Study Estimates Lifetime Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases By Jennifer Warner WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD One in 12 women and one in 20 men in the U.S. will develop some sort of autoimmune disease in their lifetime, according to new estimates. Inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid [...]
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Drinking beer several times a week can lead to psoriasis in women
Posted on 31 August 2010.
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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How Psoriasis patients are managing their condition
Posted on 19 April 2010.
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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Gene variant is ‘major genetic determinant of psoriasis’
Posted on 27 August 2009.
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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