(Reuters Health) - Primary care doctors in the United States may be ill-equipped to diagnose or treat basic skin conditions because medical schools offer very little dermatology training as part of ...

When dermatologist Apple Bodemer, MD, began practicing integrative dermatology over 15 years ago, she was considered “quite fringe,” she recalled, by many of her trainees and colleagues at the ...

Dermatologist Dr. Jenna Lester remembers being a medical student and rarely seeing Black and brown skin tones in textbooks. Professors would describe how a medical condition would look different on ...

Dermatology residency programs saw modest gains in racial and ethnic diversity from 2020 to 2024, but underrepresented groups remain disproportionately low compared with their share of the US ...

For most students, summer break is a welcome respite from the rigors of medical school. But not everyone will be taking the time to rest, relax and recharge. Mercy Iribarren and Franshesca Gonzalez — ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many doctors who are training to be dermatologists have committed errors or seen other doctors commit errors, according to a new study. What’s more, those ...

Dermatology is the branch of medicine that focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases affecting the skin, hair, nails, and mucous membranes. The skin is the body’s largest organ, a ...