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…
Photographer Martin Schoeller has partnered with Olympic medalist and renowned author Dara Torres for the Show More of You campaign for psoriatic disease, sponsored by Celegene Corporation and Otezla® tablets.…
The Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) press conference showcased two very promising treatment options for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Both treatments show promise in limiting the inflammation associated with the…
It's not unusual for a disease like psoriatic arthritis to come with the risk of having other conditions, or a comorbidity. More than you might think, people with psoriatic arthritis also…
What if you could prevent a rare disease from ever occurring? It sounds too good to be true. But researchers believe that psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may be preventable in patients…
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