Effects of Particulate Matter on Healthy Skin: A Comparative Study between High- and Low-Particulate Matter Periods.

Background: The influence of airborne particulate matter (PM) on skin has primarily been studied in patients with skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis. Recently, the effect of PM on healthy human skin has gained attention.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between PM concentration and objective skin changes in healthy subjects.

A Case of Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor: An Unusual Presentation.

Drug-induced vasculitis is an inflammation of small-sized blood vessel caused by the use of drugs. It accounts for approximately 10% of acute cutaneous vasculitis. Propylthiouracil, hydralazine, and allopurinol have been widely known as causative agents.

Clinical profile of cutaneous adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors in a single tertiary center.

Programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors have demonstrated their efficacy in the treatment of various malignancies. Despite their benefits, their immunomodulatory activities can cause unpredictable cutaneous adverse events (CAE). This study aimed to identify characteristics of CAE in patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors through the medical records, photographs, and pathology reports.

Economic impact of epilepsy in the United States.

Purpose: To assess differences in medical care expenditures and informal care received for adults and children by individuals' self-reported epilepsy status and to estimate the total economic impact of epilepsy in the United States.

Methods: Pooled medical expenditure panel survey data from 1996-2004 were used. Children's regression analyses were adjusted for race, sex, general self-reported health status, family size, and age.

The relationship between gamma-glutamyltransferase and adiponectin in nonalcoholic women.

The relationship between adiponectin and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) has yet to be clearly demonstrated especially in women. Among the parameters of the liver function test (LFT), it has become increasingly evident that GGT is associated with metabolic disease. The objective of this study was to characterize the relationship between adiponectin and GGT in nonalcoholic women without liver disease.

Hypoadiponectinemia and insulin resistance are associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

We investigated the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and plasma adiponectin levels and insulin resistance. We recruited study subjects among one hundred and eighty one persons who were examined abdominal ultrasound at routine screening tests. A standard interview (consumption of alcohol and medical history), physical examination (height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure), and biochemical study (lipid parameters, aminotransferases, fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, and plasma adiponectin) were performed.

Medical needs of tsunami disaster refugee camps.

Background And Objectives: In response to the massive tsunami disaster in South Asia, two Korean medical relief teams provided emergency medical care in the southern coastal area of Sri Lanka. Their findings are reported here to provide a realistic picture of medical needs created by the tsunami disaster and to enable a better-prepared medical response to future disasters of this type.

Methods: All victims of the tsunami in the area of operation of the two medical relief teams were encouraged to receive medical care.