Category Archives: Medical Articles

Combined treatment with calcipotriol ointment and low-dose ultraviolet A1 phototherapy in childhood morphea.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Chris Cane

Combined treatment with calcipotriol ointment and low-dose ultraviolet A1 phototherapy in childhood morphea. Kreuter A, Gambichler T, Avermaete A, Jansen T, Hoffmann M, Hoffmann K, Altmeyer P, von Kobyletzki G, Bacharach-Buhles M. Department of Dermatology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. a.kreuter@derma.de … Continue reading →

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Morphea – Medium-dose UVA1 phototherapy in localized scleroderma and its effect in CD34-positive dendritic cells.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Chris Cane

I recently received a phone call from a man whose daughter has Morphea so I decided to do some hunting to learn a little more about the disease and I came across several articles. I chose to publish part of … Continue reading →

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Dermalume 2X – Double your Power – Double Your Fun!

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Chris Cane

The folks at National Biological Corp leapfrogged the world recently introducing the Dermalume 2X. The new Dermalume 2X provides twice the power, twice the coverage of the typical single lamp handheld wand. The clever designers have been able to use … Continue reading →

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Polycythaemia Vera – Pruritus – TL-01 UVB Narrowband UVB311

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Chris Cane

Interesting day, I received two phone calls from people with Pruritus (extreme itching) associated Polycythaemia Vera, sometimes spelled Polycythemia Vera. I did some searching in my local library database and found a couple of useful articles. TITLE: Narrowband (TL-01) ultraviolet … Continue reading →

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UVB NB vs PUVA Treatment for Mycosis Fungoides.

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Chris Cane

The full article publication is entitled “Efficacy of narrowband UVB vs. PUVA in patients with early-stage mycosis fungoides.” prepared by Ponte P, Serrão V, Apetato M. at the Department of Dermatology, Hospital dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal. … Continue reading →

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UVA1 Phototherapy – Is it effective?

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Chris Cane

The article concludes “Besides topical and systemic therapy, UVA1 radiation is a good option of treatment in various skin diseases. It is one of the first-line treatments for several sclerotic diseases and it often improves pruritus considerably.” I came across … Continue reading →

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Phototherapy Is Focus of New Psoriasis Guidelines

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Chris Cane

One of the realities we live with at Amjo is that many derms look at UV Phototherapy as a last resort. The typical derm would prefer to prescribe biologics and other ointments and salves, many of which expose the patient … Continue reading →

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Vitiligo and Skin Cancer: Are you at risk?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Chris Cane

Because there are no melanocytes in depigmented skin, it would be biologically impossible to develop in depigmented skin a melanoma the most serious type of skin cancer. The other forms, the so called basal epithelioma, could develop but are easily treated and are not life threatening. Continue reading →

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Narrowband UVB Repigments Vitiligo Lesions.

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Chris Cane

This is from an article written by Damian McNamara of Skin and Allergy News in an article published in February of 2008. TORONTO — Narrowband ultraviolet B treatment is effective for repigmentation of vitiligo lesions, according to ratings from 50 … Continue reading →

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Narrow-band UVB quells disease, boosts Vit. D.

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Chris Cane

As I wander around the internet, from time to time I find articles that I hope my readers find of some value. This article from the December 2009 issue of Skin and Allergy News is one of the first articles … Continue reading →

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