October 2002

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Posted Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Rick
ACR: Infliximab And Etanercept Both Effective In Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C620056BEAF?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Arthritis%20Other&count=10

ACR: Infliximab Benefits Patients with Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C600078C40C?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Arthritis%20Other&count=10

ACR: Increased Methotrexate Dose Improves Response Rate in Juvenile Arthritis Patients
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C6000789B1F?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Arthritis%20Other&count=10

Laser Therapy And Amitriptyline Both Effective For Fibromyalgia
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C4F006F6A20?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Fibromyalgia&count=10

New Medications for Rheumatoid Arthritis
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/webcast/B5A23F89D0DA0E7485256C1D004C3706?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatoid%20Arthritis&count=10

Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Autoimmune Systems
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/webcast/01243F529612CBB085256BF20066BA7B?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatoid%20Arthritis&count=10

Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Difficult Diagnosis in Patients on Long-Term Renal Replacement Therapy
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/cases/C2FBCF2A8343BD5D85256C240058B04F?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatoid%20Arthritis&count=10

Docs make recommendations for IBS -- The Washington Times
Wed Oct 23 06:28 EST - The Washington Times - Washington DC
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20021022-075851-7772r.htm

Keeping Active Helps Irritable Bowel Patients Cope
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) significantly impairs quality of life, burdens patients with high out-of-pocket costs and causes losses in productivity, according to findings presented Sunday at the American College of Gastroenterology's annual meeting. However, a related ...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021021/hl_nm/bowels_treatment_dc_1

Clinical Trials Update: Oct 22, 2002
...-- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) A research study of investigational medications for women 18 - 65 years of age who suffer...- Oct 22 11:51 PM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20021023/hl_hsn/clinical_trials_update__nbsp_oct_nbsp_22__nbsp_2002

Amgen says FDA to inspect new Enbrel factory in November
Amgen said yesterday its long-awaited Enbrel factory is scheduled for inspection next month, and if regulators give it the go-ahead, the company will be able to start selling much...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=amgen24&date=20021024

Showdown Looms Over Arthritis Medications
In large stainless-steel tanks that look as if they belong in a beer factory, Abbott Laboratories Inc. is brewing what could become the next big rheumatoid arthritis drug. Abbott's Humira, already tested in 2,300 patients, poses a direct threat to ...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amgen26oct26.story

New arthritis drug may take sales from blockbuster Enbrel
Two years ago, Alan Moore got the flu and never really recovered. The illness was followed by the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which swiftly transformed the university professor's...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=arthritis28&date=20021028

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Health, Science and Environment
Abstract: Is the right doctor for you on a list of 'best' doctors? Healthwise Tuesday, April 23, 2002 By Virginia Linn, Health Editor, Post-Gazette The cover of Pittsburgh Magazine's April edition is an attention-grabber: "The Best Doctors in America. And it lists more than 300 ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020423hwise0423p6.asp

Arterial inflammation in obese women may lead to heart disease
Scientists may have found another reason to lose weight: A study
indicates obese women are six times more likely than thin women to have a silent inflammation inside their arteries that increases the risk of heart disease.
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=obes&date=19990421

Studies show doctors efficacy, safety of Enbrel, its competitors
Amgen released a flood of Enbrel clinical data yesterday at the biggest annual gathering of rheumatologists, showing its drug is safe and effective over five years, and if given...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=enbrel26&date=20021026

Study shows Arava efficacy for arthritis-Aventis
iWon - Oct 31 2002 7:29AM GMT
http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-l31536115&feed=reu&date=20021031&cat=INDUSTRY

Ruling: No punishment for doctors endorsing pot Doctors have a constitutional right to speak freely with their patients including recommending marijuana use without fear of government sanctions, a federal appeals...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=marijuana30&date=20021030

US court ruling protects doctors who prescribe marijuana
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court ruled for the first time
yesterday that the government cannot revoke doctors' prescription licenses for recommending marijuana to sick patients.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/303/nation/US_court_ruling_protects_doctors_who_prescribe_marijuana+.shtml

How Does Marijuana Kill Pain?
Abstract: How Does Marijuana Kill Pain? Monday, October 05, 1998 By Rick Callahan, Associated Press Writer Maria Welch, a 52-year-old Baker City, Ore. resident who underwent surgery in July to remove most of her cancerous right lung, was in misery after doctors sent her home with ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19981005appain1.asp

