Dermatology

For this journal entry I have chosen the professional scenario from the Milestone Three Rubric, where I am a member of the communications department of the American Academy of Dermatology. In the scenario, a new vice president of communications has asked to evaluate an infographic on how to spot skin cancer, which the company has released, and compare it to best practices as follows: • Comparing it to best practices for typeface • Comparing it to best practices for quality of content, icons,…

Following my six week stint in the I.C.U. at Baptist, I started an elective in Dermatology at Keystone. The elective was an incredibly easy rotation because the Dermatology clinic hours were from 9:30 to 11:30 in the morning and 1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon. I intentionally scheduled Dermatology during October and November because they were the months when I had also scheduled most of my residency interviews. The light Dermatology schedule allowed me to take residency interviews in most of the…

When defining myself, three words that immediately come to mind are: active, generous, and hardworking. Being involved in my school and community has been one of the greatest choices I have ever made. It has provided me ever so abundant memories and friendships that would otherwise be nonexistent. My favorite club I have become involved in is S-Club. From the moment I attended my first meeting freshman year, I knew I would stay in it for the rest of high school. The warm and welcoming…

What Is Blue Light Therapy? Blue light therapy is also known as photodynamic therapy. More dermatologists are using it to help ward off skin cancer in patients who suffer from actinic keratoses. Actinic keratoses are also known as solar keratoses. They are scaly raised bumps that developed in sun-exposed areas, such as the lips, hands, face and forearm. They are precancerous lesions. Ten percent of people with actinic keratoses will develop skin cancer. Fortunately, early treatment can…

The announcement by Sun Pharma on 6th April, 2014 that it would acquire 100% of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. In an all-stock transaction, valued at $4 billion, marked one of the landmark deals of Indian Pharmaceutical industry which resulted in making Sun Pharma the largest pharmaceutical company in India, the largest Indian Pharma company in the US and the 5th largest generic company worldwide. One of the major controversies was related to the ability of Ranbaxy to stay out of trouble. In 2009…

Paul Buchanan Biology 201 Section 005 Vitamin C Lab Report Introduction Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small amounts for human growth and nutrition. Vitamins cannot be synthesized by the body. Vitamins can be categorized into two groups, fat-soluble and water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the body, and remain stored even in excess amounts. Water-soluble vitamins, like vitamin C, are excreted if too much is consumed. The recommended amount of daily vitamin C is…

clinical and research fields. Doing major rotations in Internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics. Followed by an intense fifth years of many specialties and subspecialties including; orthopedics, psychiatry, family medicine, radiology, ophthalmology, dermatology. Excelling in…

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners was founder in 198f5, while the American College of Nurse Practitioner was founded in 1995. These organizations joined together in January 1, 2013 to form American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP). It is the largest full service organization for all NP’s of all specialties. The vision on AANP is to provide high quality health care to patients. Its core values are the following; first, is integrity (trust, accountability, ethical, reliability &…

Fexofenadine is a non-sedating, long-acting second genaration antihistamine, it is a metabolite of terfenadine and a piperidine type antihistamine. 7 placebo-controlled, double-blind were recognized that have assessed the efficacy of fexofenadine.in chronic urticaria (table 1). the large number of patients included (a total of 1894 subjects) and the number of studies done makes it in the treatment of chronic urticaria the best studied second-generation antihistamine. Fexofenadine has been…

lymph chain and the last half was clear, no cancer, but you still have to go and get checked out all of your life. I them enrolled in this program in hopes that when I finish I could find work part time in my field. Two day ago I went to my dermatology Doctor, and found out the cancer was back it is on my arm, and she froze it off with cryosurgery, and know we have to keep an eye on it, but at least I am in good hands and still look forward to working in my new field. Also in high…