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RHEUM: New combination therapy may effectively treat severe RA
2003/11/25 ORLANDO, FLA. – A novel biologic drug, alefacept, combined with methotrexate may provide significant and sustained improvement in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study by German researchers.
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****Autoimmune
Understanding How Lymph Nodes Respond To Infection May Redefine How Immune System Functions...
2003/11/21
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031121072013.htm
US Food and Drug Administration Grants Advanced Biotherapy Inc. Orphan Drug Designation
2003/11/24 Advanced Biotherapy Inc. (OTCBB:ADVB), a developer of pioneering antibody therapies for treating severe and widespread autoimmune diseases, reported today that the Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
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Foundation offers scleroderma support...
2003/11/25
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Myasthenia Gravis Makes Pregnancy Risky
2003/01/01 MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- The autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis can mean a more complicated pregnancy, claims a new Norwegian study.
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Synthesized product will help monitor multiple sclerosis progression
2003/11/25 FLORENCE, ITALY – An innovative and low-cost tool for the followup of multiple sclerosis (MS) will be marketed in North America, say Italian researchers.
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Disease makes it hard to digest bread products...
2003/11/24
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20031124/localnews/700732.html
****Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic disease could be cause of continual tiredness
2001/05/23
http://detnews.com/2001/health/0105/23/h11-227238.htm
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Japanese project under way to measure and find cure for fatigue
2003/01/01 ...What is claimed to be the world's first project to establish a method of measuring fatigue and find a cure for tiredness is under way in Japan, a country infamous for death from overwork....... fatigue in a scientific way before and we wanted to establi
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In sickness and in health: chronic fatigue
2003/11/23 It is always a pleasure to pass on readers' personal tips and remedies, but what follows is in a rather different league - with the potential to transform the lives of thousands.
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****Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS
24 Nov 2003
2003/11/24 The BioBalance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Health Care [BBAL], has begun enrolling patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled, irritable bowel syndrome trial of its proprietary biotherapeutic agent, Probactrix, at So
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Chrohn’s Disease a problem for many college students
2003/11/24 College is hard enough without having to deal with an embarrassing health problem. Most often diagnosed among young adults between the ages of 15 and 30, Crohn’s Disease is a form of inflammatory bowel disease that affects about a half-million men and wo
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****Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD / Crohn's / Ulcerative colitis
AUTISM, DIET, AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
2003/11/24 In 1997, I wrote an article for the journal of the National Autistic Society in the UK about how profoundly my son, Alec, had been affected by a gluten and dairy free diet.
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Pettyjohn fights a painful disease with wife at his side
2002/04/08
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Dealing with ulcerative colitis
2003/11/23 Twenty-three-year-old actress Amy Gorelow has been suffering from ulcerative colitis since she was diagnosed in college. She said, "Having to go to the bathroom nine times a day and dealing with abdominal pain all the time not only affects you physically,
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****Iritis Uveitis Eye
A vision to help others
2003/11/25 When Professor Peng Tee Khaw first arrived at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, he treated a young girl who was to influence the rest of his career. "I looked after the child for many months," he says.
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****Medications
Arthritis drugs costly for seniors, others - The Washington Tim...
Seniors today have access to better rheumatoid arthritis drugs -- with more on the horizon -- than ever before, but they may...
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****Psoriatic Arthritis / Psoriasis
Allergan seeks FDA OK for oral psoriasis drug
2003/11/25 NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Allerganon Tuesday said it has submitted a new drug application to U.S. regulators for oral tazarotene to treat moderate to severe psoriasis
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3891123
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Drugs Reduce Symptoms of Psoriasis -Studies
2003/11/19 By Gene Emery BOSTON (Reuters) - Two drugs have been shown to work against psoriasis, the scaly skin condition that affects up to 7.5 million Americans, according to a pair of studies ...
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3855658
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Etanercept may be a Feasible Treatment for Plaque Psoriasis...