Steroid users risk bone disease
No date
http://www.freep.com/news/health/qbone13.htm

Major Genetic Diseases
Abstract: Major genetic diseases. The 23 pairs of chromosomes are identified by number, according to size. Chromosome 1 is the largest, chromosome 22 the smallest. The other pair of chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, designated X and Y. Women have two of the large X ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/genome/diseases.asp

Disabled sailor to conquer the world
Yachting World - Oct 22 2002 1:54PM GMT
http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20020922112416ywnews.html

Fighting fatigue
The wrath of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is far more traumatic than its name implies. That's a message the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of ...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2000/may/09/510231338.html

Study links endometriosis with autoimmune, hormone LONDON (AP) Women with endometriosis a leading cause of infertility in which tissue from the womb lining grows elsewhere in the body are much more likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, chronic
fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and allergies, new research has found.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-09-27-endo-study_x.htm

Conference examines differences in male, female responses to disease
Abstract: Conference examines differences in male, female responses to
disease Friday, October 19, 2001 By Anita Srikameswaran, Post-Gazette
Staff Writer A 45-year-old man feels pressure in his chest and pain
radiate down his left arm. A 65-year-old woman complains of ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20011019sexbiology1019p2.asp

Endometriosis tied to other diseases
Endometriosis tied to other diseases Study suggests common immune system condition underlies range of allergic, autoimmune, hormonal ills MSNBC NEWS SERVICES Sept. 26 — Women with endometriosis — a leading cause of infertility in which tissue from.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/813425.asp

Trials Show New Arthritis Drug Safe and Effective
Trials of a new arthritis drug show it is as safe and effective as drugs currently on the market, buFriday, October 25, 2002 5:38 p.m. EST - Reuters News
http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Science&storyId=552606

THREATS AND RESPONSES: BIOTERRORISM; Doctors Urge Caution on Smallpox ... steroid drugs and those with H.I.V. infection or other diseases that weaken the immune system, autoimmune diseases, skin diseases like eczema or organ transplants....- Oct 07 2002
http://premium.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nytp/20021008/265829&.bail=http://premium.news.yahoo.com/rd?r=Autoimmune

THREATS AND RESPONSES: THE SIDE EFFECTS; Medical Conditions Create ... including pregnant women, babies less than a year old, and patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases like lupus....- Sep 23 2002
http://premium.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nytp/20020924/036064&.bail=http://premium.news.yahoo.com/rd?r=Autoimmune

Acupuncture Could Aid Lupus Patients
" Patient Debra Faucher suffers from discoid lupus, an autoimmune
disease in which the body attacks its own good skin cells....- Oct 24
6:39 PM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20021024/lo_wpbf/1366775

New Drug May Ease Lupus Complication compound that has the potential to alter the immune system so that it is less likely to be autoimmune," says Dr. Bevra Hahn, a professor of medicine and chief of rheumatology at the David...- Oct 17 11:52 PM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20021018/hl_hsn/new_drug_may_ease_lupus_complication

Results Mixed In Immunotherapy For High-Risk Melanoma
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C55001DC372?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

ACR: Valdecoxib Safety Shown Equal to Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Arthritis Patients
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C6100764306?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

AACAP: Child Externalising Behaviours May Be Clue to Severity of Parent's Drug Addiction
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C6100644D52?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in STDs
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/75CF2868C3C40C8285256C610001106B?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in Depression
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/24E4BD5645FF191485256C5C007301C1?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in Pain
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/660AA70E5971A61585256C5C00731071?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

ACG: Budesonide Preserves Bone Mass in Crohn's Disease Patients
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5C006B3FEC?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

ACG: Peptide Coherin May Induce Clinical Remission in Crohn's Diseas
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5C005A71FE?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

ACG: ACG Report Finds Drugs Effective in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5C0059C70A?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in Colorectal Cancer
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/233D175E3352F61885256C5B007A2C43?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in IBD
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/514A2A911D650C0585256C5A0072EA5A?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

