- Home>
- Specialties>
- Dermatology>
- Editor's Picks
Dermatology Editor's Picks
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Uptake and Effectiveness of Zoster Vaccine in the General Population
- May 1, 2013
- Thomas Glück, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Only 3.9% of the general U.S. population aged 
65 received the zoster vaccine, but vaccinees had significantly reduced rates of zoster and postherpetic neuralgia.
- Reviewing:
- Langan SM et al. PLoS Med 2013 Apr 9; 10:e1001420
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Another Look at the "Ampicillin Rash"
- May 1, 2013
- Deborah Lehman, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
This study found a lower incidence of antibiotic-associated rash in children with Epstein-Barr virus acute infectious mononucleosis than previously reported.
- Reviewing:
- Chovel-Sella A et al. Pediatrics 2013 May 1; 131:e1424
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Risk Factors for Sclerosis After Stem-Cell Transplantation
- April 16, 2013
- David Green, MD, PhD
- Oncology and Hematology
Sclerosis was more common after the use of a mobilized-blood cells graft and total body irradiation conditioning, but less common with HLA- and ABO-mismatched donors.
- Reviewing:
- Inamoto Y et al. Blood 2013 Apr 1
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Imaging as an Objective Measurement of PainFree
- April 10, 2013
- Jaime Toro, MD
- Neurology
Will functional magnetic resonance imaging one day be used to identify a biomarker for pain?
- Reviewing:
- Wager TD et al. N Engl J Med 2013 Apr 11; 368:1388
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Is Light Therapy Underused?
- March 25, 2013
- Barbara Geller, MD
- Psychiatry
An animal study provides even more data on the neurobiology of this antidepressant treatment.
- Reviewing:
- Ren C et al. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 Jan 31
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Can Trauma Precipitate Shingles?
- March 26, 2013
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- General Medicine
An analysis suggests a cause–effect relation, but this connection should be clinically confirmed.
- Reviewing:
- Zhang JX et al. J Infect Dis 2013 Mar 15; 207:1007
Mice, Take Note: Excess Dietary Salt Seems to Drive Autoimmune DiseaseFree
- March 7, 2013
- Physician's First Watch
Increasing levels of dietary salt are associated with increasing production of inflammatory factors linked to the development of autoimmune diseases, according to a Nature study...
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
- March 20, 2013
- Richard T. Ellison III, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not appear to improve healing or prevent amputation in diabetic patients with foot wounds.
- Reviewing:
- Margolis DJ et al. Diabetes Care 2013 Feb 19
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
More Evidence That the Biology of Embryogenesis Explains Metastasis
- February 8, 2013
- Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
- General Medicine
A metastatic cell must transition between a mesenchymal and an epithelial state in order to flourish.
- Reviewing:
- Ocaña OH et al. Cancer Cell 2012 Dec 11; 22:709
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Two Controlled Trials Confirm Effectiveness of Daily Chlorhexidine BathingFree
- February 6, 2013
- Daniel J. Diekema, MD, D(ABMM)
- Infectious Diseases
In two multicenter, cluster-randomized trials (one in children, one in adults), chlorhexidine bathing significantly reduced hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.
- Reviewing:
- Climo MW et al. N Engl J Med 2013 Feb 7; 368:533
