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August 16, 2023
For about 6.7 million adults in the U.S., psoriasis is an ongoing, painful condition with no known cure. Despite the fact that psoriasis cannot be passed from person to person, we are seeing it diagn...
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July 21, 2021
Whether it’s the first day of summer or the end of a weekend beach getaway, nearly everyone has experienced the painful discoloration of a sunburn. But far fewer people know when, “Whoops...
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July 05, 2021
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Researchers from the Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory at MedStar Washington Hospital Center examined the utility of an electrical injury treatment algorithm. This examin...
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June 28, 2021
Did you know that the average adult loses around 100 hairs each day? This amount of hair loss is a perfectly normal part of the hair growth cycle, in which follicles continually shed old hairs an...
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May 03, 2021
By Min Deng, MD
Melanin is the pigment that shades our skin and protects it from harmful radiation in sunlight. Because it is naturally dark, melanin absorbs light, including much of the ultraviolet energy in su...
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January 26, 2021
Whatever the cause—burns, trauma or surgery—scars can have a negative impact on a patient’s quality of life. In decades past, treatment of symptomatic scarring (scars that result i...
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November 23, 2020
By Shawn Tejiram, MD, Burn Surgeon
Did you know that, when it comes to fires and burn injuries, cold-weather holidays—especially Thanksgiving—tend to be the most dangerous of all? Kitchen accidents cause at least half of a...