Psoriasis has more impact on patients' mental health than their skin symptoms

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Psoriasis has more impact on patients' mental health than their skin symptoms   Treatment of the common disease psoriasis, usually focuses on treating the skin. However, psoriasis patients often have other physical diseases that can bring on depression, anxiety, and suicide.

Study uncovers link between psoriasis and joint disease   A team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers has made two major discoveries involving psoriasis, a chronic and debilitating skin disease with no known cure.         Key enzyme that contributes to eczema identified   Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have identified a key enzyme that contributes to eczema, which may lead to better treatment to prevent the skin disorder's debilitating effects.

Study sheds new light on eczema   A new study from researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York may help to peel back the layers of unhealthy skin -- at least metaphorically speaking -- and get closer to a cure.       Researchers discover marine alga from Kiel Fjord as potential remedy against infections, skin cancer   Healing with the help of marine organisms is no utopia. Already 12 life-saving drugs, e.g. against cancer, have been developed from marine organisms and their symbiotic microbiota.       New method helps pinpoint new potential therapeutic targets for lupus   A team of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) used a new method of pinpointing potential disease-causing changes in the genome to identify two new potential therapeutic targets for lupus, while also paving the way for more accurately identifying disease-causing variations in other autoimmune disorders.

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