Dermatology Experts & Viewpoints

Can Doctors Ever Tell Patients They Are Cured of Cancer? In her first Medscape video blog, Dr. Kathy Miller asks whether doctors should avoid using the term cured to describe patients who have been in remission for several years.
Commentary, November 2009
Safety and Effectiveness of Head Lice Products The toxicity of conventional lice-killing preparations is of grave concern, so these are welcome findings and good news for anyone who has spent hours combing nits out of a child's hair.
Viewpoint, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Is It Worth Getting the H1N1 Vaccine? Are you getting vaccinated against the swine flu? Medscape Physician Connect members debate their reasons for and reservations against receiving the vaccine.
Commentary, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: How to Deliver Bad News How can doctors improve on the way that they deliver bad news?
Commentary, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Money, the Least of What Physicians Want Should physicians have the discretion to withhold treatment if patients have not paid their medical bills?
Commentary, October 2009
Tanning Increases Moles in Light-Skinned Children If we need more evidence to encourage avoidance of tanning, especially in light-skinned individuals, here it is.
Viewpoint, October 2009
Medical Tourism -- An Expert Interview With Michael Horowitz, MD, MBA Find out what to tell patients about offshore medical care.
Expert Interview, October 2009
Current Trends and New Techniques in Rhinoplasty: An Expert Interview With Sherrell J. Aston, MD Dr. Sherrell J. Aston offers his thoughts on current state-of-the-art rhinoplasty options.
Expert Interview, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Checking Into Being a Hotel Doctor As traditional forms of medical practice become increasingly unmanageable, physicians are beginning to look for alternative options such as hotel doctoring.
Commentary, October 2009
Proposed Healthcare Reform: No Fair Shake for Doctors Elements of proposed healthcare are not fair to doctors, and proposed funding unfairly taxes doctors, according to Gregory A. Hood, MD, Governor-elect of the ACP, Kentucky chapter.
Commentary, October 2009

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In a BMJ editorial published last month, mandatory screening of all electively admitted patients for MRSA in UK hospitals was criticized for being "unethical" and "unjustified," citing it as potentially harmful because of a potential delay in treatment. Do you favor or oppose mandatory screening for MRSA in hospitalized patients?

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Tanning Increases Moles in Light-Skinned Children If we need more evidence to encourage avoidance of tanning, especially in light-skinned individuals, here it is.
Viewpoint, October 2009

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SPECIALTY SITES Allergy & Clinical Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Dermatology Diabetes & Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Hematology-Oncology HIV/AIDS Infectious Diseases	Internal Medicine Lab Medicine Nephrology Neurology Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Pathology & Lab Medicine Pediatrics Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Psychiatry & Mental Health Public Health & Prevention Pulmonary Medicine	Radiology Rheumatology Surgery Transplantation Urology Women's Health OTHER SITES Business of Medicine Medscape Today Med Students Nurses Pharmacists