November 1st 2010 | Psoriasis Research, Treatment, Triggers/environment | 2 Comments
A small study in Iceland found that tonsillectomy in those who tend to get psoriasis flares after strep throat infections produced reductions in psoriasis symptoms for most patients for the two-year duration of the study. As reported by Skin & Allergy News:
Tonsillectomy has beneficial clinical and immunologic effects on chronic plaque psoriasis in patients
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September 7th 2010 | Diet, Insurance, Psoriasis Research, Triggers/environment | 8 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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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 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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June 20th 2010 | Psoriasis Research, Triggers/environment, psoriatic arthritis | 0 Comments
Break out the bubbly? A Dutch study presented at the Annual Meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) [June 2010 in Rome] found that “alcohol consumption appears to be associated with a reduced risk of developing several forms of arthritis,” according to a WebMD summary of the study. But other research has
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May 21st 2010 | Immune system, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
Before plastics, before pesticides, before high fructose corn syrup, before processed foods and immunizations, before the Marlboro Man, there was psoriasis, called by the renowned Rockefeller University “one of humanity’s oldest known diseases.” Some say psoriasis has been documented back some 5,000 years. Let’s hope we don’t have to endure
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June 5th 2009 | Psoriasis Research, Triggers/environment | 0 Comments
According to an abstract presented at the Society for Investigative Dermatology’s annual meeting, obese psoriasis patients face a greater risk of developing psoriatic arthritis. Researchers at the Utah Psoriasis Initiative found that a one-unit increase in body mass index (BMI) increased the risk of psoriatic arthritis by 5.4%. BMI is a measure of body
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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.
