Published: Jul 28, 2014 By Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Patients with psoriatic arthritis who smoke have worse patient-reported disease features at baseline and don’t respond as well as nonsmokers to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) treatment, a Danish study found. Current smokers had higher patient global scores on a 100-mm visual analog scale […]
PracticeUpdate.com Peter Libby MD In a recent article published in the European Journal of Heart Failure, Dr. Usman Khalid and colleagues interrogated the national database of Denmark to probe the link between psoriasis and the risk for heart failure.1 They followed a cohort for 14 years and identified psoriasis diagnoses by identifying individuals who received prescriptions for topical vitamin […]
Risk for Psoriasis Associated With Hypertension and Its Treatment RESEARCH · July 02, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this prospective cohort study using data from participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, the authors found a small, but significant, increased risk for psoriasis in individuals with hypertension for ≥6 years and in those on beta blockers for […]
Review · April 26, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This review assessed studies on nutritional supplement use in patients with psoriasis. There was moderate evidence of benefit with fish oil supplementation; however, studies on vitamin D, vitamin B12, and selenium had inconsistent results. The authors conclude that further evaluation by large, randomized trials is needed to determine […]
Review · April 26, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this review and meta-analysis of 28 articles, psoriasis was reported to be associated with a 2.4-fold increase in the frequency of celiac disease markers. Based on a small number of studies, a gluten-free diet may be beneficial in celiac antibody–positive patients with psoriasis. Psoriasis patients have a […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Feb 26, B Jancin News February 27, 2014 Full Story SNOWMASS, COLO. (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Mounting circumstantial evidence points to perturbation of bacterial communities in the gut and skin as important environmental triggers for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. A distinctive pattern of alterations in the skin microbiota, termed bacterial “cutaneotypes,” has recently been […]
Eliot N Mostow, MD, MPH We are now in an age of treatments for psoriasis that some patients perceive as very expensive or risky, and yet, these patients have a skin disease that can be incredibly debilitating and significantly impacts their quality of life. More than ever, especially in more severe cases of psoriasis (based […]
Published: Oct 16, 2013 | Updated: Oct 16, 2013 By Chris Kaiser Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Dermatology/Psoriasis/42321 Action Points Note that this study of a large U.K. registry suggested an association between psoriasis and chronic kidney disease. Be aware that this relationship does not appear to be mediated by the use of nephrotoxic prescription drugs, but over-the-counter […]
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis E.A. Dowlatshahi The British Journal of Dermatology. 2013;169(2):266-282. Abstract Studies investigating systemic inflammation in psoriasis use different serum markers and report discrepant results. We set out to determine whether systemic inflammation is elevated in patients with psoriasis compared with healthy controls, and to measure the extent of this elevation, by […]
In this interview, Dr. Kelly Cordoro, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at UCSF speaks with Dr. Sarah Chamlin, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, about her recent presentation from the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Annual Meeting discussing the topic of pediatric psoriasis and related comorbidities.
8/8/13 by Charles Bankhead Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Patients with psoriasis had an increased risk of multiple comorbid conditions affecting most major organ systems, including the lungs, liver, kidneys, and cardiovascular system. Point out that the comorbidity burden increased significantly with the severity of psoriasis. Patients with psoriasis had an increased risk of […]
Described in ancient Egyptian medical texts, arthritis — particularly gout — was one of the earliest diseases to be clinically recognized. Hippocrates (~460-357 BC) differentiated gout from other forms of arthritis, while an ayurvedic medicine text from 123 AD references a disease characterized by swollen, painful joints and occasional fever — in all likelihood, rheumatoid arthritis (RA).