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Stroke Risk High Among Blacks, Hispanics

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Women Patients Still Missing in Heart Research

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AHA News: Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Together Might Increase Stroke Severity

MONDAY, Feb. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Bleeding strokes are the deadliest type of...

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- Posted February 13, 2020
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- Posted February 10, 2020
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- Posted February 3, 2020
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- Posted January 31, 2020
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Health Tip: Understanding Your Heart Rate
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- Posted January 31, 2020
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- Posted January 21, 2020
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- Posted January 21, 2020
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- Posted January 17, 2020
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- Posted January 14, 2020
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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.