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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July 23rd 2010 | Causes, Psoriasis Research, Triggers/environment, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, weight and obesity are increasingly seen as linked. But sometimes, the assertions in the media get ahead of the established facts. Read what we know and what we don’t yet know about psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, weight and obesity.
July 18th 2010 | Impact of psoriasis, Psoriasis Research, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
Another study has shown that psoriasis patients are at increased risk of diabetes. This one found a 40% higher rate of diabetes among psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis patients than a comparable group of people without psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis. Read more at Arthritis Today about the latest study. Read more on psoriasis
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July 16th 2010 | Biologics, Psoriasis Research, Treatment | 1 Comment
Briakinumab, an experimental psoriasis treatment from Abbott (the folks who bring us Humira [adalimumab]), continues to rack up favorable results in clinical trials. Most recently, it beat the market-leading biologic treatment Enbrel [etanercept] and of course a placebo (i.e., a fake treatment) in a 12-week test. This follows its amazing Phase Two trial
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July 12th 2010 | Patient Stories, Treatment | 8 Comments
LeAnn Rimes, perhaps the world’s most famous psoriasis patient (after Ben Franklin), may also be the most buff. The star was photographed recently in a bikini, causing one psoriasis patient to remark: “I need her psoriasis treatment, and I need her trainer.” In the interest of spreading hope, and NOT AT ALL
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July 12th 2010 | Children, Psoriasis Research, Treatment, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
Treating psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis during pregnancy is often made more challenging by the limited data available for evaluating the potential impact of various treatments on the developing baby. Since 2005, the Autoimmune Diseases in Pregnancy Research Study has been looking for answers. The purpose of the research study is to find out more information
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July 9th 2010 | Psoriasis Research, Treatment, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
As a Korean War-era drug that long ago became a generic, methotrexate has missed out on much of the modern clinical trial research that guides our thinking about more recent treatments. But this workhorse drug is still commonly prescribed for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (among other diseases), making continued research on it quite valuable.
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July 9th 2010 | Causes, Psoriasis Research, Treatment, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
There has been some suggestion over the years that there might be some linkage between fungal nail infections (“onychmycosis”) and psoriasis of the nails. In fact, the two can look similar at times.
A recent study looked at this question and found, according to the lead study author:
“no difference in the incidence of onychmycosis and
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July 1st 2010 | Causes, Immune system, Psoriasis Research | 0 Comments
We have always felt solidarity with those with alopecia areata, an immune system disease that leads to partial or complete bodily hair loss. (We feel the same way about vitiligo.) Now researchers have uncovered several genes implicated in alopecia, and it is a useful reminder (or perhaps a humbling reality-check) about the breadth
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