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EXCERPTS FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2006
June 21, 2005- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. REGULA, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following R E P O R T together with MINORITY VIEWS
To accompany H.R. 3010
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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Psoriasis.--The Committee encourages NIH to strengthen its work on psoriasis, a chronic, immune-mediated disease that affects between 5.8 and 7.5 million Americans. Safe and effective treatments for women of child-bearing age and for children are particularly lacking, and new research indicates mothers with psoriasis have a 50% increased risk of bearing a child with autism. New research also indicates psoriasis is twice as common among African-Americans as previously believed. Psoriasis research involves many disciplines, and the Committee encourages NIH to intensify coordination of psoriasis research across its institutes and centers.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Psoriasis.--The Committee encourages NIAID to support research on psoriasis, a chronic, immune-mediated disease that affects between 5.8 and 7.5 million Americans. Safe and effective treatments for women of child-bearing age and for children are particularly lacking, and new research indicates mothers with psoriasis have a 50 percent increased risk of bearing a child with autism. The Committee asks NIAID to investigate the possible causes of this troubling finding, as well as related research on causes of and treatments for psoriasis.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
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Psoriasis.--Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease that affects between 5.8 and 7.5 million Americans. The Committee recommends that NIAMS support additional research into this serious disease, both to identify the several genes believed to play a role in psoriasis pathogenesis, as well as to support additional clinical research on current and potential therapies for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
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NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
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Psoriasis.--The Committee encourages NCMHD to support research that furthers the understanding of causes and consequences of psoriasis, a chronic, immune-mediated disease that affects between 5.8 and 7.5 million Americans. New research indicates that psoriasis is twice as common among African-Americans as previously believed, and the research found suggestions that psoriasis among African-Americans may be more severe than among Caucasians. NCMHD is encouraged to establish epidemiological studies to address the prevalence of psoriasis among African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minority populations, as well as research into the apparent differences in psoriasis severity among different populations.
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Psoriasis Cure Now's testimony at the April Hearing where Chairman Ralph Regula asked probing questions is available here.
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