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urwant 260 days ago
Psoriasis Treatment Fashion mentor Tim Gunn. Tim Gunn may be best known as the exacting mentor to the stressed-out designers of “Project Runway,” but he is also a self-described “fashion therapist,” offering counseling and kindness to style-challenged women on his television show, “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style.” Mr. Gunn says it’s the pleasure of helping people “find their fashion” that sparked his interest in his latest role, spokesman for a new awareness campaign directed at the 7.5 million Americans with psoriasis. Psoriasis is a chronic disease of the immune system that appears on the skin, usually as thick, red, scaly patches. This week I spoke to him about his new role and how fashion can help people with the isolating and embarrassing skin condition. Why did you decide to become a spokesman for psoriasis treatment? My sister has psoriasis, but it wasn’t primarily because of her. I became very interested when I learned that one of the biggest impacts that this ...urwant 288 days ago
[Top: A man suffering from psoriasis.] Psoriasis Treatment By Amresh Gunasingham SCIENTISTS here may be a step closer to finding a cure for psoriasis, a disease that causes red scaly patches on the skin and affects 80 million people worldwide. A study led by researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has made a vital breakthrough in identifying genes that play a significant role in the development of the disease. The team found that a certain cluster of genes - called Late Cornified Envelope - create proteins around cells located in the outer layers of the skin, which act as a barrier against psoriasis. The findings were published in the prestigious journal Natural Genetics yesterday. 'This is an important finding, as it advances our understanding of the genetic basis of psoriasis,' said Associate Professor Liu Jianjun of the GIS, who led the research effort. The GIS aims to find cures for diseases through genetic ...
Biologic therapies:Safety of biologics for psoriasis examined through multiple lines of analysis ...urwant 299 days ago
Psoriasis Treatment Kohala Coast, HI — In weighing the safety of biological therapies for psoriasis, one of the most fundamental concepts to consider is that psoriasis itself is unsafe, said Kim A. Papp, M.D., Ph.D., at the Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference. "That has ramifications for helping guide our treatment decisions and our patients who are deciding what treatments they will accept," said Dr. Papp, assistant professor of dermatology, University of Western Ontario, Canada. In discussing the safety of biological therapies, Dr. Papp first provided a definition of safety, but by inverting the issue. He proposed anything may be considered "unsafe" if it compromises an individual’s well-being. "We know that psoriasis impacts patients physically and emotionally and as much as such serious diseases as arthritis, cancer, chronic lung disease, among others," said Dr. Papp. Further putting the safety of psoriasis treatment with ...
urwant 299 days ago
Psoriasis Treatment A genomewide scan of millions of genetic mutations has revealed four new DNA "hotspots" that affect the risk for psoriasis , a national group of researchers led by the University of Michigan and including several from the University of Utah School of Medicine has shown in a just-published study. Appearing Jan. 25 in Nature Genetics online, the study also confirmed that two other previously identified DNA sites, discovered by researchers at the University of Utah and Celera Group, have a high association with psoriasis, an automimmune disease that can affect the joints and cause sore, itchy patches of skin in an estimated 7.5 million people in the United States. The study was led by James T. Elder, M.D., Ph.D., a dermatologist who heads a group at the University of Michigan with long-standing interest in and an international reputation for its work in the genetics of psoriasis , and Goncalo Abecasis, Ph.D., a biostatistician at ...
urwant 334 days ago
Psoriasis Treatment So as it turns out, this is another one of those annoying, self esteem breakers. Yes the skin disease Psoriasis. You read that right it is a disease. A rather embarrassing skin disease that has been known to lead to frustration and in some cases deep depression. If you suffer from it don’t feel alone, you are just one of 80 million people world wide that suffer with the same skin disease. This makes it a rather common skin disease. As you can imagine since Psoriasis comes from the Greek word “psora” which means “to itch”, the skin disease it is well known in living up to its name. As if itching is not bad enough it is sometimes rather painful too. Views seem to differ in when Psoriasis may occur, yet the most common thought is that Psoriasis can happen at any age between 12 and 45. It is not prone to effect one sex more than another yet it does seem to be more common in adults than in children. Caucasians seem to be at a slightly higher risk too. Ok, so what ...
