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Saturday, January 26, 2008 | By The Derm Blog

I seemed to have a run on psoriasis patients this week. It is not surprising; psoriasis is often worse in the winter when the air is dry and when there is less sunlight. Both warm humid air and sunlight will improve psoriasis. If you have psoriasis...

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Saturday, August 01, 2009 | By Kids Health Notes

Psoriasis, a chronic skin disease, is another illness that’s receiving special attention during the month of August. Designated Psoriasis Awareness Month, the National Psoriasis Foundation would like to use the time to help the general public learn...

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Saturday, August 01, 2009 | By Diabetes Notes

Psoriasis, a chronic skin disease, is another illness that’s receiving special attention during the month of August. Designated Psoriasis Awareness Month, the National Psoriasis Foundation would like to use the time to help the general public learn...

Psoriasis Patients Worldwide Come Together To Bare Their Skin And Share Their Stories For New Pan-European Educational Programme

Thursday, April 02, 2009 | By Best Anti Aging Creams

Psoriasis: The Naked Truth, a new pan-European educational programme to expose the physical and emotional impact of living with psoriasis, launches today. The centerpiece of the programme is a photo exhibit that captures the experience of living with...

Role of TNF in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | By Complete Health Blog

Psoriasis is an immunologically mediated, hyperproliferative disorder. T cells and cytokines play central roles in the pathophysiology of psoriasis with TNF-α as an essential primary cytokine for cellular signaling during the immune responses...

How to Marketing Something That Can't Get No Respect

Sunday, July 08, 2007 | By B.L. Ochman's weblog - Social Media strategy

Think your marketing job is hard? What if you had to push something so oookie that nobody wanted to talk about it? That's what Michael Paranzino, president of Psoriasis Cure Now has to do, and he decided to have fun with it. Great cause. Great pitch too...

Psoriasis Increases Pregnancy Risks, Study Suggests

Monday, March 15, 2010 | By pregnancy weekly.com

Pregnant women with psoriasis have a significantly increased risk of spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, hypertension ectopic pregnancy and other problems, researchers say. The rate of each complication was three to four times greater than seen in women...

Raptiva, for psoriasis, pulled from US

Friday, April 10, 2009 | By Kids Health Notes

If you’ve been taking Raptiva for treatment of psoriasis and you’re in the United States, you may not yet know that the drug has been pulled from the American market. According to a press release issued yesterday by the US FDA: Today...

Didn’t know you were disgusted

Saturday, August 29, 2009 | By Health business blog

From MedPage Today ( Psoriasis Patients’ Brains Filter Disgusted Looks ) The brains of patients with psoriasis are less responsive to expressions of disgust on other people’s faces, a neurological device that may help them cope with the...

Tim Gunn Hosts Fashion Show For Addressing Psoriasis

Thursday, September 03, 2009 | By The Inquisitr

New York, NY (CNS) - Tim Gunn is helping a very special group of women “make it work.” He’s hosting the Addressing Psoriasis Fashion Show in New York City, which recognizes people with moderate to severe forms of psoriasis who have not...

FDA committee backs Centocor psoriasis drug

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | By FierceBiotech

J&J's Centocor won a key vote by an FDA expert committee backing the approval of ustekinumab for moderate to severe psoriasis. But the experts also want to make sure that the developer continues studies exploring possible links between the drug and a...

Raptiva, for psoriasis, pulled from US

Friday, April 10, 2009 | By Diabetes Notes

If you’ve been taking Raptiva for treatment of psoriasis and you’re in the United States, you may not yet know that the drug has been pulled from the American market. According to a press release issued yesterday by the US FDA: Today...

The Heartbreak of Psoriasis

Thursday, October 12, 2006 | By 3 Quarks Daily

From the CBC : People who suffer from psoriasis, a skin disorder characterized by red, itchy patches, may be more prone to heart attacks, researchers say. The link seemed to be particularly strong among young adults with severe cases of the skin disorder...

J&J psoriasis drug may carry cancer risk

Friday, June 13, 2008 | By FierceBiotech

Outside experts are preparing to review ustekinumab, Centocor's injectable treatment for severe psoriasis. Two Phase III studies demonstrated positive results, but staffers will have to consider possible increased risk of cancer associated with the drug...

Scientists unmask genetic markers associated with psoriasis

Sunday, January 25, 2009 | By Science Codex

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Scientists at the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology, the U-M School of Public Health and their collaborators have found DNA "hotspots" that may reveal how genetic differences among individuals result in psoriasis...

Severe Psoriasis Increases Risk of Death

Thursday, December 04, 2008 | By Jeffrey Benabio, MD, FAAD

Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disorder characterized by red skin lesions often covered by a thick silvery scale. It affects as many as 7.5 million Americans. The severity of the disease varies markedly: some people don't even notice that they are...

Psoriasis Drug, Raptiva, Dropped In Canada

Thursday, June 18, 2009 | By Diabetes Notes

Health Canada has withdrawn the psoriasis, Raptiva (efalizumab), from the Canadian market. Raptiva has been available in Canada since 2005. This decision was made earlier this month after it was found that any benefits from using Raptiva as treatment for...

Psoriasis Cure Now Uses Social Media Marketing to Educate

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | By B.L. Ochman's weblog - Social Media strategy

Psoriasis Cure Now!, an organization that educates the public about the misunderstood autoimmune disease, psoriasis, is a perfect example of how social media has impacted every aspect of communication. Pre-Internet, and especially pre-YouTube, it would...

People With Psoriasis May Have Higher Risk of Getting Diabetes

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | By Diabetes Notes

Every once in a while you hear some odd medical news that just doesn’t seem to make sense on the surface. This news falls into that category: people with psoriasis may face of higher risk of obesity. Apparently high-levels of a fat hormone leptin...

Monoclonal Antibody for Psoriasis Treatment Shows Promise

Saturday, February 02, 2008 | By Medopedia - Health and Medical Information

A drug in phase 3 trials has shown the ability to control long term psoriasis symptoms with as little as 4 shots a year. The double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study reports that 91% of patients responded to ustekinumab 90 mg maintenance therapy...

Experimental psoriasis drug beats Enbrel in study

Thursday, September 18, 2008 | By FierceBiotech

In an unusual head-to-head study, researchers for Johnson & Johnson's Centocor announced that their experimental therapy for psoriasis outperformed the leading biologic therapy in eliminating red, scaly skin patches. Data from the late-stage study...

How online support groups help patients with psoriasis

Sunday, January 25, 2009 | By Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog

Patients with dermatological disease often find it difficult to participate in patient support groups. Online support options may be particularly helpful in these cases. MedPage Today reports a small study that looked at patients, mostly with moderate-to...

Strong Phase III data for J&J's psoriasis drug

Thursday, October 04, 2007 | By FierceBiotech

Centocor, a Johnson & Johnson company, announced promising Phase III results for ustekinumab (CNTO 1275), a treatment for psoriasis. The data showed that more than two-thirds of patients who received two doses of ustekinumab achieved at least a 75...

Scientists uncover new genetic variations linked to psoriasis

Monday, January 26, 2009 | By Science Codex

Two international teams of researchers have made significant gains in understanding the genetic basis of psoriasis, a chronic skin condition that can be debilitating in some patients. Their research, involving thousands of patients, is reported in two...

Centocor heralds mid-stage psoriasis data

Thursday, February 08, 2007 | By FierceBiotech

Centocor is touting mid-stage data for an experimental antibody for psoriasis. Phase II data published today in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis receiving subcutaneous injections of CNTO...

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