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Stories about: psoriasis

People Suffering from Psoriasis Are Likely to Get Obese, Too The December issue of the Archives of Dermatology contains the report of recent researches taking place in Taiwan, where a team of specialists, lead by Dr. Yi-Ju Chen, have allegedly found a direct link between high levels of a hormone called leptin, especially in the blood of the patients suffering from psoriasis, a... 16 December 2008 09:08 GMT Psoriasis Treated with Indigo Extract Traditional Chinese medicine has been using indigo plant extracts to cure psoriasis for millennia now, while Western medicine still relies on corticosteroids for the job. But now, a newly-devised ointment, obtained from the leaves of the plant, showed great promise in reducing the scales and rashes caused by even the... 27 November 2008 08:53 GMT