New Study Shows Zelmac (Tegaserod) Effective and Safe for People with Non-Diarrhea Irritable Bowel Syndrome
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5A00537E48?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in Lupus
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/9A59846B61021A4285256C5A00481AC0?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A

TopAbstracts in Hypertension
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/C3B1C35584A080B385256C54006B53CA?OpenDocument&c=&count=10&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A





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Posted Wednesday, October 23, 2002 by Rick
Achill woman suffered severe salmonella attack after eating salad ...
Mayo News, Ireland - 22 Oct 2002
... Flynn said the swelling could well be from a reactive arthritis brought on by the salmonella and Mrs. English was sent to Mayo General Hospital, where she ...
http://www.mayonews.ie/current/news.tmpl$showpage?value1=324422074223777

Football: I Thought I'd Never Walk Again
Daily Record - Oct 19 2002 6:43AM GMT
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/page.cfm?objectid=12294555&method=full&siteid=89488
Result found by: Moreover

Kylie storms ARIAs
news.com.au - Oct 16 2002 2:07PM GMT
http://entertainment.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4459,5296262%255E10431%255E%255Enbv,00.html
Result found by: Moreover

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Health, Science and Environment
Abstract: Women's bowel drug wins FDA approval Agency OK s Zelnorm despite criticism Thursday, July 25, 2002 By Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Women who suffer constipation-causing irritable bowel syndrome won their first government-ap
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020725bowelhealth4p4.asp
Result found by: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Keeping Active Helps Irritable Bowel Patients Cope
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) significantly impairs quality of life, burdens patients with high out-of-pocket costs and causes losses in productivity, according to findings presented Sunday at the American College of Gastroenterology's annual meeting.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021021/hl_nm/bowels_treatment_dc_1
Result found by: Yahoo! News

Docs make recommendations for IBS
United Press International - 22 Oct 2002
... Seattle at a news briefing by a task force of the American College of Gastroenterology, reserved the highest recommendation for the only drugs approved for IBS ... Keeping Active Helps Irritable Bowel Patients Cope - Reuters
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021022-075851-7772r

medical marijuana patients sue ashcroft, federal government
DisInfo.com - 12 hours ago ... 9, two seriously ill medical marijuana patients charge the federal government, Drug Enforcement Administration chief Asa Hutchinson, and Attorney General John ...
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id2821/pg1/

Delay In Diagnosis For People With Ankylosing Spondylitis Can ...
Internet Wire (press release) - 22 Oct 2002
SHERMAN OAKS, CA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 10/22/2002 -- Although a majority (61%) of respondents with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) experience symptoms of AS by age ...
http://www1.internetwire.com/iwire/release_html_b1?release_id=47813

Isis reports encouraging results for Crohn's disease drug
North County Times, CA - 22 Oct 2002
... Inc. reported Monday favorable results from a study of a drug to treat Crohn's disease, an inflammatory disease of the intestines. ...
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20021022/54034.html

Israeli camera-in-a-pill firm eyes 2003 profit
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 17 Oct 2002
... The diagnosis of Crohn's disease, a serious inflammatory disorder,
is one such major opportunity. Five papers to be presented in ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17499501

Centocor Expands Research And Development To Focus On Immune- ...
Internet Wire (press release) - 17 Oct 2002
... market share leader among tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) therapies and the only biologic drug approved to treat both rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's ...
http://www1.internetwire.com/iwire/release_html_b1?release_id=47663

Clinical Trials Update: Oct 22, 2002
...-- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) A research study of investigational medications for women 18 - 65 years of age who suffer...- Oct 22 11:51 PM ET
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat90.html
Result found by: Yahoo! News

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Health, Science and Environment
Abstract: What defines chronic fatigue syndrome? Dear Dr. Cynthia Tuesday, June 18, 2002 Dear Dr. Cynthia: I have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalitis or chronic fatigue syndrome. Call it what you will, it is very disabling and debilitating. It causes
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020618hdrcynthia4.asp
Result found by: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Disabled sailor to conquer the world. Ankylosing Spondylitis
Yachting World - Oct 22 2002 1:54PM GMT
http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20020922112416ywnews.html
Result found by: Moreover

