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This topic is a place to learn about events and opportunities in the greater psoriasis community, including local and national events, important volunteer opportunities and other ways for you to get connected.

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Congratulations Katie Making a Difference

lelawprof
  • By lelawprof · New reply May 1, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Congratulations Katie. For the New York City Walk on May 5, there are 20 teams registered and Katie’s team is currently ranked at the top, 4th in raising funds for National Psoriasis Foundation Research ...

Live Benefit Show In San Jose, CA (05.04.2013)

Marc10edora
  • By Marc10edora · New reply April 30, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Please come support "The Walk To Cure Psoriasis" There is No Cover for this Event but we ask you donate to the cause. Their will be a Donation table at the event. Thank You and hope to see you there ...

Miss California Discusses Her Psoriasis

SoCal_Guy
  • By SoCal_Guy · New reply April 29, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Below is the link to Sunday's inspiring TV interview with Miss California discussing her psoriasis and the Los Angeles Walk to Cure Psoriasis scheduled for Saturday May 4, 2013 at the Santa Monica Pier ...

How do you mix WH,Glycerin

takenput
  • By takenput · New reply March 8, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Can someone plz tell me how to mix up witch hazel and glycerin for best results? Also what is the 3 day treatment some have tried? TY for your time. Takenput ...

Psoriasis

cleo
  • By cleo · New reply March 1, 2013
  • 17 replies
  • Anyone care to let me know if there is a shampoo that is good for my scalp ...

News Today from the National Psoriasis Foundation

vandy46516 (Inactive)
  • By vandy46516 (Inactive) · Posted February 21, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • I received the following in my email today. You too may have already received it but just in case you haven't, here it is: Public Health Agenda NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION We are writing with some exciting ...

San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles) Psoriasis Support Grp 2/3/13

hchang316
  • By hchang316 · New reply February 15, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you all know that we've started a new psoriasis support group this year that is co-sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Crossroads Parkway/Dermatology Department and the National ...

About CF101

Kanth
  • By Kanth · New reply February 6, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • Good news folks, CF101, an A3 adenosine receptor agonist, is a novel, first in class, small molecule, orally bioavailable drug with a proven efficacy in Phase 2 clinical studies and an excellent safety ...

Psoriasis in The Philippines

psorjosef
  • By psorjosef · New reply December 18, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • My dear friends, 8 years ago, I turned to you to look for Filipinos with psoriasis in my quest to connect with people like me. With great encouragement from friends that I met here at the NPF, it pushed ...

This is Ticking me off!

KayFallon
  • By KayFallon · New reply December 1, 2012
  • 62 replies
  • SPAM! What is it with all the spam anyway? In the last 3 days I have reported 3 new members who sign up to post and sell their magical cure. Really? Give us false hope? Prey on the suffering people who ...

hair loss with scalp psoriasis ....

missdaley
  • By missdaley · New reply November 3, 2012
  • 22 replies
  • Hi, first time posting. Im 22 years old and self diagnosed myself about a month ago, i have had these flakes and scales my whole life seems to come and go as it pleases. well last couple of years it has ...

Prednisolone: Good News Story. I'm almost feeling normal again

jeffofoz
  • By jeffofoz · New reply October 25, 2012
  • 10 replies
  • It's been 6 months since the first patch of psoriasis appeared in my arm pits which then spread to almost every where else. This has been my second episode of guttate psoriasis. I was winning the battle ...

Depression may be caused by 'allergy' to stress

Ekatarin
  • By Ekatarin · New reply October 15, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • Aren't the IL molecules what we've been hearing about with P and PsA? It all ties together....... http://news.yahoo.com/depression-may-cau sed-allergy-stress-141531249.html ...

Memo to NPF

skinclearing
  • By skinclearing · New reply October 4, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • Something you might not know is that Verizon Wireless blocks all those emailing company URL's. So all VZW users cannot click and manage email preferences, those links do not load. NPF is not alone in ...

IL-17 Trials News Report from March

Billie_Jo
  • By Billie_Jo · New reply September 8, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • This is a link to a news article about the IL-17 trials... just finished with phase II in the article. However, it has a lot of information. And gives the numbers of help, dose, side effects... both bad ...

psoriasis cure

Conark
  • By Conark · New reply September 2, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • I have this problem for about twenty years.After visiting many skin specialists and clinics there was no relief. During last few years it worsened. I happened to read in a local news paper that a prominent ...

Live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Area?

PsoriasisFoundation
  • By PsoriasisFoundation · Posted July 5, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • Do you live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area? Are you interested in talking about how psoriasis affects your life? National Psoriasis Foundation is looking for people to participate in psoriasis focus group ...

Antibiotics to treat psoriasis

susan55555
  • By susan55555 · New reply July 4, 2012
  • 64 replies
  • I have just read two threads here about antibiotic treatment for psoriasis. I had never heard of this before but had read they use to call one type of tuberculosus of the legs which is an infection turning ...

DNA Bank for P and PsA

Ekatarin
  • By Ekatarin · New reply June 13, 2012
  • 8 replies
  • http://www.psoriasis.org/research/bioban k/donate-dna Maybe y'all know about this, but I just happened upon it and thought I'd share. I would think the more samples they have, the better ...

Aussies, please read, re paid clinical trials

Aliaus
  • By Aliaus · New reply May 18, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • I do a lot of research and am on many sites, I received and update today that might be of interest to some Aussies. It is a paid clinical trial for Aussies with plaque psoriasis which is recruiting now ...

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