Despite the fact that psoriasis is a relatively common skin condition, few studies have attempted to quantify this on any large scale. The…
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…
At a recent meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID), researchers from Montreal presented a study which shows that patients with …
A number of recent reports have highlighted an association between psoriasis and obesity. In this study from the US, researchers investigated obesity …
Psoriasis is sometimes associated with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a chronic, painful inflammation of the joints. There is evidence to suggest PsA…
This is a report from the US Nurses Health Study II, involved 116, 671 women aged 27 to 44 years followed for 14 years between 1991 to 2005. The…
The first study is a single case report regarding a morbidly obese 55-year-old male, who weighed 131 kg with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 41 kg/m2,…
A number of studies have found risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) – including diabetes – to be more common among patients with…
A special protein, Lipoprotein (a) or Lp(a) is a genetically determined molecule which appears to have an important role in the development of…
This study builds on the observation that psoriasis is frequently associated with obesity. The question is whether this has any impact on the…