Pitt scientists discover a 'precursor' cell under the skin that points the way to manipulating the immune system Abstract: Pitt scientists discover a 'precursor' cell under the skin that points the way to manipulating the immune systemPitt scientists discover a 'precursor' cell under the skin that points the way to manipulating the immune system Monday, November 12,
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20011112langerhandssci3p3.asp
Result found by: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

New Drug May Ease Lupus Complication
... compound that has the potential to alter the immune system so that it is less likely to be autoimmune,"says Dr. Bevra Hahn, a professor of medicine and chief of rheumatology at the David...- Oct 17 11:52 PM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20021018/hl_hsn/new_drug_may_ease_lupus_complication
Result found by: Yahoo! News

Nutrition Q&A: Probiotics: Bacteria that's good for the gut
Abstract: Nutrition Q&A: Probiotics: Bacteria that's good for the gut Thursday, April 18, 2002 By Mary Alice Gettings and Cindy Javor Q: I have been reading in magazines about good bacteria in foods and pills
that are good for your health. Is there any tru
http://www.post-gazette.com/food/20020418nutqa0418fnp6.asp
Result found by: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Smoking and Colorectal Polyps ... fruit and vegetable intake, body mass index, weekly exercise routines and history of inflammatory bowel disease. "Perhaps an even more important finding is that a much larger proportion...- Oct 22 11:51 PM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20021023/hl_hsn/smoking_and_colorectal_polyps - 73%
Result found by: Yahoo! News

Snacks likely cause of disease. inflammatory bowel disease
The Advertiser - Oct 19 2002 2:10PM GMT
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5316627%255E911,00.html
Result found by: Moreover

Chili Pepper Burn, Inflammation Share Pain Signal
In a finding that could lead to new treatments for pain, scientists have identified a signal involved in the body's response not only to inflammation but also to the substance that gives chili peppers their kick. The signal seems to be involved in the type
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021022/hl_nm/burn_inflammation_dc_1
Result found by: Yahoo! News

Natural skin antibiotics missing in eczema
Biomedcentral.com, UK - 10 Oct 2002
... In addition, real-time RT-PCR showed significantly lower expression of HBD-2 mRNA and LL-37 mRNA in atopic lesions compared to that seen in psoriatic lesions. ...
http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20021010/03/

Biotechs have been battered but Celltech may be a long-term cure
Independent, UK - 17 Oct 2002
... The company is on the verge of dropping its most advanced drug, Humicade, which had been close to launch as a treatment for Crohn's disease, which causes ...
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/investment_column/story.jsp?story=343599

From Doctor's guide.

Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C56001BCB6B&u=GOTO//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12381506&dopt=Abstract&ref=

Treatment trials in ankylosing spondylitis: current and future considerations.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C56001BC990&u=GOTO//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12381508&dopt=Abstract&ref=

Staging of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a preliminary proposal.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C56001BCA27&u=GOTO//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12381507&dopt=Abstract&ref=

Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Difficult Diagnosis in Patients on Long-Term Renal Replacement Therapy.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/cases/C2FBCF2A8343BD5D85256C240058B04F?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatoid%20Arthritis&count=10

Clues to Pathogenesis of Spondyloarthropathy Derived from Synovial Fluid Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Profiles.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C5A00704366&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&specialty=Rheumatology&u=http://www.jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts02/2159.html

Reactive Arthritis and Other Sequelae Following Sporadic Salmonella typhimurium Infection in British Columbia, Canada: A Case Control Study.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C5A007022E7&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&specialty=Rheumatology&u=http://www.jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts02/2154.html

A Case of Behcet's Disease with Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm and Thrombosis.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C5A006FBC2E&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&specialty=Rheumatology&u=http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00547/contents/01/0067/index.html

Abnormalities of B cell phenotype, immunoglobulin gene expression and the emergence of autoimmunity in Sjögren's syndrome.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C59006861FC&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&specialty=Rheumatology&start=31&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&u=http://arthritis-research.com/content/4/6/360/abstract

Genetic aspects of Sjögren's syndrome
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C5900683005&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&specialty=Rheumatology&start=31&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&u=http://arthritis-research.com/content/4/6/353/abstract

High prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in patients with Crohn's disease.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C55001C3A1B&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&specialty=Rheumatology&start=61&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&u=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12377802&dopt=Abstract

