Primary care providers sometimes struggle to connect patients with in-demand specialty care. Specialists, on their end, are often overwhelmed by routine clinical referrals. eConsults are easing these challenges and improving the patient experience as a result. eConsults, or electronic medical consultations, provide physicians and patients a way to seek specialty care for nonurgent medical problems […]
Teens and tanning beds: ‘Worst thing you can do to your skin’
Dr. Nicholas Nguyen, director of pediatric dermatology at Akron Children’s Hospital, discusses the dangers of tanning beds – and how teens are particularly vulnerable. Q: What harms have you seen from indoor tanning? A: Indoor tanning tops the list of “worst things you can do to your skin.” Its effects on the skin are absolutely […]
Parents of 5-year-old ‘shadow jumper’ are grateful for dermatologist’s quick diagnosis
No parent can bear to see a child in pain, but, it’s arguably worse when the cause or source of the pain remains a mystery. This was the life for Andrea and Brad Campbell, of Massillon. Parents to three active boys, they became increasingly concerned about their youngest, Deagon, who, as a toddler, had attacks […]
