Julie Morse's Blog – December 2017 Archive (10)

Parents are sharp medical photographers says a new study published in JAMA Dermatology. Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that 83 percent of photo-based diagnoses that were submitted by the patient’s…

A group of researchers at McMaster University have won the James Dyson Award for sKan, an inexpensive and compact skin cancer detection device. They’ll use their $40,000 prize to advance the prototype so that it will meet Food and Drug…

Pregnant Medicaid patients with melanoma are likely to wait over six weeks after their diagnosis until they’re able to get surgery. That’s according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), which found that patients with…

Celebrities with plastic surgery have drastically changed society beauty standards. Lip fillers, implants, and body contouring have become normalized procedures in Hollywood and for the stars of popular social media accounts. However, injecting silicone into the body in order to make us look a certain way isn’t healthy — a message that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

The structure of public healthcare systems has gone through a drastic transformation over the last three decades. In particular, there has been a momentous shift from physicians running solo practices to working exclusively in hospital settings.



In 1983, 76.1 percent of physicians ran their own solo practice. In 2014, that percentage had dropped to 50.8. That…

As the nationwide interest in becoming a physician assistant grows, so does the salary. According to a report from the National Commission of Physician Assistants, specialized physician assistants (PAs) earned on average over $104,000 in…

From conspiracy theories to cryptic memes, there’s a lot of confusing and strange information on Reddit that lead people to believe the opposite of the truth. The latest fallacy from the social media giant is a thread promoting the use of Vaseline to cure skin problems, in particular, …

Virtual diagnosis platforms continue to disrupt the dermatology industry, and MDLIVE, a massive telehealth service, is jumping on the bandwagon. In a partnership with lagnosis, a teledermatology system, they will launch a 24/7 virtual…

Some product manufacturers have a tendency to stretch the truth to the limitations of the law. However, eye cream might be the longest-running hoax in the beauty and cosmetics market. According to New York City-based dermatologist Fayne Frey, MD, those dainty…

Turmeric makes a regular appearance at juice bars and organic food stores; however, the spice’s medicinal properties are unknown to many. For thousands of years, people have been using the bright yellow-orange root to treat a wide range of dermatologic conditions. Practitioners use extracts of the plant to manage symptoms of skin cancer, psoriasis, and acne among other…