Case report : A patient with adult Still's disease with an increased Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody titer.
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Staging of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a preliminary proposal.
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Juvenile onset spondyloarthropathies: therapeutic aspects.
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Conventional treatments for ankylosing spondylitis.
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Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy for ankylosing spondylitis: international experience.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C56001BC5B7&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&specialty=Rheumatology&start=61&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&u=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12381511&dopt=Abstract

Building consensus on nomenclature and disease classification for ankylosing spondylitis: results and discussion of a questionnaire prepared for the International Workshop on New Treatment Strategies in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Berlin, Germany, 18-19 January 2002.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C56001BC453&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&specialty=Rheumatology&start=61&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&u=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12381512&dopt=Abstract

16-year remission of rheumatoid arthritis after unusually vigorous treatment of closed dental foci.
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The genetically-engineered secretory B27/Q10 chimeric molecule inhibits HLA-B27 restricted alloreactive T-lymphocytes.
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Atopic disorders in ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Posted Wednesday, October 16, 2002 by Rick
New Concepts in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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Effect of methotrexate on pulmonary function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - a prospective study.
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Effect of non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents in the general population in Spain. Results of the EPISER study. Second article down.
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Subclinical Sjögren's syndrome and anti-Ro/SSA-positive autoimmune fatigue syndrome in children.
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Posted Wednesday, October 16, 2002 by Rick
'Watsu' brings massage therapy to the pool CTV, Canada - 25 Sep 2002
... She has ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that affects the spine. It's a painful condition that often makes it difficult to move. ...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1033005989905_28415189/?hub=Health

Eczema Tied to Failure of Natural Antibiotic
... but there hadn't been any examples in humans that associated them with a disease," says Dr. Richard Gallo, chief of dermatology with the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare......Similar defects in this innate system could explain many other human dis
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20021010/hl_hsn/eczema_tied_to_failure_of_natural_antibiotic
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No: Addictive drug has no medical value
Arguments for the legalization of "medical" marijuana do little to ensure that the facts concerning marijuana are openly discussed and only further confuse the issue for the American...
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Yes: Federal crusade brutalizes ill people
The war on drugs keeps getting bigger and meaner. Just when you think the tide is beginning to turn, someone in charge takes it a step further. What happened in California last...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=prodrugs11&date=20021011
Result found by: Seattle Times

Medical marijuana users sue federal officials
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 09 Oct 2002
Two medical marijuana users filed suit Wednesday against federal authorities in an effort to try to stop government raids on pot used by sick patients. ...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/10/09/state1715EDT0088.DTL

British Scientists Have High Hopes for Medical Marijuana
WKRN, TN - 10 Oct 2002
Scientists in England have high hopes for medical marijuana. Researchers are trying to determine the medical benefits of cannabis ...
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=968464&nav=1ugFBjMQ

J&J Increases Profit 19 Percent
TRENTON, N.J.- Health care giant Johnson & Johnson posted a 19 percent increase in third-quarter profits on sharply higher sales of pharmaceutical products and ...
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Shadow Proteins In Thymus May Explain How Immune System Gets To Know Its Own Body
Science Daily - Oct 13 2002 6:20AM GMT
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Arthritis More Common in Smokers, Divorced
... which usually occurs in older people, and rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that is more common in women than men and is most commonly diagnosed between the ages...- Oct 10 2:07 PM ET
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Amgen files for expanded drug use
United Press International - 26 Sep 2002
... Corp. this year. Enbrel was granted FDA approval in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis in the fourth quarter of last year. However ...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020926-024842-8604r

Arthritis: Avoiding joint damamge
Kansas City Nursing News, KS - 23 Sep 2002
... Some of the more common forms of inflammatory arthritis include rheumatoid arthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis (associated with psoriasis), reactive arthritis ...
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1441&dept_id=155395&newsid=5464569&PAG=461&rfi=9

Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Aches, Pains Or Food Poisoning?
WESH-TV, FL - 20 Sep 2002
... The medical community is tracking the link between food poisoning and secondary illness such as kidney failure, reactive arthritis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome ...
http://www.newschannel2000.com/news/1679005/detail.html

