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Cancer
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As Younger Men’s Smoking Rises, So Does Their Stroke Risk
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Smoking Puts Blacks at Higher Risk for Heart Failure
MONDAY, April 16, 2018Smoking may significantly increase black Americans’ risk of heart failure, a new study...
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Drug Keytruda May Help Block Melanoma’s Return
MONDAY, April 16, 2018Taking the drug Keytruda after surgery for advanced melanoma significantly reduced patients’ risk...
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Cigarette Tax Hike Could Ease Poverty for Millions Worldwide: Study
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Human Cancer Meds Might Help Save Tasmanian Devils
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Health Tip: Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer
(HealthDay News) — Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the...
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Smokers’ Diets Let Them Down, Too
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Researchers Making Inroads Against Ovarian Cancer
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As Mammograms Became Widespread, Breast Tumor Size Shrank
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Health Tip: Quit Smoking
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Hearing Loss Joins Long List of Smoking Harms
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Study Confirms Lifesaving Value of Colonoscopy
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Are You Living with Psoriasis?
A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.
Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.
“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.
There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.
Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.