Nehal N. Mehta, MD, MSCE, one of the country’s foremost researchers on the cardiometabolic risks of inflammation from psoriasis, the inaugural NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, clinical professor of medicine at George Washington University, and clinical adjunct professor of vascular medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
The first thing you notice about psoriasis is the telltale skin rash, but the effects of this autoimmune disease are…
Past studies have shown that people with psoriasis—a chronic skin disease—have a higher risk for heart attack and stroke. And…