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Environmental
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Child Car Seat Safety Tip: Skip Puffy Winter Coats
Puffy coats have their place, but it’s not inside a car seat. The American Academy of...
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Climate Change Is Spurring Malnutrition in Kids Worldwide
Rising temperatures caused by climate change are contributing to low diet quality and malnutrition among young...
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Lockdowns’ Benefits for Air Quality Weren’t as Big as Thought: Study
Two types of air pollution declined in cities around the world during initial COVID-19 lockdowns, but...
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Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season
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Climate Change Could Bring Heat ‘Health Crisis’ to U.S. Cities
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Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season
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How Might Hot Summer Days Affect COVID Spread?
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Don’t Count on Warmer Weather to Curb COVID-19
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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.