IFPA launches survey to identify strategies for building a better world for people with psoriasis
Psoriasis is a serious, chronic, inflammatory, non-communicable disease for which there is currently no cure.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
New report reveals urgent need for NHS reprioritisation of CSU – a distressing and disfiguring form of chronic hives
A new report published June 13, 2014 sets out six key challenges faced by those living with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and those responsible for its diagnosis and management.
Sunscreen alone ‘not enough’ to protect against melanoma
New research finds that wearing sunscreen alone does not offer complete protection against DNA-damaging UV radiation, meaning there is still a significant risk of melanoma.
Brodalumab treatment improved clinical signs and symptoms in Phase 2 psoriatic arthritis study
Amgen and AstraZeneca has announced that results from a Phase 2 study evaluating brodalumab in 168 patients with psoriatic arthritis were published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Can breast cancer risk be predicted by skin moles?
Two new studies find an association between breast cancer and moles. However, the researchers can only hypothesize on the mechanisms driving this association.
Psoriasis symptoms may be improved by stimulating a protein in skin cells
Psoriasis is a common, long-lasting disease that causes itchy or sore patches of thick, red skin with silvery scales.
Acute bacterial skin infections treated effectively by new antibiotic
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial...
Study finds high risk of recurrence of two life-threatening adverse drug reactions that affect the skin – SJS and TEN
Individuals who are hospitalized for the skin conditions of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis appear to have a high risk of recurrence, according to a study in JAMA.
Observation: Tanning beds associated with vitamin D toxicity?
Tanning beds may be associated with vitamin D toxicity, according to an observation being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
FDA to require warnings on sunlamp products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to...