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Welcome to the Peninsula / Bay Area Psoriasis Support Network |
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It's free to join our group! Please click here to join our support group and to receive email alerts.
The Peninsula / Bay Area Psoriasis Support Network provides you with a place to meet other people who understand what it is like to live with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Through this connection you will gain new information about psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and tips on how to manage the disease.
You will make friends. Through your shared efforts you can impact your local area and the wider psoriasis community.
The Peninsula / Bay Area Psoriasis Support Network can make a big difference in your life and being part of the group can help you make a big difference in other people's lives.
4/11/07 UPDATE: We have a MESSAGE BOARD! Please feel free to browse, register and post! We understand that not everyone is able to come to our monthly meetings, so we created this tool for all of our members to talk about their condition/treatments, check for updates on special projects, see what happened in our meetings and be in contact with each other!
We look forward to seeing you all on the boards!
Peninsula / Bay Area Psoriasis Support Network Message Board
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First-Ever Psoriasis Legislation Introduced in Congress! |
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February 16, 2007
Portland, OR -
U.S. Reps. David Wu, D-Ore.-1st, and Jim Gerlach, R-Pa.-6th, have introduced the first-ever comprehensive psoriasis legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives—just as the National Psoriasis Foundation prepares to head to Washington, D.C., for its fourth-annual Capitol Hill Day, Feb. 25-26.
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Read About the "Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act" |
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February 14, 2007
"Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act" Would Lower Patient Drug Costs for Drugs Used to Treat Diseases Like Cancer, Diabetes, AIDS
Washington, DC -
The “Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act” was introduced in the U.S. Senate today. The act, which Senator Susan Collins has cosponsored, would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the express legal authority to approve safe, lower cost copies of biotech drugs, also known as biologics or biopharmaceuticals. | | Read more >> |
San Francisco Bay Area Psoriasis Study -- Volunteers Needed! |
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Your chance to help "Unlock The Psoriasis Code"!
Please join doctors and thousands of other psoriasis patients from across the country in a research study to help answer the question, “WHAT CAUSES PSORIASIS?” | | Read more >> |
Clinical Trials |
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| Many people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis find that the risk of entering into a clinical is worth it—leading to control of their disease while furthering the knowledge of psoriasis treatment for all. Searching online for clinical trials in our area has become easier. | | Read more >> |
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September 9, 2008 -- Support Group Meeting |
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October 4, 2008--Psoriasis: More Than Skin Deep |
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Psoriasis: More Than Skin Deep
Free patient education event
Do you know that psoriasis can be associated with other health conditions?
Are you currently in treatment? If so, is it working for you?
Has your insurance denied you the treatment you need?
These are the topics that will be covered in our educational program Psoriasis: More than skin deep. We hope you will join us for this free, thought-provoking event and learn more about treatment options, how to advocate for treatments you need, and how to live well with psoriasis. Dermatologist Serana Mraz, M.D. will be our guest speaker.
Please mark your calendar for,
Sat. Oct. 4, 2008
San Francisco Airport Marriott
1800 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, Calif. 94010
To RSVP online, please visit: http://www.psoriasis.org/events/2008_mtsd/ or call 800.723.9166 |
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Future Dates To Be Announced -- Meet & Eat: Our Touring Dinner Club |
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Please register on this web site so that you will be added to the Evite distribution list for our next dining experience!
Next stop: Milpitas/Fremont area!
About our Touring Dinner Club:
We've decided to meet at various cities of the greater Bay Area for a dining excursion about every other month so that we can reach those of you who are unable to make it to our regularly scheduled meetings. We will leave the conversation open for psoriasis discussions or anything else you have in mind, but we just want you to join us! |
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October 14, 2008 -- Support Group Meeting |
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November 11, 2008 -- Support Group Meeting |
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| End of Year Holiday gathering. Details to come. |
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