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May 22, 2024
Most people know that skin cancer is commonly linked to too much sun exposure, as harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause short and long-term damage to the skin. However, only 32 percent of people re...
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September 24, 2021
A former patient of mine had psoriasis symptoms that were so severe they couldn’t work or drive due to thick, painful plaques on their hands. I prescribed a biologic therapy—a medication that targets...
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July 21, 2021
Whether it’s the first day of summer or the end of a weekend beach getaway, nearly everyone has experienced the painful discoloration of a sunburn. But far fewer people know when, “Whoops...
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July 05, 2021
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Researchers from the Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory at MedStar Washington Hospital Center examined the utility of an electrical injury treatment algorithm. This examin...
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June 28, 2021
Did you know that the average adult loses around 100 hairs each day? This amount of hair loss is a perfectly normal part of the hair growth cycle, in which follicles continually shed old hairs an...
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May 03, 2021
By Min Deng, MD
Melanin is the pigment that shades our skin and protects it from harmful radiation in sunlight. Because it is naturally dark, melanin absorbs light, including much of the ultraviolet energy in su...
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January 26, 2021
Whatever the cause—burns, trauma or surgery—scars can have a negative impact on a patient’s quality of life. In decades past, treatment of symptomatic scarring (scars that result i...