Psoriasis Uncovered

Learn what drives the heart and psoriatic disease connection and why even one plaque may be too much from Dr. Nehal Mehta, a cardiologist who is Chief of the Section of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Mehta provides an update on his research around the impact of systemic inflammation using PET imaging.

Hear what the new treatment guidelines for psoriatic arthritis from the American College of Rheumatology and the National Psoriasis Foundation may mean for you. Dr. Philip Mease, a rheumatologist and Director of the Rheumatology Clinical Research Division at Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health in Seattle, WA discusses key points about the guidelines. This "New Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Guidelines" episode is supported by Amgen and AbbVie.

This episode features Bonnie Duffy from the MAPRx coalition explaining the various mechanisms of the rulemaking process and providing examples of how programs like Medicare Part D are changed through regulation. Hear why it's important for you to know how regulatory policy is decided and learn more about how individuals living with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis can impact such policy.

Wondering about treatment side effects? Hear the facts about psoriatic disease treatments from topicals to biologics from Dr. Ronald Prussick, Medical Director at Washington Dermatology Center in Rockville, MD.

Curious about biologic treatments for your child with psoriatic disease and what's coming in the future? Hear Dr. Amy Paller, world renowned pediatric dermatologist at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine address the use of biologics in youth along with her research in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and a novel approach to topicals via targeted gene suppression.