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Archive for November, 2008

Holiday shopping can easily benefit psoriasis advocacy

November 22nd 2008 | Get involved | 0 Comments
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With Christmas and Hanukkah just around the corner, online shopping will soon be at fever pitch. Now you can earn donations for Psoriasis Cure Now programs every time you shop online! Simply click on this link to get started: http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=858078 . All the top stores are there — more than 500 in all! You simply
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Darlene and Brittany patient profiles

November 22nd 2008 | Patient Stories | 0 Comments
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In case you missed it, we thought we’d remind you to check out our profiles of Darlene and Brittany–mother and daughter, both battling psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Mom is trying to go without treatment, daughter is on a biologic. Two different approaches in one great family.

Indigo naturalis ointment may help improve psoriasis

November 20th 2008 | Alternative/buyer beware/natural | 0 Comments
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Researchers in Taiwan have found that an ointment containing indigo naturalis, a traditional Chinese herbal remedy, outperformed a plain ointment in improving a spot, or plaque, of psoriasis. The test subjects applied the indigo ointment to a psoriasis plaque on one side of their body, and a plain ointment to a comparable plaque on the
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Raptiva gets new warning

November 17th 2008 | Biologics, Immune system | 0 Comments
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From a Genentech news release: Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced today that the company has issued a Dear Healthcare Provider letter to inform dermatologists and neurologists of a 2nd case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) which resulted in the death of a 73-year old woman who had received Raptiva (efalizumab) for approximately four years for treatment
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‘Stress Can Make You Itch, Study Indicates’

November 16th 2008 | Impact of psoriasis, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
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Not really news for most psoriasis patients, but still interesting to see studied: Stress has been found to activate the immune system in the skin of mice, causing them to itch. The same likely holds true for humans, researchers say. … The immune cells in skin can overreact, though, causing inflammatory skin diseases such as
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Medical research finds an ally in Congress

November 13th 2008 | Psoriasis Research, Public policy issues | 0 Comments
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As Congress is approaching $1,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer-funded bailouts to companies run by people who made bad decisions, biomedical research funding by the federal government has been stagnant for nearly 5 years. The latest Congressional effort, to give another $50 billion to the Big Three automakers, equals almost two years of the entire federal government’s investment
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