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.
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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