Young Advocate Speaks at UN for Children with Psoriatic Arthritis
At 14 years old, Bede Marciari has experienced and missed out on a great number of things. For many people, this is just part of growing up. In Bede’s case,…
At 14 years old, Bede Marciari has experienced and missed out on a great number of things. For many people, this is just part of growing up. In Bede’s case,…
Novartis has carried out a survey to find out what elements of a treatment are most important to patients with psoriasis. The survey found that patients value clear skin the…
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the label update for the medicine Taltz (ixekizumab) 80 mg/mL injection for psoriasis that affects the genital area. You can…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, the drug adalimumab (marketed as Humira), did not have a noticeable effect on aortic inflammation in patients with psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis. Humira…
Sunday, May 20th is World Autoimmune Arthritis Day! The global awareness day is aimed at raising money, consciousness, and solidarity for the millions of people who suffer from one of many arthritic…
In data presented earlier this month in San Diego at the 2017 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, researchers noted that female patients with psoriatic arthritis had significantly higher rates of…
According to a story from medpagetoday.com, researchers are beginning to realize that symptoms of pediatric spondyloarthritis present themselves in a distinct way when compared to the symptoms that are experienced…
According to an article from Righting Injustice, a recent study suggests that TNF inhibitors may increase the risk of rare cancers in pediatric patients. The study recommends that children that…
According to a story from pm360online.com, some recent studies from Scandinavia are serving to highlight the lack of advances in treatment for psoriatic arthritis. While other types of arthritis have…
The National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases awarded 6.5 million dollars to a team of researchers last month. The grant funding goes towards the creation of a new…
Pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Inc., announced recently that the U.S. FDA approved the first (and only) Janus kinase inhibitor for treating severe psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Called XELJANZ® and XELJANZ® XR, this…
You are what you eat. We’ve all heard it before. Whether it was in a middle school science class or high school health class, you know how important it is…
A Swiss Army Knife®. A Leatherman® multi-tool. A Dremel® tool. We, as people, love to have tools with multiple functions. The Swiss Army Knife in my pocket boasts 19 tools.…
While there is good scientific evidence backing up the fact that omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil can help slow or even prevent heart disease, but does fish oil…
Even though August is officially Psoriasis Awareness Month, Healthline recently put together a list of the top online advocates in the psoriasis community that are bringing awareness all year. Here…
Whenever it comes to a controversial issue, I always ask myself: Who benefits? In most cases, it’s not all that hard to figure it out. But sometimes, it seems like…
In very recent news, the FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee convened to evaluate a new drug, and excitingly, voted in favor of it. The drug is question was tofacitinib citrate (Xeljanz) for…
Do you remember the "Heartbreak of Psoriasis"? Back in the '60s, some Mad Men came up with that catchy campaign to sell a "new healing discovery" that could clear up…
Peer pressure. Celebrity endorsement. Expert testimony. Gut feelings. Impulsivity. Shared experiences. People do a lot of things for a lot of different reasons. Ad agencies bank on some of the…
Comic Demetri Martin likes to point out that worms and bears don’t have much in common until you think about gummy. Then, the similarities become clear. What Martin is pointing…
Psoriasis is often labelled as “disgusting” or “contagious,” causing people who are afflicted by this disease to feel embarrassed and hide their skin from the rest of the world. But…
A breakout of pimples, a sunburn, and bad dandruff are all skin aliments that we probably faced while growing up, and all probably made us feel lousy, or at the…
In early July of this year, the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that the FDA approved of their new treatment, called abatacept (Orencia), either intravenously or subcutaneously. This drug is…
If you've been looking for great psoriatic arthritis info, then you're in luck! We found an incredible website devoted to everything related to psoriatic arthritis. The aptly named psoriatic-arthritis.com is…
A recent Canadian study published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism announced findings that psoriatic arthritis disease activity showed trends of stabilizing and even improving during pregnancy. Psoriatic arthritis is…