| | Journey to the East: U.S. derm leads volunteers in Cambodia
| | International report — Robert E. Kalb, M.D., made giving back a family adventure four years ago, when he, his wife and two college-aged children took their first medical mission trip with Health Volunteers Overseas to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. | |  |
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| Acupuncture aids in easing pain stemming from dermatologic conditions
| | | Many different approaches are used to manage pain in medicine, and most therapies are pharmacologically based. Acupuncture is one therapeutic modality that can be used as a viable treatment option for painful diseases and conditions (including those seen in dermatology) without the occurrence of the adverse events that can take place with topical, oral or intravenous drug therapies. |
| | | Well-known dermatologist places strong focus on caring for needy patients
| | | After more than 50 years as a dermatologist, Denny Tuffanelli, M.D., considers it an honor and a privilege to care for patients. He spends five-and-a-half days a week at a group dermatology practice in San Francisco, where he practices with his daughter, general dermatologist Lucia Tuffanelli, M.D. The patriarch, clinical professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco, continues to see consults at four hospitals. |
| | | Vitamins, supplements play crucial role in anti-aging when used properly
| | | The science to prove claims that oral supplements help reduce the signs of skin aging is lacking. But one dermatologist says she believes that supplementing with specific vitamins, oils and other nutrients plays an important role in anti-aging treatments — especially when patients do not get enough of these nutrients in their diets. |
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