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Health Tip: Adapting After Hip Replacement

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Even 10 years after procedure, many still playing sports, study finds
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- Posted July 1, 2017
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Health Tip: Exercise to Manage Knee Pain
Here's what you can do
- Posted June 28, 2017
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Could Your Office Job Rob You of Vitamin D?
Study finds most indoor workers get too little of the 'sunshine vitamin'
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Health Tip: Managing Arthritis Fatigue
Here's what's recommended
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Even Your Bones Can Get Fat, Mouse Study Suggests
But running rodents improved their bone quality in just weeks, researchers say
- Posted June 9, 2017
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Studies Spotlight Diet, Supplements for Knee Pain
Could fiber or chondroitin ease arthritis?
- Posted May 24, 2017
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New Guidelines Say No to Most ‘Keyhole’ Knee Surgeries
Widely used arthroscopy won't help arthritic degeneration, expert panel says
- Posted May 11, 2017
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Are You Living with Psoriasis?

A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.

Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.

“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.

There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.

Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.