Dermatology

Diabetic patients have an impaired ability to heal wounds, so there is a critical need to develop new treatments to improve healing….

Significantly more children with psoriasis present as overweight or obese compared with control patients without the inflammatory disease, according to a multicenter, cross-sectional, international study….

Patients with diabetes and psoriasis are significantly more likely to develop new-onset, diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications than are psoriasis-free patients with diabetes…. 

A new study of the entire Danish population confirms previous reports of increased risk of diabetes mellitus in patients with psoriasis, and shows the risk increases with the severity of psoriasis….

Diabetes In Control Publisher Steve Freed introduces Dr. Howard K. Koh, the United States Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. More videos with Dr. Koh: Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q1 What Is the Government Doing to Address Prediabetes? Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q2 Can Medical Professionals Be …

Dr. Koh talks about how he sees real opportunity through healthcare reform to address prediabetes screening and prevention issues. He says there is an opportunity to use government as well as other resources to focus on the problem. And he points out that the NIH funded key diabetes prevention studies and is working hard …

Dr. Koh talks about a few ways for medical professionals can get reimbursed for prediabetes programs but explains that there is a lot yet left to do. He discussed how the government is working with the YMCA/YWCA and also that a few insurance companies have come on board as well in terms of …

Howard K. Koh M.D., M.P.H., updates us on the status of prediabetes screening, explaining that prediabetes has its own set of scientific and policy challenges. He also lets us know that screening is possible for people with hypertension and new women’s preventive services including screening for GDM are now available….  

Dr. Koh explains how diabetes educators who are interested can get involved in the YMCA/YWCA programs which are on the forefront of diabetes and prediabetes prevention.   More videos with Dr. Koh: Dr. Howard K. Koh, US Assistant Secretary for Health, Introduction Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q1 What Is the …

Spray-on skin cells significantly improved wound healing versus standard care in patients with venous leg ulcers….