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Gene Test May Allow Many With Early Breast Cancer to Avoid Chemo

A majority of women with an early form of a common breast cancer may be able...
Early Life Trauma May Affect an Adult Man’s Sperm

There’s preliminary research suggesting that abuse or neglect in childhood might have an effect on the...
French Bulldogs: Cute, But Health Issues Abound

French Bulldogs can melt your heart with their wrinkled faces and big ears, but they come...

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- Posted April 9, 2018
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- Posted March 31, 2018
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- Posted March 29, 2018
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- Posted March 28, 2018
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Most With Very High Cholesterol Missing Out on Right Meds
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- Posted March 26, 2018
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- Posted March 13, 2018
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Health Tip: What You Can Learn From Genetic Testing
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- Posted February 28, 2018
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- Posted February 16, 2018
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- Posted February 6, 2018
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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.