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Statins May Help Improve Symptoms Of Psoriasis.

By Jeremy Cockerill | March 12, 2010

WebMD (3/8, Laino) reported, “Already linked to a reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, statins also may help to improve symptoms of psoriasis,” according to research presented at that American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting. Investigators, “in a study of 232 people taking medication for psoriasis,” found that participants “who also took statins had fewer of the thick, red, scaly, itchy patches that are the hallmark sign of psoriasis, compared with people who didn’t take the cholesterol-lowering drugs.”