Olaf Rodriguez shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to examine patient's skin Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at a visit to VitalSkin Dermatology, where we follow a patient through a ...

In my last 13 years of immersion in dermatology, I have often asked this simple yet elusive question of my superiors, my colleagues, and myself: Which patients need skin checks? As I peruse my ...

Your skin, the largest organ of your body, acts as the outermost protective layer that safeguards you from external harmful pathogens, Ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and pollutants. In addition, the skin ...

Last spring, I noticed an unusual mark on my torso that hadn’t been there before. It had a circular shape to it and was a bit darker than the rest of my skin. I showed it to my primary care physician ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 62.5% of 128 patients were diagnosed with a melanoma less than 1 mm thick after having conducted skin ...

Dermatologists were more accurate than primary care physicians in diagnosing skin cancer, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis that appears in JAMA Dermatology. According to the study ...

Perspective changes everything. Like every other recently graduated proto-dermatologist, I spent the morning of September 11 poring over the many lists of trivia that clutter our specialty. I glanced ...

Yet this was The Boards. This was the exam that dermatology residents around the country spend 3 years obsessing about. From my first day of residency, I heard those noxious, ever-present words: ...