Archive for February, 2007

Many psoriasis patients, particularly those with psoriatic arthritis, take pain relievers, making this American Heart Association statement important also to people with psoriasis. The link between these pain relievers and heart attack also highlights the need for further study into the link seen between severe psoriasis and heart attack: to what extent is
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Supplements that millions of Americans take to stave off disease and slow the aging process do not boost longevity and appear to actually increase the risk of dying, according to the most comprehensive study of whether popular “antioxidants” help users live longer.
The analysis, which pooled data from 68 studies involving more than 232,000 people, found
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An excellent new bill has been introduced in Congress, the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act. We won’t rehash our analysis here; if interested, just click on the link to learn more.

We are growing a bit weary of these unusual psoriasis “remedies,” but this one at least makes a bit of theoretical sense for symptom relief, if not for making psoriasis plaques go away.
How about Vicks VapoRub for psoriasis? A bit silly perhaps to use a cough suppressant for psoriasis, but as the label indicates,
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There will be a Psoriasis Educational Forum in Santa Monica, California on Feb. 25 run by the nonprofit International Psoriasis Community. If you are in the area you should check it out.

Also from the UK, a reminder to tell your doctor about your psoriasis before you use Lamisil. There have been periodic reports in the medical literature over the years that terbinafine (Lamisil) can interact unfavorably with psoriasis.

In our continuing series of Latest News entries on outlandish products legitimate news outlets will write about as treatments for psoriasis, we have a really gross one for today. We apologize in advance, and will return to more serious work shortly.
How about consuming one’s own urine? This one comes from the UK, in
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Should children be shielded from information on psoriasis treatments? Are psoriasis treatments “creepy”? Are they similar to showing kids sexual content?
The Spokane Spokesman-Review in Washington thinks so.
Last week, on page A9, they reviewed special internet search engines for kids that are designed to protect children from inappropriate content. Here is how the
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A few weeks ago, the New York Times covered a controversy about the cosmetics company Clinique buying the naming rights to a new center at a leading hospital, the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. The piece included an alleged quote trivializing psoriasis that the Times later admitted had not
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Good news! After more than a decade of stagnation in federal funding of psoriasis research (down 20% after inflation), even as the government DOUBLED research funding for other diseases, Psoriasis Cure Now can today report that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis research its first significant funding increase in
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