2003/11/21
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/63ADBFEB1935EC7885256DE5005B9F6E
****Reactive Arthritis / Reiter's Syndrome
Patent 6,645,530
2003/11/25 A method of treating chronic disorders associated with the presence of abnormal microflora or an abnormal distribution of microflora in the gastrointestinal tract involves removing the host's existing enteric microflora and substitution of feces from a dis
http://www.pharmcast.com/Patents100/Yr2003/Nov2003/111103/6645530_GastroIntestinal111103.htm
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****Arthritis
Experimental Arthritis Drug Shows Promise
2003/11/18 An experimental new drug designed to shut down the body's misguided assault on its own joints is showing promise against rheumatoid arthritis, relieving its crippling effects with few if any side effects. The drug, still in testing, neutralizes the
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dsdrug3547865nov18.story
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****Autoimmune
Lyme Disease Is A Ticking Epidemic
2003/11/17
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/11/17/urbananimal.DTL
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Mom's Infections Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk in Child
2003/11/17 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among girls at increased risk of type1 diabetes, those whose mothers had colds or certain other infections during pregnancy might be less likely to develop diabetes, ...
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Fat Hormone Leptin Could Explain Alcohol, Breast Cancer Link
2003/11/21 Nov. 18, 2003 - Drinking alcohol, even in moderation, may increase a woman's breast cancer risk. Now a carefully controlled government study may help explain why.
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Rituximab Promising As Salvation Therapy For Immune Cytopenias...
2003/11/20
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Study Published in Cancer Research First to Show Anti-Cancer Activity In Animals Using Antibodies Aimed at EphA2
2003/11/21 GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDI) scientists today published in the November 15 issue of Cancer Research that preclinical studies in animals demonstrated proof of principle for using antibodies targeting th
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Breast cancer susceptibility genes play role in DNA repair
2003/11/21 PHILADELPHIA – A study led by scientists at The Wistar Institute defines a functional role for the tumor suppressor proteins BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast cancer.
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Feeling Lousy? Maybe it's something you ate
2003/11/21 We don't know exactly what the Pilgrims and their Indian "guests" (who came in such unexpected numbers that they wound up having to bring most of the food) ate at the celebratory...
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****Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In sickness and in health: chronic fatigue
2003/11/21 It is always a pleasure to pass on readers' personal tips and remedies, but what follows is in a rather different league - with the potential to transform the lives of thousands.
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****Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS
Now, eat cakes to clear your bowels! - The Times of India
2003/11/19 LONDON : A family bakery has joined culinary forces with the University of Dundee to devise a cake, which could revolutionise the diagnosis of several killer diseases.
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Dundee cake has medics in a flap
2003/11/17 FRANK URQUHART. IT MAY be a humble flapjack made by a Scottish family baker, but experts believe the latest Dundee cake could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of potentially fatal diseases.
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****Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD / Crohn's / Ulcerative colitis
Environment Plays Role in Bowel Problems
2003/11/16 NEW YORK - Changing environmental factors seem to play a role in the development of two serious bowel problems-ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, new research suggests.
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Understanding How Lymph Nodes Respond To Infection May Redefine How Immune System Functions
2003/11/21 DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center researchers may have solved the mystery of why lymph nodes swell when the body fights infection. Their findings may redefine how the immune system functions, they said.
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THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS To avoid surgery, eat this camera
2003/11/19 After 84 years of relatively good health, Charles Hsu was going through some trying times. The Mississauga resident was bleeding internally, and required regular blood transfusions -- as much as eight units each month.
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To Vaccinate Or Not
2002/12/04 ...(ADHD), asthma, diabetes, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and other autoimmune and neurological disorders, has risen...
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Recruiting Participants in Crohn's Study
2003/01/01
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Cases Highlighted in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2003/11/10 The fat substitute olestra may cause severe gastrointestinal disease, according to a letter published in the July issue of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
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****Iritis Uveitis Eye
AAO: Fluocinolone Intravitreal Implants Appear Effective for Uveitis
2003/11/21 ANAHEIM, CA -- November 20, 2003 -- Fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implants reduce the rate of recurrence and the need for adjunctive therapy in patients with posterior uveitis, while improving visual acuity, according to findings presented here Novem
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AAO: New Adverse Ocular Drug Reactions Related to Bisphosphonates, Retinoids, Topiramate, and Cetirizine...