Plant's healing powers tested
BBC, UK - 27 Sep 2002
Neath, Morriston and Singleton hospitals are the first to trial aloe vera as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which affects around 20% of the UK ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1881737.stm

Causes of fibromyalgia remain a medical mystery
The Globe and Mail, Canada - 13 Oct 2002
... In recent years, some doctors have attributed the cause of fibromyalgia to anything from chronic fatigue syndrome and various viruses. ...
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021014/HELFIBRY/Health/health/health_temp/1/1/6/

Finding offers hope to Sjogren's sufferers; autoimmune disease ...
Canada.com, Canada - 07 Oct 2002
The team of scientists from the Hospital for Sick Children has discovered a protein that is critical for the development of Sjogren's, an autoimmune disease ...
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=%7B6EF652C8-460F-4CDB-966F-C40140D341E0%7D

Yale Researchers Shed Light On B Cells ’ Involvement In ...
Science Daily - 01 Oct 2002
Using genetically altered mice, Yale researchers have generated a clearer picture of the origins of B cells and their involvement in autoimmune diseases such ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021001035228.htm

Study links endometriosis with autoimmune, hormone and allergic ...
Canada.com, Canada - 27 Sep 2002
... A third of the women who had other diseases had fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, and some of those women also had other autoimmune or hormone diseases ...
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=891A594C-4318-460D-8D43-A77DED7BC1AA

Health and fitness briefs: Book tells moms what to expect after ...
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 15 Oct 2002 ... Patients battling cancer and autoimmune diseases who have taken drugs to suppress the immune system and/or steroids develop thin, dry skin that easily bruises ...
http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/health_and_fitness/article/0,1299,DRMN_26_1478813,00.html

Study links endometriosis with autoimmune, other diseases%)
WHNT, AL - 26 Sep 2002 London-AP -- A study finds women with endometriosis are much more likely to also have other medical conditions. That documents something ...
http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?s=8945

Crohn's drug won't be covered by Alberta Health
CFCN, Canada - 27 Sep 2002 Remicade has revolutionized the treatment of arthritis and Crohn's disease. Patients who use the new drug claim it has changed their life. ...
http://www.cfcnplus.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/B,C/20020927/remicade?brand=generic&hub=&tf=CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.html&cf=CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.cfg&slug=remicade&date=20020927&archive=CFCNPlus&ad_page_name=&nav=home&subnav=fullstory

Camera pill becomes available
Las Vegas Review Journal, NV - 21 Sep 2002
... Traditionally, it can take up to seven years to diagnose different forms of inflammatory bowel disease because they involve an area of the intestines that ...
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Posted Thursday, October 10, 2002 by Rick
Reactive arthritis after BCG immunotherapy: T cell analysis in peripheral blood and synovial fluid.
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Sex 'primes woman for sperm'
Regular sex with the same man may prime a woman's immune system not to reject his sperm when they try to conceive, scientists suggest. The theory could partly explain why humans have sex even when they aren't trying for a baby.
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Opioids Should Be Considered For Relief Of Chronic Lower Back Pain
ROCHESTER, MN -- October 3, 2002 -- Opioid analgesics (opioids), powerful pain relievers whose use has been hotly debated in the medical community, should be prescribed for some patients with chronic lower back pain, according to a Mayo Clinic article published in the September 2002 issue of Pain Medicine
http://www.rheumatologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=428194&specid=18&ok=yes

