Climatic Hazards Linked to Aggravation of Atopic Dermatitis
Evidence of aggravation of AD seen for most climatic hazards, with impact ranging from direct to indirect effects
Older Adults Average 20.7 Total Health Care Contact Days a Year
Factors linked to more ambulatory contact days include younger age, female sex, White race, non-Hispanic ethnicity
Study IDs Risks to Offspring Associated With Prenatal Opioid Exposure
Prenatal opioid exposure linked to increased risk for infection, eczema and dermatitis, and asthma in offspring
Bidirectional Link ID’d for Autoimmune Disease, Perinatal Depression
Bidirectional association more pronounced among women without psychiatric comorbidities, strongest for multiple sclerosis
FDA Approves AI Device That Helps Spot Skin Cancer
Inflammation, Poverty Have Synergistic Effect on Mortality
Individuals with elevated C-reactive protein at 1.0 mg/dL and poverty had a greater risk for 15-year all-cause mortality
Factors ID’d That Affect Medical Decision-Making in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Five factors identified, including suffering threshold, perceptions of treatment risk, treatment fatigue
Substance Use Disorders on the Rise for Survivors of Specific Cancers
Prevalence of SUD highest in survivors of head and neck, esophageal and gastric, cervical cancers, and melanoma
12.8 Percent of Unique Prescribers Prescribed Topical Antifungals in 2021
Top 10 percent of prescribers by volume prescribed 44.2 percent of all prescriptions for antifungals
Affordable Care Act Sees Record Number of Americans Signing Up
Latest enrollment figures mean a quarter more Americans have signed up for coverage this year compared with last year