2003/11/19
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****Medications
Stomach Relief for People With Chronic Pain
2003/01/01 ... specifically approved for people with symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis who also have a history of gastric ulcer. Naprosyn,...
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FDA Approves Prevacid NapraPAC (Lansoprazole/Naproxen) For Arthritis Patients Taking NSAIDs Who Are at Risk For Recurrent Gastri
2003/11/19 LAKE FOREST, IL -- November 19, 2003 -- TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Prevacid® NapraPAC™ (lansoprazole delayed-release capsules and naproxen tablets kit), a first of its kind
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****Psoriatic Arthritis / Psoriasis
Two New Drugs Offer Hope for Psoriasis Sufferers
2003/01/01 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- Conventional treatments for psoriasis, a common and debilitating skin condition, have been limited either because of extreme toxicity or extreme inconvenience.
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Study Links Psoriasis to Lymphoma Cancers
2003/11/17 Psoriasis sufferers may later developlymphoma cancers at nearly three times the rate of people who
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Study in New England Journal of Medicine Shows Extending RAPTIVA --Efalizumab -- Treatment Provides Rapid and Continuous Benefit
2003/11/19 Welcome [Sign In] To track stocks & more, Register Financial News Enter symbol(s) Symbol Lookup Press Release Source: Genentech Study in New England Journal of Medicine Shows Extending RAPTIVA - Efalizumab - Treatment Provides Rapid and Continuous Benefit
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****Reactive Arthritis / Reiter's Syndrome
Half of Turkeys Fail Salmonella Tests at ConAgra Plant
2003/11/10 WASHINGTON - Turkeys produced at a ConAgra turkey packing house in Colorado are the most contaminated in the country, according to government test results obtained by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) under the Freedom of Information Act
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Food Poisoning’s Long Shadow
2003/11/10 Everyone knows that food poisoning from undercooked meat or poultry can result in unsavory symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and stomach aches. For most victims, those symptoms subside within a matter of days.
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****Urethritis
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Related Conditions
2003/01/01 ...Urethritis occurs when bacteria infect the urethra....
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****Other
Pharmexa announces promising preliminary data from a clinical trial with the HER-2 Protein AutoVac breast cancer vaccine
2003/11/20 HORSHOLM, Denmark, Nov. 20, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Pharmexa -- Summary: The preliminary data from a phase I trial with the HER-2 Protein AutoVac(TM) vaccine in 10 breast cancer patients in the US indicate that the vaccine is safe and induces antibodies.
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****Ankylosing Spondylitis
Johnson & Johnson - News - Infliximab Provides High Clinical Efficacy, Regression of Spinal Inflammation In Patients With Ankylo
2003/11/13 New Orleans, LA (October 25, 2002) – Landmark data presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) shows treatment with the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) therapy infliximab (also known as REMICADE®) can provi
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****Arthritis
Harvard Medical School
2003/11/14 (The Associated Press) -- An experimental new drug designed to shut down the body's misguided assault on its own joints is showing promise against rheumatoid arthritis, relieving its crippling effects with few if any side effects.
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More tests needed, but drug shows promise ...
1899/12/30 ... of scientists' clearer understanding of the complicated processes of inflammation - and autoimmune diseases. Different drugs take aim at different parts of the ...
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Test drug attacks arthritis in novel way
2003/11/13 An experimental new drug designed to shut down the body's misguided assault on its own joints is showing promise against rheumatoid arthritis, relieving its crippling effects with few if any side effects.
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The Top 10 Things That Don't Cause Arthritis
2003/11/11 By Robert H. Shmerling, M.D. Are your joints acting up because of the weather? Or is your body seeking revenge for the times when you cracked your knuckles as a kid?
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****Autoimmune
Life With an Autoimmune Disease
2003/11/15 If you have general, lingering symptoms, you may be suffering from an autoimmune disease -- which means your immune system is attacking healthy tissue.
