Hydrotherapy

What is it?

Hydrotherapy is exercise in a warm pool. It is supervised by a physiotherapist, who uses the properties of water to help ease stiff…

Study design

One of the most important aspects of assessing the quality of a particular study is to see how the researchers went about organizing it.…

Depression and the risk of psoriatic arthritis

Psoriasis is a lifelong disease that is associated with significant cosmetic and physical disability and puts patients at increased risk for many…

Overweight and psoriasis

In this article, I discuss the relationship between overweight and psoriasis and how their combination both worsens psoriasis and increase the risk…

TB risk with TNF-alpa inhibitors

What are TNF-alpha inhibitors?

Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors are a type of medicine used to treat conditions that involve…

Psoriasis and stroke risk

A recent study published in the in the European Heart Journal, found that people with psoriasis have an increased risk of ischaemic stroke. The study …

Study suggests glucosamine no better than placebo for osteoarthritis

The British Medical Journal has published online the results of a study in the effectiveness of glucosamine, chondroitin or placebo on patients…

Managing Psoriasis in the Tropics

Introduction

Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory skin disease of the skin affecting 1-2% of the population all over the world. It is rarely…

Being overweight increases risk of psoriatic arthritis

At a recent meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID), researchers from Montreal presented a study which shows that patients with …

Obesity and psoriasis

A number of recent reports have highlighted an association between psoriasis and obesity. In this study from the US, researchers investigated obesity …

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