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by Lynn Bradshaw, Senior Editor
Sep 19, 20161 min read
Website launched to provide resources for employers to develop sun safety plan
Sun Safety at Work Canada has launched a website aimed at providing resources and support to help employers develop a workplace sun...
by Lynn Bradshaw, Senior Editor
Sep 5, 20162 min read
Investigators may have discovered how melanoma spreads to other organs in the body
Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel may have discovered the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, according to findings published...


Derm City
Jun 27, 20162 min read
Cause of photodynamic therapy pain identified
Image by Skin58 via Wikimedia Commons. licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. The pain...
by Lynn Bradshaw, Senior Editor
Jun 23, 20161 min read
CDA releases winners of 2016 Public Education Awards
Recipients of the 2016 Public Education Awards Program have been unveiled today by the Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA). The Public...


Derm City
Jun 10, 20162 min read
207 nm UV kills MRSA, safe for skin tissue in vivo
MRSA bacteria - photo courtesy NIH/Tim Sandle, PhD In vivo trials have shown that far-band, 207 nm ultraviolet (UV)-C light is as...


By Lynn Bradshaw
Apr 16, 20161 min read
Skin Spectrum Summit: Dermatologist recommends against the use of glued hair extensions
Photo credit: Emily Innes-Leroux/The Chronicle The practice of gluing hair extensions onto the scalp of women of African ancestry should...


By Emily Innes-Leroux
Apr 16, 20161 min read
Skin Spectrum Summit: PFD and AKN primarily seen in men of African Ancestry
Emily Innes-Leroux/The Chronicle Pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) and acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) are both conditions that are primarily...


Derm City
Apr 13, 20162 min read
Dr. Lars Vistnes, founding director of ReSurge International, dies at 88
Stanford Medicine Dr. Lars Vistnes, a pioneer in oculoplastic surgery and a founding director of ReSurge International (formerly...
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