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Health Highlights: Nov. 10, 2003
2003/01/01 ... defect involving an immune system protein appears to be linked to three autoimmune diseases: psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, according to new research published...
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Researchers Cure Diabetes in Mice
2003/01/01 ... are reporting in the Nov. 14 issue of Science that their technique seems applicable to other autoimmune conditions, in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissue. "We must get 500 calls...
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Painful Pelvic Disorder Linked to Small Adrenal Glands
2003/01/01 ...The finding could lead to new treatments for the chronic, painful pelvic disorder that affects more than 700,000 people in the United States,...... symptoms but also that other diseases associated with stress disorders, for example chronic fatigue syndr
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****Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS
Gene Triggers Stem Cell Differentiation
2003/11/10 December 7, 2001— A gene that governs development of neuronal cells has now been shown to be involved in regulating differentiation of stem cells into secretory cells in the intestine.
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Combo Treatment Best for IBS...
2003/11/04
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****Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD / Crohn's / Ulcerative colitis
Protein Identified That May Play Central Role In Inflammatory Bowel Disease...
2003/11/12
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031111065616.htm
Appendectomy helps bowel health...
2003/11/07
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Environment Plays Role in Bowel Problems
2003/11/14 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Changing environmental factors seem to play a role in the development of two serious bowel problems--ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, new research suggests.
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****Psoriatic Arthritis / Psoriasis
New Hope for Psoriasis Sufferers
2003/01/01 TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- In a potential first step toward the development of new treatments for psoriasis, researchers have discovered genes that seem to make people susceptible to the mysterious skin disease.
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Three Genes May Explain Psoriasis Cause
2003/11/09 Researchers have discovered a trio of genes that likely help provide the complex origins of psoriasis, the itchy skin disease triggered when the immune system runs amok. The genes, when defective, increase a patient's susceptibility to the incurable
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CBS News | New Drugs For Psoriasis Sufferers | November 3,2003 17:59:12
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New era in psoriasis treatment
MSN Home | My MSN | Hotmail | Search | Shopping | Money | People & Chat New era in psoriasis treatment Therapies promise relief for sufferers of skin disease Raptiva, shown here, is one of a handful of new medications that provide badly needed help
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Psoriasis is embarrassing, expensive to treat and can lead to a painful arthritis
Abstract: health. Psoriasis is embarrassing, expensive to treat and can lead to a painful arthritis Tuesday, November 11, 2003 By Carole Reinert-Lucas "I'm a prisoner in my own skin.Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette. Kathleen Gallant Brinkley of McMurray has starte
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Therapeutic Value of Fludarabine Treatment Limited in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
2003/11/11 Significant peripheral lymphopaenia is observed with fludarabine treatment; however, only modest synovial lymphopaenia and clinical improvement occur with treatment, according to a recent American study.
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****Reactive Arthritis / Reiter's Syndrome
Silverchair announce Europe concerts
2003/02/19 Silverchair are to play their first concerts in the UK and Europe for four years. The Australian rock trio, led by Natalie Imbruglia's fiance Daniel Johns, have confirmed one UK date at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 9.
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Imbruglia denies split with boyfriend
2002/07/03 Natalie Imbruglia has denied rumours she has split with boyfriend Daniel Johns. Reports suggested Imbruglia had ended her three-year relationship with the Silverchair singer, who is suffering from reactive arthritis
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****Other
Living With Lupus
2003/01/01 ...Lupus is a rheumatic (having to do with the muscles, joints, and connective tissue) or autoimmune disease in which a person's immune system mistakenly works against the body's own tissues....
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High Heart Disease Risk For Lupus Patients May Be Linked To Rapid Death Of Blood Vessel Lining Cells
2003/11/14 ORLANDO, Fla. – Mass suicide by protective cells that line every blood vessel in the body may be to blame for the increased risk of heart and vascular disease faced by patients with the autoimmune disease known as lupus, new research suggests.
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Amgen Gets FDA Nod for Arthritis Drug Dosage
2003/10/20 Amgen (AMGN:Nasdaq - commentary - research) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved a once-weekly dosage of the arthritis drug Enbrel.
