Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to probe the lived experiences of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).

Background: Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is a chronic neuro-vestibular condition characterised by subjective dizziness, non-spinning vertigo, and postural imbalance. Symptoms are typically induced by situations of visuo-vestibular conflict and intense visual-motion.

Objective: Little research has focused on the lived experiences of people with PPPD.

Social media impact factor: the top ten dermatology journals on Facebook and Twitter.

Academic journals are mainly rated according to their impact factors. However, considering the enormous worldwide impact of social media, journals and potential authors may want to take social media impact into account.

Collodion baby: an update with a focus on practical management.

Collodion baby is an uncommon clinical presentation of several genetic conditions, primarily disorders of cornification. The severely compromised epidermal barrier presents the greatest challenge during the newborn period and advances in neonatal care have significantly improved the prognosis. This review summarizes the clinical characteristics, complications, outcomes, and differential diagnosis of the collodion baby.

Sun damage in ultraviolet photographs correlates with phenotypic melanoma risk factors in 12-year-old children.

Background: Ultraviolet (UV) photography has been used to motivate sun safety in behavioral interventions. The relationship between sun damage shown in UV photographs and melanoma risk has not been systematically investigated.

Objective: To examine the relationship between severity of sun damage in UV photographs and phenotypic melanoma risk factors in children.

Topical antimicrobial treatment of acne vulgaris: an evidence-based review.

Topical antimicrobial treatment is indicated for mild to moderate acne vulgaris. Our literature review includes searches of Ovid, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the databases of the Cochrane Library. A detailed search strategy is included.

Conclusions and recommendations: United States dermatologic health care need assessment.

This United States skin disease health care needs assessment (HCNA) focuses on the most common and severe skin conditions. The purpose of this article is to highlight these skin conditions in a concise manner for efficient use by policy makers. Brief summaries of each article in this issue of Dermatologic Clinics are provided along with recommendations for better addressing dermatologic care needs.

Introduction: US dermatologic health care needs assessment.

The health care needs assessment (HCNA) addressed in this issue of Dermatologic Clinics is designed to aid practitioners and policy makers by providing current, evidence-based research that can be used to guide United States' dermatologic care. The topics covered in this skin disease HCNA include those that are considered common dermatology care needs in society and those severe enough to create a burden on the medical system. Disease discussions address epidemiology, costs to society and patients, prevention, treatment, gaps in management, and future recommendations.

Dermatology education and the Internet: traditional and cutting-edge resources.

Background: The number and variety of dermatological medical resources available online has grown exponentially over the past decade. Internet-based resources allow for immediate and easy access to information for both medical education and reference purposes. Although clinicians continue to turn to the Internet for clinical information and still images, tech-savvy medical students are currently accessing a variety of exciting new resources, including discussion boards, wikis, streaming video, podcasts, journal clubs, online communities, and interactive diagnostic experiences to augment their medical education.

Online videos to promote sun safety: results of a contest.

Seventy-percent of Americans search health information online, half of whom access medical content on social media websites. In spite of this broad usage, the medical community underutilizes social media to distribute preventive health information. This project aimed to highlight the promise of social media for delivering skin cancer prevention messaging by hosting and quantifying the impact of an online video contest.

Dermatologists wearing white coats on practice websites: current trends.

Physicians wearing white coats are perceived as having more authority, being more friendly and being more attractive than those not wearing white coats, and patients report that they prefer their dermatologist to wear a white coat. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of dermatologists wearing white coats on practice websites. We searched Google for dermatology practice websites in six states representing distinct geographic regions in the United States.

Outpatient Follow-up and Secondary Prevention for Melanoma Patients.

Health care providers and their patients jointly participate in melanoma prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment. This paper reviews screening and follow-up strategies for patients who have been diagnosed with melanoma, based on current available evidence, and focuses on methods to assess disease recurrence and second primary occurrence. Secondary prevention, including the roles of behavioral modification and chemoprevention are also reviewed.

The multiple Maillard reactions of ribose and deoxyribose sugars and sugar phosphates.

Ribose 5-phosphate (R5P) undergoes the Maillard reaction with amines at significantly higher rates than most other sugars and sugar phosphates. The presence of an intramolecular phosphate group, which catalyzes the early stages of the Maillard reaction, provides the opportunity for the R5P molecule to undergo novel reaction paths creating unique Maillard products. The initial set of reactions leading to an Amadori product (phosphorylated) and to an alpha-dicarbonyl phosphate compound follows a typical Maillard reaction sequence, but an observed phosphate hydrolysis accompanying the reaction adds to the complexity of the products formed.