PATIENTS & PUBLIC
In a recent study of 6,000 black women, almost half indicated hair loss on the crown or top of their scalp and of these black women, only 20% sought a physician for treatment. The findings were presented at the American Academy of Dermatology's Annual Meeting and represent a huge unmet need.
Click here to read the full article at HealioDermatology.com.
Vitiligo significantly affects a person’s health-related quality of life (HRQL) although, a small number of generic, and disease-specific, dermatologic HRQL measures exist. Currently, no vitiligo-specific instrument is available to capture disease-targeted concerns and issues. We'd like to share the research presented at the 2011 Annual American Academy of Dermatology Meeting that highlighted the development and validation of a vitiligo-specific quality-of-life instrument (VitiQoL).
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Find answers to many questions surrounding the diagnoses and treatment of psoriasis in skin of color patients. How often do you see psoriasis in skin of color? Do psoriasis patients of color get the same red patches as Caucasian patients do?
Make sure you don't mistake signs of psoriasis in patients of color. Click here to read the full article published in the April 2016 of The Dermatologist and endorsed by the National Psoriasis Foundation.
“Medical institutions can create environments that either facilitate or curb microaggressions. Microaggressions go beyond race and extend into socially constructed identities that embody privilege in different ways, such as income, social capital, religion, ableness, gender, and sexual orientation. These acts do not respect boundaries—they exist in our personal, academic, and work lives and are detrimental to the training and well-being of our colleagues and trainees.”