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****Autoimmune
Vitamin D Deficiencies Concern Researchers
2003/11/04 Washington Millions of Americans may not get enough vitamin D, important for strong bones. It is a problem made worse in the winter, when the sun's rays are not intense enough in most of the country to help bodies make the sunshine vitamin. Substituting
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****Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS
Irritable bowel syndrome seminar scheduled for Dec. 2
2003/11/07 AYER -- To support Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month, Nashoba Valley Medical Center will host an educational seminar sponsored by the Society of Women's Health Research (SWHR) titled, "Talk IBS: Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) wit
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Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 4, 2003
2003/01/01 ...-- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) A clinical research study involving an investigational drug for the treatment...
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Is your colon irritable?...
2003/11/07
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Genders 'sense pain differently'
2003/11/06 Men and women's brains respond to pain differently, researchers have found. Scans showed parts of women's brains linked to emotion were stimulated when they felt pain.
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UEGW: Tegaserod Rapidly Effective in Patients With Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2003/11/04 MADRID, SPAIN -- November 4, 2003 -- Tegaserod provides almost immediate symptomatic relief for patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (C-IBS), report Researchers from Baltimore, Maryland, United States at the United European Gastr
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****Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD / Crohn's / Ulcerative colitis
Breakthrough medical discovery for bowel disease treatment
2003/11/06 A Brisbane research team has made a world-first discovery that could lead to the better treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
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Remicade (Infliximab) Gains European Approval for Maintenance Dosing In Treatment of Fistulizing Crohn's Disease
2003/10/23 KENILWORTH, NJ -- October 23, 2003 -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced that the European Commission has granted a European Union (EU) approval of Remicade® (infliximab) for maintenance dosing for sustaining clinical response in patie
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Illness as an Inspiration
2003/11/07 Some budding entrepreneurs find inspiration in business classes, in how-to books or in larger-than-life chief executives.
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2003/11/04 MADRID, SPAIN -- November 4, 2003 -- Canadian researchers report that a humanised monoclonal antibody is a well-tolerated and effective treatment for ulcerative colitis
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Blind learn life skills at agency
2002/07/24 For more than 40 years, Dr. Maurice Richards loved being a trauma surgeon and, then, just like that, it was gone. Severe glaucoma stripped Richards of his livelihood and his passion in the summer of 2001.
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****Medical Marijuana
Mixed Results from Cannabis Study of MS Patients
2003/01/01 ... patients across Britain was to determine whether cannabis had any therapeutic value for the autoimmune disease in which immune system cells destroy the myelin sheath that protects the nerve cells...
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New battleground for biotech drugs: autoimmune ills
2003/11/05
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Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 4, 2003
2003/01/01 ...-- Psoriatic Arthritis A research study to test the effectiveness of an FDA -approved medication in treating...
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Injection Can Be Given Once a Week
2003/10/22 Oct. 22, 2003 -- The FDA has approved the rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel for once-weekly dosing. Before now, Enbrel was only recommended as two 25 milligram injections three or four days apart. Now the 50 milligram dose can be given the same day.
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New Joints Grown in Arthritic Fingers and Toes...
2003/11/07
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Europeans Unaware of Rheumatoid Arthritis Threat
2003/11/04 By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) - Europeans are unaware of the dangers of rheumatoid arthritis, ignoring the symptoms and delaying a crucial early visit to the doctor, a survey ...
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Lupus Ups Risk of Heart Disease
2003/01/01 TUESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Women with lupus have more risk factors for heart disease than women without the autoimmune disorder, says a study by researchers at the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic.
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2003/10/30 A new study showed that ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with Schering-Plough's [SGP] Remicade experienced an increased quality of life and reduced burden of disease, thus demonstrating Remicade to be a cost-effective therapy for this chronic and de
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****Autoimmune
Experimental Pill May Aid Transplants
2003/01/01 ...Pfizer now is testing various doses in people with the autoimmune disease psoriasis before attempting studies in more fragile kidney transplant recipients. ...
