Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease where red, scaly, itchy patches break out all over your body. It’s an autoimmune disease in which your immune system goes haywire and triggers inflammation of your ...

What Is the Auspitz Sign? Auspitz sign is a distinctive mark seen when a skin plaque has been removed. Plaques (also called scales) are common in plaque psoriasis, but people with Darier′s disease and ...

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If you’ve ever suffered from common skin conditions like rosacea, eczema or psoriasis, you know how uncomfortable the intense itching, dryness and redness can be. Fortunately, you don’t have to ...

Claire Spurgin, 25, was first diagnosed with psoriasis six years ago, and scaly red rashes have covered her entire body ever since. She is stripping down on social media to raise awareness about the ...

You know Nate Berkus from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and HGTV – an interior designer with an eye for amazing aesthetics. What you might not know is that he has been privately battling the skin disease ...

A gel-like sugar coating on immune cells has been found to play a starring role in psoriasis. Researchers discovered that immune cells shed this outer layer to help them exit the bloodstream and enter ...

Psoriasis occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals, resulting in painful red, scaly patches on the skin that bleed and itch. In normal skin, the cells grow every 28 days, but in ...

Psoriasis is a common skin disease without a cure, affecting 125 million worldwide and more than eight million in the United States according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. The National ...

Common immune cells, neutrophils, are first responders to a strep throat infection, but also play a key role in the sudden ...

Study to be conducted by PharmaLegacy, a leading Contract Research Organization The scientific rationale for evaluating ...

Psoriasis patients are stigmatized and can later develop debilitating arthritis. July 29, 2011— -- Reality star Kim Kardashian publicly revealed a nasty rash to her dermatologist on a recent ...