Incidence Of Inflammatory Joint Disease In Southern Sweden Comparable To Other Countries
Doctors Guide - Oct 7 2002 6:15PM GMT
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National Briefing | Science And Health: Endometriosis And Other Diseases Women with endometriosis, a top cause of infertility, are much more likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and allergies, new research has found. The researchers urged doctors to look for the other disease
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ENDOMETRIOSIS A uterine disorder may be linked to many other diseases. • THE QUESTION Do women with endometriosis experience more autoimmune disease, ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56665-2002Oct7.html
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Cholesterol Drugs May Hold Promise for MS
...Since MS is an autoimmune disease, meaning that it causes the immune system to turn against the body's own cells,...- Oct 08 10:45 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021008/hl_nm/cholesterol_ms_dc_1
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Excerpts from citation for Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology
...Other diseases, like autoimmune conditions and cancer, are characterized by a reduction in cell death,...- Oct 07 6:49 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021007/ap_wo_en_po/nobel_medicine_citation_1
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Finding offers hope to Sjogren's sufferers; autoimmune disease affects moisture ... TORONTO (CP) - A surprise finding by researchers investigating a suspected link between Type 1 diabetes and multiple
sclerosis may help people with a highly irritating condition known as Sjogren's syndrome.
http://www.canada.com/windsor/story.asp?id={6EF652C8-460F-4CDB-966F-C40140D341E0}
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Colorectal cancer: Dr. Ernestine Hambrick Monday,
Colorectal cancer  cancer of the colon and rectum  is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. When discovered early, the disease is up to 90% curable.
http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2001-03-05-hambrick.htm
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Stem-cell debate splits in two, heads to Senate so
Within two weeks, stem cells will speed into Kathy Duffey's bloodstream and begin to rebuild her defective immune system. Duffey, 38, from Prescott Valley, Ariz., knows exactly what she wants from this experimental treatment at medicine's frontier.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/science/biology/2002-04-04-stemcell.htm
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'Peanuts' creator battles colon cancer
Cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of the billion-dollar "Peanuts" franchise, was diagnosed with colon cancer Nov. 16 during emergency surgery to repair a blocked abdominal artery.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/doctor/lhdoc041.htm
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Cardiovascular involvement in Behçet's disease.
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Risk Of Death Higher For Inflammatory Polyarthritis Patients Who Are Seropositive For Rheumatoid Factor.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C2200479989?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Arthritis%20Other&count=10

Rituximab May Be Effective For Refractory, Antibody Mediated Autoimmune Disorders
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C450052161D?OpenDocument&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology%20Other&count=10

Mice lacking endogenous major histocompatibility complex class II develop arthritis resembling psoriatic arthritis at an advanced age.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C4D006D0F35&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&specialty=Rheumatology&u=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/98518741/START

Long-term outcome in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&c=Rheumatology&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C4D006C2A7D&ref=/news/content.nsf/AllSpecNews?OpenForm&dt=s&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&specialty=Rheumatology&u=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/98518739/START

HLA-DRB1 genotype associations in 793 white patients from a rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort: Frequency, severity, and treatment bias
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Ultrasonography of entheseal insertions in the lower limb in spondyloarthropathy.
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Posted Thursday, October 3, 2002 by Rick
Helicobacter Pylori Eradication No Benefit For Rheumatic Patients Receiving Nsaids And Omeprazole
Helicobacter pylori eradication provides no benefit for rheumatic patients receiving non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) and omeprazole therapy. The eradication of Helicobacter pylori does not appear to affect the incidence or severity of gastrointestinal symptoms in infected rheumatic patients who are receiving long ...
http://www.docguide.com/redirect.nsf/we_link?OpenForm&id=8B74FB5E2F132EBC852568FA005CA25A&ntype=int&newsid=8525697700573E1885256C3E00697DFC

Efficacy, tolerability, and upper gastrointestinal safety of celecoxib for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
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Differential effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs on the IL-1 altered expression of plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by articular chondrocytes.
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis in a Rabbit Model of Immune Arthritis
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Posted Thursday, October 3, 2002 by Rick
Amgen files for expanded drug use
United Press International - 26 Sep 2002
... Corp. this year. Enbrel was granted FDA approval in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis in the fourth quarter of last year. However ...
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Story published in the Johnson City Press:
Johnson City Press, TN - 14 Sep 2002
... said. ?I ask him all the time, ?Why did you have to quit?? ?.
Her husband has psoriatic arthritis and high blood pressure. She ...
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/ArticleDetail.asp?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=15139

New cancer treatment wipes out tumors
United Press International - 19 Sep 2002
... While this resulted in vitiligo, a skin disorder that produces white patches of skin, and uveitis, an iris inflammation treatable with steroid drops, "it's a ...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020917-050010-1363r

VISUAL ARTIST
Monterey County Herald, CA - 15 Sep 2002
... When Wilson started the oil painting 20 years ago, her vision was starting to be threatened by uveitis, an inflammation in the eye. ...
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/4079786.htm

