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 Psoriasis patients are managing their condition in order to further Psoriasis research.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cAZwnVTvKQ6UNoHZhE%2fC9A%3d%3d#q1

This study involves a survey of 32 questions. We estimate that approximately 500 individuals will take part in this study. You will be asked to complete questions about how you have treated your Psoriasis and your experience in managing your condition. This should take about 15 minutes. There is a small chance that some of the questions may make you feel uncomfortable. You don’t have to answer those questions if you don’t want to. In fact you don’t have to answer any question that you choose not to answer (except the initial eligibility questions). Just skip that question and go on to the next one.

Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. You are free not to participate or to withdraw at any time, for whatever reason without penalty or loss of benefit to which you are otherwise entitled.
All answers are confidential and you will not be required to enter any contact information/information that will identify you individually. It took me under 10 minutes to complete so please if you have a spare few minutes do take part.

Study Shows People Taking Statins Have Less Severe Psoriasis

March 8, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — Once again, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have been shown to be good for more than the heart.

Already linked to a reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, statins also may help to improve symptoms of psoriasis, researchers report.

In a study of 232 people taking medication for psoriasis, those who also took statins had fewer of the thick, red, scaly, itchy patches that are the hallmark sign of psoriasis, compared with people who didn’t take the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

“There was a trend toward less severe psoriasis severity in people taking statins,” says researcher Adam Perry, a fourth-year medical student at Emory University in Atlanta.

The study is preliminary and doesn’t prove cause and effect. And no one should start taking statins in an attempt to ward off psoriasis symptoms, doctors stress.

But the findings, presented at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting, raise an interesting possibility worthy of further study, experts agree.

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Source WebMD Health News