September 22nd 2021, 3:41pm
Greater body surface area was shown to correlate with an increased risk of psoriatic arthritis development in patients with psoriasis, with obesity and depression also identified as risk factors.
September 18th 2021, 2:15pm
Treatment of guselkumab was found to be safe and effective in improving health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) and skin manifestations of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis in a real-world setting.
September 15th 2021, 7:15pm
Medicare beneficiaries with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis were found to pay high annual out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for treatment, which researchers attributed to rising drug prices and reliance on co-insurance for patient cost-sharing.
September 11th 2021, 2:00pm
Discontinued use and high dosage of alpha-glucosidase inhibitors in combination with metformin was shown to increase risk of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in patients with type 2 diabetes compared with those given only metformin.
September 9th 2021, 4:30pm
Findings of a phase 2b study indicated that use of tildrakizumab was associated with significant improvements in joint and skin manifestations of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), although improvement in symptoms of dactylitis and enthesitis were not observed.
September 1st 2021, 9:00pm
By year 5 of therapy with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), only about one-third of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were expected to be continuing with their therapy.
August 26th 2021, 5:00pm
Patients with psoriasis who received biologic treatments were at significantly lower risk of developing psoriatic arthritis, with women representing a potentially at-risk group.
August 18th 2021, 6:30pm
Physical activity was significantly associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and pulse wave velocity, a preclinical indicator of future cardiovascular disease risk, in patients with psoriasis.
August 15th 2021, 4:15pm
A recent study aimed to understand whether psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are independent risk factors for coronary calcification and coronary artery disease. It found both correlate with higher rates of calcification, but only psoriasis was linked with severe calcification and disease.
August 10th 2021, 4:19pm
A new prospective cohort study suggests joint pain, rather than skin pain or disease severity, correlates with greater use of analgesics.
