July 22nd 2011 | Impact of psoriasis, Patient Stories | 3 Comments
Get the latest on Kim Kardashian and her psoriasis diagnosis here.
October 2nd 2010 | Impact of psoriasis, Patient Stories | 0 Comments
A new campaign in Belgium is raising awareness about the difficulties people with psoriasis in their scalp can face when trying to get a haircut. At least, we think that is the topic of the campaign. The website is in French and Dutch, and the world headquarters of Psoriasis Cure Now is, sadly,
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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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June 5th 2010 | Impact of psoriasis, Patient Stories, Treatment | 13 Comments
CariDee English, winner of the 2006 season of of the TV show America’s Next Top Model, has courageously released photos of her recent severe psoriasis flare. (We’ve posted about this before but it’s worth taking another look.) English, who makes her living in front of cameras in an industry hyper-focused on image, has
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June 24th 2009 | Impact of psoriasis, Psoriasis Research | 0 Comments
A University of Miami study published in the June issue of the Archives of Dermatology concluded that psoriasis patients face an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or death. According to Forbes.com, the 20 year study, which compared 3,235 psoriasis patients with 2,500 patients without the disease, found a “78 percent higher incidence of
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May 30th 2009 | Impact of psoriasis, Patient Stories | 0 Comments
Because many cases of psoriasis are (thankfully) mild, people can sometimes not realize how severe psoriasis can get. Cindy, a young woman who was just released from the hospital for psoriasis treatment, has given us permission to post this slide show, which was made this past week by the love of her life, Fred.
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May 30th 2009 | Impact of psoriasis, Psoriasis Research | 0 Comments
A new study published in the Archives of Dermatology provided further evidence of a link between psoriasis, diabetes and hypertension. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham Women’s Hospital in Boston concluded “psoriasis was independently associated with an increased risk of diabetes and hypertension.”
78,061 female nurses aged 27 to 44 were studied (none had diabetes
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November 16th 2008 | Impact of psoriasis, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
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 dermatitis and psoriasis.
August 25th 2008 | Children, Impact of psoriasis, Treatment | 0 Comments
We have expanded our free resources designed to help children with psoriasis, and their parents, as kids head back to school. At www.PsoriasisKids.org, we offer a fact sheet on children’s psoriasis that parents can print off the internet and deliver to their child’s school teacher; and a podcast interview with a leading pediatric dermatologist discussing
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August 7th 2008 | Health care system, Impact of psoriasis, Insurance, Public policy issues, Treatment | 0 Comments
The Washington Post reported on August 4 that health and life insurance companies can cheaply and quickly get access to electronic prescription records of insurance applicants. At a cost of about $15 per request, private companies, including Milliman IntelliScript and Ingenix, will compile an insurance applicant’s prescription history from databases of past insurance claims. Both
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