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Acute primary HIV infection frequently missed in Malawian men with STDs
HIV counselling and testing procedures in areas with high HIV prevalence require reconsideration according to researchers investigating acute HIV infection in Malawi.
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2003/10/30 BOSTON -- The discovery that a protein present only on the surface of a select group of T-cells functions to inhibit aggressive immune responses could have important implications for organ transplant patients and patients with autoimmune diseases, and coul
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Rickets Makes A Comeback
2003/10/27 ...is some evidence that the vitamin helps prevent colorectal cancer and some autoimmune diseases, but more proof is needed. Vitamin D consumption is...
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Maybe FDR Didn't Have Polio, Scientist Says
2003/01/01 ...It is believed to be an autoimmune disease -...
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New Immunosuppressant Could Reduce Side-Effects
2003/10/30 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental new immune-suppressing drug could help patients with organ transplants avoid rejection while suffering fewer side effects, U.S.-based researchers said ...
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U.N. seeks 0.5% hike of 2-year, $3B budget
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Virus-Related Muscle Damage Tied to Chronic Fatigue
2003/11/01 ISLAMABAD: Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to occur sometimes after a virus infection. Now, researchers have shown that some patients with the syndrome have evidence of virus in their muscles, and this in turn is linked to abnormal muscle function.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
2003/01/01 ... examination and several blood tests, it is determined that Samantha has a condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?...
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Medical mysteries: When patients must find their own answers to ailments
2003/10/29 Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Amid the twists in Linda Kaye Schnackenberg's story, none is more bizarre than the way she found the name of the rare ailment that caused her years of pain.
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****Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS
Biotech Pain Killer
2003/01/01 ... Therapeutics also has an ultra low-dose version of naltrexone entering Phase III trials for irritable bowel syndrome, which is another multibillion-dollar market....
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Therapies: Hypnosis Can Be a Hit in the Gut...
2003/10/27
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The Collateral Damage of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2003/01/01 THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have more, and more frequent, eating-behavior problems, like poor appetite and bad eating habits, than healthy children.
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Sweet and Low
2003/10/28
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****Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD / Crohn's / Ulcerative colitis
Picky Eating Common in Kids with Bowel Disease
2003/11/01 ISLAMABAD: Children with inflammatory bowel disease are more likely than others to exhibit signs of "picky" eating, such as not eating during meals, negotiating what they will or won't eat, or refusing outright to eat certain foods, the results of a new st
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ABCNEWS.com : Coffee May Protect Against Colon Cancer
2003/01/23 Search the Web and ABCNEWS.com /images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""> Print This Page Email This Page See Most Sent While scientists have long believed ...
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****Iritis Uveitis Eye
ACR: Infliximab Might Help Children With Chronic Inflammatory Uveitis
ORLANDO, FL -- October 28, 2003 -- Preliminary research suggests that infliximab at higher than standard doses may be an effective treatment for children with chronic inflammatory uveitis, researchers from Duke University Medical Center reported here on Oc
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A New Drug for Dry Eye Syndrome
2003/01/01 FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDayNews) -- Dry eye syndrome is a common side effect of aging and some autoimmune diseases that has traditionally been treated with drops called artificial tears which irrigate the eyes.
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****Psoriatic Arthritis / Psoriasis
New Psoriasis Drug Wins FDA Approval
2003/10/28
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Psoriasis Drug Tames Immune Cells
2003/01/01 TUESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- A new drug to combat psoriasis has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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ACR: Etanercept Efficacy For Psoriatic Arthritis Sustained at Two Years
ORLANDO, FL -- October 30, 2003 -- Etanercept remains well tolerated and effective for reducing signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis for up to 106 weeks, researchers reported here October 28 th at the American College of Rheumatology 67
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Disabled Man Has To Live In His Car...
2003/11/01
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28 Oct 2003
2003/10/28 Data on Amgen [AMGN] and Wyeth's [WYE] Enbrel demonstrate improvements that were sustained for more than one year in many patients in both the joint symptoms and skin lesions associated with psoriatic arthritis.
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