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— Disease Burden Could Worsen, Impacting Quality of Life, Experts Warn According to a recent retrospective cohort study, patients diagnosed with alopecia areata (AA) exhibited a greater prevalence of both autoimmune and psychiatric comorbidities at diagnosis. They were also found to be at an increased risk of developing new comorbidities after diagnosis. At diagnosis, 30.9% of patients with alopecia areata had psychiatric comorbidities compared to 26.8% of control subjects without alopecia

— Poor Air Quality Amplifies Risks from Genetic Predispositions Are there any inflammatory diseases that aren’t aggravated by air pollution? As more research emerges, it's becoming increasingly difficult to identify any. A recent study has unveiled a new association between exposure to key air pollutants and the onset of psoriasis in Great Britain. Leveraging data from the U.K. Biobank, with a median follow-up period of nearly 12 years, scientists identified that annual exposure to