Psoriasis is a chronic disease where your immune system becomes overactive and makes skin cells too quickly. As these cells build up, they form psoriasis plaques, thick raised patches of skin with ...

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 ...

Reader's DigestHome Remedies for Eczema and Psoriasis ReliefSave money on expensive skin care treatments and try these homemade remedies first. Plaque psoriasis is a skin disease that causes raised ...

Psoriasis treatments have been a staple of TV advertising for nearly 50 years. That’s because the skin disease is relatively widespread throughout the United States. Roughly 80 to 90 percent of ...

Oregon Medical Research Center in Portland, Oregon, has led a phase 2 trial in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis that ...

Dear Doctors: I recently developed very bad psoriasis, but only on my scalp. The itch is awful. I’m not interested in the medications advertised on TV because of the side effects. Can you recommend ...

Over 8 million adults in the U.S. experience plaque psoriasis — a chronic autoimmune disease that causes painful, raised, scaly spots on the skin. People with plaque psoriasis often employ a host of ...

More than 6 million adults in the US live with plaque psoriasis, but it’s often a misunderstood disease. Joining the discussion is actress entrepreneur Lala Anthony and dermatologist Dr. Meghan ...

Alisha Bridges, 36, knows what it feels like to be treated differently because of how she looks. Since elementary school, Alisha has struggled with severe plaque psoriasis—a condition which causes ...

—Immune checkpoint molecular upregulation is linked with chronicity and severity of chronic plaque psoriasis, whereas downregulation is linked with poor prognosis of guttate psoriasis. Reviewed by ...

Q: I recently developed very bad psoriasis, but only on my scalp. The itch is awful. I’m not interested in the medications advertised on TV because of the side effects. Can you recommend anything? A: ...