Allergic Contact Dermatitis Associated With Religious Practices: Review of the Literature.

Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) may occur secondary to devotional practices in various religions. A systematic review of PubMed was conducted from inception of database to September 9, 2022. Key terms were "contact dermatitis" or "devotional dermatosis" in association with major world religions including "Christianity," "Islam," "Hinduism," "Buddhism," "Sikhism," and "Judaism.

Characteristics of medical professional liability claims against dermatologists: data from 2704 closed claims in a voluntary registry.

Background: The Physician Insurers Association of America established a voluntary registry in 1985 that contains 239,756 closed claims. The registry is maintained for educational programs to reduce patient injury and medical professional liability (MPL) claims.

Objective: This report provides a description of MPL claims against dermatologists.

Assessing the role of race in quantitative measures of skin pigmentation and clinical assessments of photosensitivity.

Background: Given the increasing demographic diversity in the United States, clarifying relationships between race, color, ethnicity, and disease processes is critical.

Objectives: We sought to examine the correlation between objective measures of skin pigmentation, racial identification, and physician-diagnosed and self-reported skin phototypes.

Methods: A total of 558 participants (76 nonwhite) were evaluated.

The changing face of cutaneous biology as seen from the National Institutes of Health.

Over the past 50 y, research in skin biology and diseases has changed dramatically. These changes include (i) who is doing the research, from M.D.