Psoriatic arthritis News

THURSDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in four Americans with the chronic skin condition known as psoriasis may also have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study. This is in addition to the 2 million people in the Unite...

MONDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D insufficiency is common among people with psoriatic arthritis, but levels of the vitamin in the blood do not affect disease activity, a new study finds. People with psoriatic arthritis have the chronic...

WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Chlamydia infection may play a role in a type of arthritis called undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA), a new study finds. This form of arthritis is a type of spondyloarthritis (SpA), a group of diseases...

FRIDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Simponi (golimumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat three forms of arthritis that occur when the body's immune system attacks the joints. The injected drug, administered once...

THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The drug golimumab shows promise in treating psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study. Psoriatic arthritis affects about 11 percent of people with psoriasis. The University of California, San Diego-led st...

THURSDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The drug ustekinumab shows promise against psoriatic arthritis (PA), according to a study that included patients from 24 sites in Europe and North America. PA affects about 11 percent of patients with psoriasi...