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04/28/2026

This year’s American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting drew more than 20,000 attendees from all over the world with hundreds of educational sessions and late-breaking research.🌎

We spoke with AAD immediate past president Dr. Susan C. Taylor about highlights from the AAD conference.

Check out the video and article on our website!⬇️

Top AAD Takeaways From Susan C. Taylor, MD, FAAD
https://www.healio.com/news/dermatology/20260416/top-aad-takeaways-from-susan-c-taylor-md-faad

AAD Meeting News
https://www.healio.com/news/dermatology/meeting-news/american-academy-of-dermatology-meeting

04/27/2026

Patient experience starts before the patient enters the room.

In honor of Patient Experience Week, we asked experts at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting what they do behind the scenes to improve patient experience.🩵

A special thanks to:

🩺April Armstrong MD, of UCLA Health;

🩺Lawrence Eichenfield, MD, of Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego;

🩺Hannah Rodriguez, MPAS, PA-C, of Pennsylvania Dermatology Group; and

🩺Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD, of Cleveland Clinic,

for sharing the efforts you put into creating a positive experience for your patients.

04/27/2026

🩸ACOG updated guidance for initially evaluating postmenopausal , recommending a combined use of transvaginal ultrasonography and endometrial tissue sampling.

Read more:
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04/27/2026

🚺 ACOG released updated guidance on screening for cervical , which includes the option of self-collecting for primary high-risk HPV testing for the first time.

The inclusion “is a huge step forward” for expanding access to screening, an expert told Healio.

ACOG issued updated guidelines on screening for cervical cancer that align with recent recommendations from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Women’s Preventive Services Initiative.The guidance for the first time includes the option for patients aged 30 to 65 years at av...

04/27/2026

⚠️ - The administration eased restrictions on some medical products, reclassifying them from Schedule III to Schedule I. 💊

Learn more about the order and the clinical implications:
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04/24/2026

🩺Primary care providers can help diagnose and treat hair loss in women, according to a speaker at .

🗨️“In my practice, hair loss is an increasingly mentioned patient concern, and I believe that is probably also reflected in the patients that you see as well,” Ashley B. Wentworth, MD, said in her presentation.

🔗Read more:

SAN FRANCISCO — Primary care providers can help diagnose and treat hair loss in women, according to a speaker here.“In my practice, hair loss is an increasingly mentioned patient concern, and I believe that is probably also reflected in the patients that you see as well,” Ashley B....

04/22/2026

🩺Skepticism and can be powerful teaching tools for the next generation of primary care physicians, according to Robert M. Centor, MD, MACP, a speaker at

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SAN FRANCISCO — Skepticism and clinical reasoning can be powerful teaching tools for the next generation of primary care physicians, according to a speaker here. Robert M. Centor, MD, MACP, chair emeritus of the ACP Board of Regents and professor emeritus at The University of Alabama at Birmin...

04/21/2026

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04/21/2026

💡Body image dissatisfaction is a critical part of obesity care, but it often goes unaddressed, Sandy Van, MD, CCFP, DABOM, and Sandra Elia said at .

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SAN DIEGO — Body image dissatisfaction is a critical part of obesity care, but it often goes unaddressed, according to a presentation here. Sandy Van, MD, CCFP, DABOM, an obesity medicine physician and chief medical officer of Hims and Hers Canada, and Sandra Elia, a food addiction counselor a...

04/20/2026

🚺⚠️ ACP at its annual meeting presented new guidance on screening frequency and stoppage in women at an average risk.

The guidance is intended to reconcile differences in recommendations across medical groups:
https://vist.ly/4z32v

04/20/2026

💊💪 drugs like may result in greater muscle loss vs. other weight loss treatments, according data in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Read more on the new findings, which also debuted at ACP’s annual meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — Incretin-based obesity medications may result in higher muscle-related loss vs. other weight loss strategies, according to data published in Annals of Internal Medicine.The findings “suggest that while weight loss led to known losses of muscle-based parameters, the propor...

04/18/2026

🦶 Most musculoskeletal issues can be managed in as they usually do not require complex imaging or immediate specialist referral, according to Joshua Goldman, MD, MBA.

At , Goldman shared practical tips for approaching these injuries:

SAN FRANCISCO — Most musculoskeletal issues can be managed in primary care as they do not often require complex imaging or immediate specialist referral, according to a speaker here. Common musculoskeletal conditions include lateral hip pain, anterior knee pain, ankle inversion injuries, shoulder ...