On June 19, The Tampa Tribune reported on faculty salaries at the University of South Florida's College of Medicine. I noticed that Dr. Neil Fenske, chairman of Dermatology, was cited as being highly compensated. ...more

June 28, 2009

Candy, flowers and a romantic dinner may be great Valentine's Day gifts, but try screening your loved one for skin cancer. ...more

February 14, 2009

If you think you're one of the rare few who are suffering from rosacea, you're not alone. ...more

January 21, 2009

When I was working long, hard hours in my career, the doctor told me my medical woes were due to stress. Then when I retired and gained quite a bit of weight -- understatement of the year -- my aches and pains were due to being overweight, according to the Doc. Now the doctors are starting to use the "O" word, OLD, as the cause of my maladies. ...more

December 17, 2008

What you need to know to grow older gracefully and take better care of the skin you're in. ...more

December 4, 2008

By 5 Thursday afternoon, dentist Vincent Monticciolo expects to have a crowd outside his office, waiting for his doors to open Friday morning. ...more

February 6, 2008

It's probably the last place you would look for skin cancer. Your scalp. It never occurred to 43-year-old Karen Shultes of Palmetto. In December, she discovered a patch of discolored skin behind her left ear. She had been absent-mindedly scratching it for several weeks and finally asked her husband to take a look. ...more

October 26, 2007

It's hot, humid and miserable outside, and just about everyone is sweating buckets. But for some people, sweating has little to do with the heat. ...more

September 6, 2007

Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have to wait substantially longer than those seeking Botox for wrinkles, a study published online last week by The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology said. ...more

September 2, 2007