September 7th 2010 | Diet, Insurance, Psoriasis Research, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
Fitness celebrity and Bravo TV host Jackie Warner has been promoting a special workout website for psoriasis patients called Fit in Your Skin. [By the way, if you have not been there, you should check it out--good psoriasis-patient-friendly health/fitness tips there.] She recently was interviewed by USA Today in a piece that promoted
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August 19th 2010 | Patient Stories, Treatment | 0 Comments
LeAnn Rimes, our favorite singer with psoriasis, appeared on national TV recently (on America’s Got Talent), wearing…a bikini. We’re not sure if that’s a great public service message about psoriasis, but it sure is a good one for her psoriasis treatment! We are thrilled that her treatment appears to be working.
But it got
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August 16th 2010 | Treatment, UV/phototherapy | 0 Comments
Psoriasis patients have a new treatment option with Levia, a hand-held unit intended for administering ultraviolet UVB light at home. This device, recently cleared for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), targets UV light directly at psoriatic lesions, sparing healthy skin from exposure, a feature that Levia’s developer, Lerner Medical Devices, terms
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August 15th 2010 | Biologics, Psoriasis Research, Treatment | 0 Comments
Even before it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in September 2009, Stelara (ustekinumab) had considerable buzz in the psoriasis community. Imagine a treatment that (after two initial doses) you take just four times a year! But the early buzz was based on 12 week, and later 40 week, studies.
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August 11th 2010 | Biologics, Patient Stories, Treatment, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
The golf world was stunned yesterday by the news that superstar Phil Mickelson has been battling psoriatic arthritis this summer. He announced in a press conference that a severe flare of psoriatic arthritis had left him in a state where he “couldn’t move.” Read our full report on Phil Mickelson’s psoriatic arthritis.
August 8th 2010 | Psoriasis Research, Treatment | 0 Comments
The makers of voclosporin, an experimental drug being studied as a possible alternative to cyclosporin for psoriasis, organ transplant, eye disease and other uses, faced a setback last week as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked for an additional Phase Three study of the drug’s use in uveitis, an eye disorder. The
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August 3rd 2010 | Get involved, Psoriasis Cure Now, Psoriasis Walk | 2 Comments
With just 60 days until fall Psoriasis Walks begin, the time to register is now! Visit the Psoriasis Walk homepage to learn more, or simply click on the location nearest you:
New York City
Branson
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Los Angeles
August 2nd 2010 | Biologics, Psoriasis Research, Treatment | 0 Comments
A study of Remicade (infliximab) in patients who had already failed to respond adequately to a similar biologic showed that Remicade was still often successful in improving psoriasis symptoms. Remicade is a biologic treatment given by periodic IV infusions that is one in the class of TNF-alpha inhibitors that have transformed treatment for moderate
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August 1st 2010 | Alternative/buyer beware/natural, Misc., psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
New research suggests calcium supplements, commonly used to improve bone strength and ward off osteoporosis, may be ineffective and a waste of money. Perhaps even more troubling, the study suggests that the marginal benefit to bone health from taking supplements is offset by an increased risk of heart attack. As HealthDay reported:
Their analysis
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July 30th 2010 | Patient Stories | 0 Comments
Amgen and Pfizer have announced the five winners of the 2010 Addressing Psoriasis™ contest, which recognizes people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who want to feel more confident in their everyday style. The winners have traveled to New York City for a one-on-one style consultation with Tim Gunn, mentor to the designers on TV’s
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