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Arthritis and Diabetes Together Can Impede Physical Activity
Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:00 +0800
Arthritis and diabetes are common comorbid conditions (conditions that coexist in the same patient). According to telephone survey results reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), doctor-diagnosed...
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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Mon, 12 May 2008 20:57:00 +0800
Fibromyalgia is a chronic and painful condition which affects about 10 million people in the United States alone. To increase public awareness of this often misunderstood condition, May 12th of...
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Raising Children When You Have Arthritis
Sun, 11 May 2008 12:59:00 +0800
Living with arthritis can add extra difficulties and challenges to parenting. Of adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis, over 17 million, or 38 percent, report activity limitations attributable to arthritis, according to...
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World Lupus Day
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:57:00 +0800
May 10 is the 5th annual observance of World Lupus Day - a day which brings global awareness to a disease that affects more than 5 million people worldwide. Lupus...
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Orencia - 10 Facts Arthritis Patients Should Know
Fri, 09 May 2008 19:32:00 +0800
Orencia is a biologic drug approved for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis in adults and the treatment of moderate to severe polyarticular (many joints involved) juvenile idiopathic...
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May Is National Arthritis Month
Wed, 07 May 2008 12:59:00 +0800
May Is National Arthritis Month - a month devoted to promoting awareness about arthritis. Over 1 in 5 Americans report doctor-diagnosed arthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Chronic Lyme Disease: Long-term Antibiotics to Be Reconsidered
Sun, 04 May 2008 20:58:00 +0800
Chronic Lyme disease -- is there such a thing? If there is, how should it be treated? Those are two questions at the center of a battle. The Infectious Diseases...
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TNF Blockers Equally Effective for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Fri, 02 May 2008 21:03:00 +0800
Three rheumatoid arthritis medications, known as tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers (TNF blockers), are equally effective in treating the disease. The findings are based on an analysis of several previous studies...
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Are Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients More Prone to Periodontal Disease?
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:43:00 +0800
Periodontal disease affects people with rheumatoid arthritis twice as much as others without the condition. Periodontal disease essentially is an infection of tissues that support the teeth. Between the tooth...
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Rotator Cuff Degeneration Common in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:36:00 +0800
Rheumatoid arthritis that affects the shoulder joint is associated with loss of cartilage, soft tissue degeneration, pain, and reduced range of motion. Researchers studied whether rotator cuff degeneration may also...
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