair loss in women.
July 2003 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” Some medications can improve skin conditions, while lifestyle factors like smoking and drinking may worsen them; treatments like monoclonal antibodies and imiquimod cream show promise for certain skin diseases.
January 1998 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” This study found that both 5-ALA and Photofrin can effectively destroy human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro and cause tissue necrosis in vivo, with Photofrin showing greater efficacy at lower concentrations or power densities.
June 1996 in “Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)” This study found a statistically significant increase in glycosylated hemoglobins among patients with adult-acquired panhypopituitarism undergoing long-term GH replacement therapy, with two developing diabetes requiring treatment.
October 2024 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” In this report, the author shares experiences from a six-month curricular internship, highlighting activities such as arterial pressure monitoring in a community pharmacy and addressing off-label rituximab use at a hospital, alongside discussions of hair loss treatments and nutritional supplementation for dysphagia in the elderly.
Personalized care and evidence-based treatments are crucial for managing skin and hair conditions.
December 2023 in “Urogenital tract infection” Seminal bacteria can lower sperm quality in subfertile men.
This study identified that transgender patients face barriers in accessing oral healthcare, including discrimination and harassment, leading to increased stress, poorer oral health, and a diminished quality of life related to oral health.
December 2019 in “University of Malaya Students Repository” This study found that Soxhlet extraction is more effective at removing the toxin mimosine from Leucaena leucocephala, and mimosine shows promise as a biodiesel additive due to its antioxidative properties.
December 2016 in “British Journal of Dermatology” The meeting highlighted the importance of genetic testing and multidisciplinary approaches in pediatric dermatology.
August 2022 in “MEDICINUS” This case study reports a 22-year-old homosexual man coinfected with secondary syphilis, condyloma acuminata, and HIV, highlighting the coexistence and increased STI risks associated with HIV and HPV infection.
June 2024 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this case study, a 46-year-old post-transplant woman with poorly controlled diabetes exhibited a rare acquired form of epidermodysplasia verruciformis associated with HPV-49, marked by unique histological findings that distinguishing it from trichodysplasia spinulosa.
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June 2005 in “British Journal of Dermatology” HPV 60 may cause cysts and warts on the face, not just hands and feet.
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September 2016 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Warts in HIV-positive men can have serious abnormal cell growth, needing careful analysis and treatment to prevent cancer.
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May 2010 in “Archives of dermatology” This excerpt discusses website navigation and access details for JAMA Dermatology and reports no new research findings.
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January 2015 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This case report highlights the successful treatment of Kaposi varicelliform eruption in a pemphigus vulgaris patient using intravenous acyclovir, alongside antibiotics, resulting in healing of skin lesions with scarring.
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May 2014 in “BMC Infectious Diseases” In this study, anal beta-papillomavirus infection was found to be highly prevalent among Slovenian MSM, with higher rates observed in HIV-1 positive individuals and those using alkyl nitrates.
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July 2004 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study suggests that hair follicles in the genital area may serve as reservoirs for high-risk human papillomaviruses.
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January 2014 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, highlighting clinical features, potential viral reactivations, and treatment, but reports no new clinical findings.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that HPV8-induced actinic keratoses may mechanistically involve Lrig1+ hair follicle keratinocyte stem cells, with the E6 gene promoting downstream STAT3 activity in a mouse model.
January 2022 in “Revista Dermatológica Centro Uraga” In this article, the authors report a case of nearly simultaneous herpes zoster and COVID-19 in a non-immunosuppressed patient.
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January 1999 in “Dermatology” Acyclovir can prevent rejection of skin grafts in herpes-related lip leucoderma.
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September 2010 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case study suggests that thermography could objectively assess pain severity in herpes zoster patients by correlating thermal images with reported pain intensity.
July 2017 in “British Journal of Dermatology” The document concludes that scalp conditions have various causes and can present in many different ways.
July 2023 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” This study found that the E6 gene, but not E7, was responsible for HPV8-induced expansion of keratinocyte stem cells in hair follicle junctional zones in mice.
September 2014 in “Archives of disease in childhood” This case report describes a 12-year-old boy who developed severe shingles with skin erosion and hair loss despite early aciclovir treatment after a stem-cell transplant for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.
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December 2020 in “Case reports in dermatological medicine” This case report discusses a 67-year-old male with pre-existing pemphigus vulgaris who showed nearly 90% resolution of his skin lesions after two weeks of acyclovir treatment, accompanied by continued use of systemic steroids.
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April 2020 in “International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology” This review summarizes current evidence on how beta-human papillomavirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus may contribute to the development of nonmelanoma and Merkel cell skin carcinomas, respectively, but it reports no new clinical findings.
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September 2003 in “International Journal of Cancer” This study found that Epstein-Barr virus infection upregulated a truncated variant of human basic hair keratin 1 (hHb1-ΔN) in gastric carcinoma cell lines, suggesting a possible link to carcinoma differentiation.
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January 2016 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This report describes the first known case of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption occurring after a follicular unit extraction procedure, possibly linked to surgical trauma and post-surgical steroid use.