Skin blog

Integrating conventional medicine and alternative therapies Integrative Dermatology combines the best of conventional dermatology with some of the more holistic options of an alternative approach. For patient whose skin condition...

The Slip, Slop, Slap Slogan has become institutionalised as the core message of Cancer Council’s SunSmart Program. The campaign is widely credited as playing a key role in the dramatic...

This blog is based on expert recommendations from the Australian Medical Dermatology Group published on 30th March 2021: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajd.13593 How effective are the COVID-19 vaccines? In Australia and New Zealand,...

Should I wear a face-mask? The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Department of Health recommends mask-wearing as part of a comprehensive approach to reducing COVID-19 transmission. It is important...

The word “nocebo” comes from Latin which means “to harm”. In medicine, the term nocebo is used to describe the experiencing of side effects from a medication where no such...

On 14th October 2020, Queensland researchers made a breakthrough in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma by using a genetically engineered cold virus to kill the tumour. This led to...

Australians love on-line technology. About 80% of Australians report searching the internet for health information, and nearly 40% seek self‐treatment advice online.1,2 This is reflected in clinical experience where at...

(Adapted from a two part series from Journal of American Academy of Dermatology—J Am Acad Dermatol 2014;71:1039.e1-12 and  J Am Acad Dermatol 2014;71:1053.e1-16.)   As Dermatologists, we often get asked...

JAAD January 2019 Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages 178–188.e3   What do we know? Dermatologists have known that there are many clinical presentations for melanoma – that is, melanoma has many...