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WAILEA, Hawaii — Individuals with darker skin types should protect their skin from visible light damage, as well as ultraviolet light, according to a poster presented at Maui Derm for Dermatologists.“Our consensus panel found there are a myriad of misconceptions related to photoprotection in patients with darker skin type, as defined by Fitzpatrick skin types 3, 4, 5 and 6,”

Of more than 3,000 lung transplants performed in the U.S. from August 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021, 7% were performed to treat severe, irreversible lung damage caused by COVID-19, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.Further, more than half of these patients required ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before lung transplant.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Daily application of encapsulated benzoyl peroxide was safe, efficacious and well tolerated in patients with rosacea, according to a poster presented at Maui Derm for Dermatologists.“The utility of BPO (benzoyl peroxide) in rosacea has been limited due to limited data on efficacy and adverse skin tolerability,” Neal D. Bhatia, MD, of Therapeutics Clinical

The long-term use of IV edaravone in patients with ALS, although tolerated, did not produce significant improvement compared with standard therapies alone, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.“Our study indicated that edaravone in its current dosage and administration may not prolong time to ventilation or survival probability,” Simon Witzel, MD, of the department of

Adults with CVD, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases and comorbid psychiatric conditions are at “substantially” increased risk for premature death or death by suicide compared with adults without psychiatric comorbidities, data show.In a longitudinal study of more than 1 million Swedish adults with chronic health diseases, researchers found mortality rates ranged from 15% to 21%

Working as an optometrist in a major hospital system in the Boston area has its perks.

Adolescents who were homeschooled during a COVID-19 lockdown slept longer on school days and drank less alcohol and caffeine than before the pandemic, according to a cross-sectional online survey of nearly 9,000 students in Switzerland. Researchers found that longer sleep durations were associated with better health-related quality of life among the participants. However, these gains were offset

Combined reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament and the medial quadriceps tendon-femoral ligament may provide a more anatomical, less invasive alternative technique for patellar instability, according to researchers.Although MPFL reconstruction in isolation can provide good clinical and radiological results with variable rates of recurrent instability, João Espregueira-Mendes, MD,

Recent data revealed that 20% of adults are prescribed obesogenic medications, with beta-blockers and diabetes drugs most commonly prescribed. A report on the data was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Jason Menzo has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, according to a press release.“The work we do to advance treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases is so important, and the momentum is palpable,” Menzo told Healio/OSN. “I am excited for us to continue engaging the blind and low vision community through our