Psoriasis Blog

Women who drink beer several times a week might be at higher risk for developing psoriasis, according to a new study released recently in the Archives of Dermatology. Researchers looked at drinking habits among 83,000 women age 27 to 44 who were part of the Nurses’ Health Study II. From that group, they analyzed 1,069 [...]

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Catherine Dolan from the Facebook Psoriasis Group suggests to fill in a form.  This form describes a research study that Samuel Kunjukunju from the University of Rochester is conducting. Sam Kunjukunju, is researching into psoriasis (particularly the treatment of) and would like our help! The purpose of this research study is to look at how [...]

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Patients with psoriasis resistant to topical therapy frequently wait a year or longer to receive systemic therapy, investigators reported. On average, patients continued with ineffective topical therapy for four years before their physicians initiated systemic therapy with a conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drug or a biological agent. A comparison of patients with and without long delays [...]

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Psoriasis patients have a substantial comorbidity burden that can reduce life expectancy by 10 years or more, according to data presented recently. On average, patients whose psoriasis was diagnosed before age 25 did not live to age 60. In contrast, a psoriasis diagnosis at age 25 or afterward was associated with an average life expectancy [...]

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Summary Accumulating evidence indicates that body weight, alcohol and smoking are associated with psoriasis. However, these factors have scarcely been investigated in relation to onset and disease activity at onset of psoriasis. A population-based case-control study was performed including 373 cases with onset of first-time plaque psoriasis within 12 months and matched healthy controls. Psoriasis [...]

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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2009 Sep-Oct; 75(5): 551Bilac C, Ermertcan AT, Bilac DB, Deveci A Department of Dermatology, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey Pruritus (itch) is a common symptom of many dermatological and systemic diseases. It is a common complaint among patients with psoriasis of the chronic plaque type. Patients with [...]

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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 social stigma of the disease, a recent study found.

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People with 3 independent genetic variants are 9 times more likely to get psoriasis. A specific genetic region that has been increasingly identified as the strongest genetic link to psoriasis has an even more significant role in the chronic skin disease than has been suspected, University of Utah medical researchers show in a new study. [...]

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Denise Globe1 , Martha S Bayliss2  and David J Harrison1 1Amgen Inc, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320 USA 2Mapi Values, 3rd Floor 133 Portland Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA Background The objective of this qualitative study was to better understand the impact of psoriasis symptoms using a 3-part process: 1) develop a [...]

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Home UVB therapy for psoriasis as effective and safe as hospital treatment, recent study suggests. For patients with psoriasis, treatment with ultraviolet B (UVB) at home is as effective and as safe as conventional hospital based phototherapy, concludes a recent study published on the British Medical Journal website. Patients also find home UVB therapy less [...]

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