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Do you have plaque psoriasis?

Do you have plaque psoriasis? If so, you may be interested to know that a doctor in your area ... and effectiveness of a medication in patients with plaque psoriasis. In this study, patients will switch from Enbrel® to the study ... which is FDA-approved to treat chronic severe plaque psoriasis but has not been studied in psoriasis patients who are switching ...

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Plaque Psoriasis Research Study

Do you have plaque psoriasis? If so, you may be interested to know that a doctor in your area is ... and effectiveness of a medication in patients with plaque psoriasis. In this study, patients will switch from Enbrel® to the study ... which is FDA-approved to treat chronic severe plaque psoriasis but has not been studied in psoriasis patients who are switching ...

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Insurance Woes Can Add to Burden of Psoriasis

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Severe psoriasis had left Steve Schultz feeling like an outcast. At the coffee shop ...

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Psoriasis Light Treatment?

Anyone had any luck with light treatments to control psoriasis plaques? I haven't talked to my dr. yet about this, I think it is ... expensive and time consuming. However, I am sick of having psoriasis so I would be willing to try it. ...

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Psoriasis Treatments

... elbows are the common areas that are mostly affected by psoriasis. Scalp and genitals are also among the areas commonly affected by psoriasis. ...

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Looking for Help with Psorasis

Hi there. I was diagnosed six months ago with psoriasis. So far, the disease is just on my legs and I can hide it most of the ...

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Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage

Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.

Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug

Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?

Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Health Highlights: July 29, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more

San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found.

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.