July 2006 Psoriasis Podcasts - The future of psoriasis treatment
Welcome to the first ever Psoriasis Podcast. We have a wonderful series of podcasts planned for the months ahead. What is a Psoriasis Podcast? Think of it as a mini radio program that you can listen to on your computer or through your iPod. Our Psoriasis Podcasts will typically be about 30 minutes long, and will consist of one or more interviews with people who can shed light on important issues faced by people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and their loved ones.
For this first Psoriasis Podcast, we decided to look beyond the current state of psoriasis treatments and focus on the future. What will psoriasis treatment look like 10 years from now? 20? It's always risky to look into a crystal ball, but it can also be fun and inspirational. For this look into the future, we interview Steven R. Feldman, MD PhD.
Dr. Feldman is a professor of dermatology, pathology and public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized authority on psoriasis. We think you will find his insights into the future of psoriasis treatments most compelling.
Also in this program, we update you on our effort to convince Google to adhere to its stated policy and stop running paid ads for phony miracle 'cures' for psoriasis, an incurable disease. For more on that, see our Google ads news release.
Finally, we close the program with an excerpt from a new song called "Psoriatic" by eccentric cult icon Scott Walker, from his new album The Drift. It's not every day that the word "psoriatic" appears in pop culture,
although this is not exactly "pop" music. In fact, we do not know how to describe it. The album has received mostly rave reviews, but we'll leave it for you to judge. Perhaps he'll cast some people with psoriatic arthritis for the music video.
You can listen to this month's program right here:
You can also listen to it via iTunes through this direct link (or by searching 'psoriasis' on iTunes); if you have iTunes on your computer, you can subscribe to our monthly podcasts directly through this link; or you can click on the orange feed icon for other easy ways to subscribe to future Psoriasis Cure Now podcasts:
If you would like to comment or sound off on this podcast, you can email us at podcast AT psoriasis-cure-now.org, or call our automated comment line in Maryland at 240-450-2665. Note that we may include your comments (but not your name) on our website or play your message in a future podcast, unless you tell us not to. We look forward to hearing from you! [Update, 7/22/06: Early reaction to this podcast has found two areas receiving the most interest. At 4:15 into the podcast, the discussion of anti-IL-12/IL-23 antibodies is pretty exciting. And at 27:00, the discussion of patient complaince is striking a chord for many patients. Please keep those comments coming.]
Of course, as we discuss in the podcast, it is imperative that everyone who cares about finding a cure for psoriasis write their lawmakers to request that psoriasis research finally receive its fair share of biomedical research funding. It will take just two minutes of your time--please enter your zip code here and submit your letters right now:
Dr. Feldman is also the founder of DrScore.com, a free website that lets you rate your doctors, and see how others rated doctors. It also offers information to physicians to help them improve the quality of care they are providing patients.
Please check it out and rate a few of your doctors today.
If you have any questions or comments for Dr. Feldman or us about this podcast, email us at podcast AT psoriasis-cure-now.org. If there are questions of general interest, we will post Dr. Feldman's responses here.
Finally, be sure to check back here often for future psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis-related podcasts from Psoriasis Cure Now, or subscribe to our podcasts via iTunes and they will be delivered to you automatically! And please let us know what you think, and what topics you would like to see covered in future podcasts.
These podcasts are made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, a company committed to improving the lives of psoriasis patients through expanding awareness and developing innovative research and treatments for this life-altering disease, and individual contributions from psoriasis patients and their loved ones. Like what we're doing? Please consider a tax deductible contribution.
For this first Psoriasis Podcast, we decided to look beyond the current state of psoriasis treatments and focus on the future. What will psoriasis treatment look like 10 years from now? 20? It's always risky to look into a crystal ball, but it can also be fun and inspirational. For this look into the future, we interview Steven R. Feldman, MD PhD.
Dr. Feldman is a professor of dermatology, pathology and public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized authority on psoriasis. We think you will find his insights into the future of psoriasis treatments most compelling.Also in this program, we update you on our effort to convince Google to adhere to its stated policy and stop running paid ads for phony miracle 'cures' for psoriasis, an incurable disease. For more on that, see our Google ads news release.
Finally, we close the program with an excerpt from a new song called "Psoriatic" by eccentric cult icon Scott Walker, from his new album The Drift. It's not every day that the word "psoriatic" appears in pop culture,
although this is not exactly "pop" music. In fact, we do not know how to describe it. The album has received mostly rave reviews, but we'll leave it for you to judge. Perhaps he'll cast some people with psoriatic arthritis for the music video.You can listen to this month's program right here:
You can also listen to it via iTunes through this direct link (or by searching 'psoriasis' on iTunes); if you have iTunes on your computer, you can subscribe to our monthly podcasts directly through this link; or you can click on the orange feed icon for other easy ways to subscribe to future Psoriasis Cure Now podcasts:
If you would like to comment or sound off on this podcast, you can email us at podcast AT psoriasis-cure-now.org, or call our automated comment line in Maryland at 240-450-2665. Note that we may include your comments (but not your name) on our website or play your message in a future podcast, unless you tell us not to. We look forward to hearing from you! [Update, 7/22/06: Early reaction to this podcast has found two areas receiving the most interest. At 4:15 into the podcast, the discussion of anti-IL-12/IL-23 antibodies is pretty exciting. And at 27:00, the discussion of patient complaince is striking a chord for many patients. Please keep those comments coming.]
Of course, as we discuss in the podcast, it is imperative that everyone who cares about finding a cure for psoriasis write their lawmakers to request that psoriasis research finally receive its fair share of biomedical research funding. It will take just two minutes of your time--please enter your zip code here and submit your letters right now:
Dr. Feldman is also the founder of DrScore.com, a free website that lets you rate your doctors, and see how others rated doctors. It also offers information to physicians to help them improve the quality of care they are providing patients.
Please check it out and rate a few of your doctors today.If you have any questions or comments for Dr. Feldman or us about this podcast, email us at podcast AT psoriasis-cure-now.org. If there are questions of general interest, we will post Dr. Feldman's responses here.
Finally, be sure to check back here often for future psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis-related podcasts from Psoriasis Cure Now, or subscribe to our podcasts via iTunes and they will be delivered to you automatically! And please let us know what you think, and what topics you would like to see covered in future podcasts.
These podcasts are made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, a company committed to improving the lives of psoriasis patients through expanding awareness and developing innovative research and treatments for this life-altering disease, and individual contributions from psoriasis patients and their loved ones. Like what we're doing? Please consider a tax deductible contribution.
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