Endo tied to other ailments
Health24, South Africa - 8 hours ago
... disease and slightly more than 30 percent of those with co-existing diseases had also been diagnosed with either fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. ...
http://www.health24.co.za/news.asp?action=art&SubContentTypeId=&ContentID=18929

New Clues About Mysterious Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
WKRN, TN - 09 Sep 2002
There are new clues about the mysterious condition called chronic fatigue syndrome. A new study finds children and teens who suffer ...
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'Watsu' brings massage therapy to the pool CTV, Canada - 25 Sep 2002
... She has ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that affects the spine. It's a painful condition that often makes it difficult to move. ...
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Researchers Find Trigger For Devastating Digestive Disease, ...
Science Daily - 30 Sep 2002
... of Norway in Oslo, report disassembling the large, complex mixture of gluten proteins and identifying a single component that triggers the autoimmune response ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020927065040.htm

Nonsmokers Respond Better to Crohn's Disease Drug
Yahoo Headlines - 12 Sep 2002
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Crohn's disease patients who don't smoke, and those who already take immune-system suppressing drugs, show a better response to the ...
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Cell Pathways' funding falls short of goal
Philadelphia Business Journal, PA - 02 Oct 2002
... drug candidates, which are being studied as potential treatments for patients with cancer and certain autoimmune disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease.
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/09/30/daily24.html

Incara Pharmaceuticals delisted from Nasdaq
Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC - 25 Sep 2002
... announced its latest clinical trial for deligoparin failed to show that the drug could induce remission of ulcertive colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, or ...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2002/09/23/daily31.html

Study links arthritis drugs to bleeding
Canada.com, Canada - 20 Sep 2002
... to doctors warning them Vioxx would now be sold with a warning that it can cause active peptic ulcers, stomach bleeding and inflammatory disease of the bowel. ...
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Posted Thursday, October 3, 2002 by Rick
How a rare arthritis hits its targets
Melbourne Age - Jun 8 2002 2:11PM GMT
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/08/1022982783060.html
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Health, Science and Environment
Abstract: What defines chronic fatigue syndrome? Dear Dr. Cynthia Tuesday, June 18, 2002 Dear Dr. Cynthia: I have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalitis or chronic fatigue syndrome. Call it what you will, it is very disabling and debilitating. It causes
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020618hdrcynthia4.asp
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Endometriosis linked to other health woes (new)
September 27, 2002
http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-endo27.html
Result found by: Chicago Sun-Times

Juvenile Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Has Less Severe Spinal Course Than Adult-Onset Disease (new)
Doctors Guide - Sep 7 2002 1:25AM GMT
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Endometriosis Study Links Ailments (new)
LONDON- Women with endometriosis - a leading cause of infertility in which tissue from the womb lining grows elsewhere in the body - are much more likely to suffer ...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2002/sep/26/092605005.html?+Autoimmune
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Hope, power, confidence: Three keys to coping with chronic illness
http://www.freep.com/news/health/qcope18.htm
Result found by: Detroit Free Press

Cause of Celiac Sprue Identified (new)
THURSDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthScoutNews) -- In a scientific and medical breakthrough story that might have come out of a Hollywood script, researchers say they have discovered the cause of the autoimmune disease celiac sprue and are on the track toward a treat
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20020927/hl_hsn/cause_of_celiac_sprue_identified
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Yale Researchers Shed Light On B Cells Involvement In Autoimmune Diseases Like Lupus (new)
Science Daily - Oct 2 2002 6:34AM GMT
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021001035228.htm
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ABCNEWS.com : Making Do With Less: Short Bowel Syndrome (new)
September 6, 2002 /images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""> Making Do With Less: Short Bowel Syndrome Uma Sundaram, MD, University of Rochester School of ...
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Cell Pathways Receives Notice of Allowance for Broad Patent Applying ItsCore Technology to the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel D (new)
Wed Sep 25 08:01 EST - Business Wire - San Francisco CA
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020925/250185_1.html
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Eugene Levy gets serious about IBD
With medical adviser Stephen A. Shoop, M.D. Eugene Levy's performances in the two American Pie movies helped establish the Second City veteran as one of Hollywood's funniest comic actors. But Levy says there's nothing to laugh about when it comes to inflam
http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/health/2002-06-17-ibd.htm
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