A recent study led by Morten Aagaard Nielsen and Tue Wenzel Kragstrup, who both work at Aarhus University in Denmark, hopes to help physicians determine the best personalized treatment for…
The 2019 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress was held in Madrid, Spain. During this conference, a symposium was held discussing IL-23 inhibition in psoriasis. Here are some of…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a recent study has confirmed the status of palmoplantar pustolosis as a rare, orphan disease. A recent study of patients with the disease…
According to a story from Medical News Bulletin, a recent study that was first published in the New England Journal of Medicine appears to have revealed a promising new treatment for ulcerative…
According to a story from The Rheumatologist, evidence suggests that patients with rare diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, can benefit from visiting combined clinics, which are special medical centers in…
According to a story from rheumatology.medicinematters.com, a recent Italian real-world study has provided some evidence that the drug apremilast, which is considered a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, could be a useful treatment…
According to a story from The Dermatologist, a recent study supported by Eli Lilly and Company has revealed just how harmful the impact of step therapy can be on patient…
Brenda has both psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. She's lived with the conditions since she was a child, learning to care for herself and deal with the challenges that arose. By…
According to a press release from American biotechnology company Celgene Corporation, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the Company's drug Otezla (generic name apremilast) for the treatment…
The most common treatment for autoimmune conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis, plaque psoriasis, Crohn's disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis is currently a drug called Humira, created by AbbVie.…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, Galapagos NV and Gilead Sciences, Inc., recently announced that two clinical trials which were recently published in The Lancet demonstrated that the experimental treatment filgotinib could…
The Scottish Medicines Consortium, a committee that advises NHS Scotland on what medicines they should provide, has accepted four new drugs for use. These are gemtuzumab ozogamicin for acute myeloid…
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,…
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 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…
I thank my mother for exposing my sister and I to the chicken pox at the same time as kids because I don't even remember having it. And while shows…
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…
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