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Aug 19, 20162 min read

Seeing is believing for sun-protection education

Showing young women a digital simulation of what their face would look like after sun-induced premature aging may be the most effective...

Aug 18, 20163 min read

Potential new target identified for treating itch

Photo by Robert Boston// Zhou-Feng Chen, PhD (left) and postdoctoral research scholar Devin M. Barry, PhD, Researchers have discovered...

Aug 15, 20161 min read

Combining biologic and phototherapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis

Combination of biologic and phototherapy might be effective for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis not responsive to...

Aug 12, 20161 min read

Non-invasive, electric pulse technique may minimize burn scars

A newly developed technique using short duration, pulsed electric fields may help prevent the formation of burn-related hypertropic scars...

Aug 11, 20162 min read

Cutaneous melanoma survival rates lower in patients with skin of colour

Despite higher incidence of cutaneous melanoma in Caucasians, the survival rate for cutaneous melanoma in patients with skin of colour is...

Aug 4, 20164 min read

First patient-reported outcome tools to assess acne scarring

The Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne have developed two patient-reported outcome measures to assess the severity and impact of...

Jul 27, 20162 min read

Skin cancer rates higher in developed countries

Canada ranked in the top 20 out of 62 countries on the Skin Cancer Susceptibility Index released by a medical technology...

Jul 22, 20162 min read

Basal cell carcinomas arise only from stem cells

Invasive basal cell carcinomas [BCCs] appear to only arise where a skin stem cell is the site of the original oncogenic mutation, while...

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