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| May 2008 |
| Life's little pleasures can relieve illness, stress. Everyday positive experiences may greatly improve the lives and outlooks of people struggling with chronic illness or other long-term stresses. Kim Painter, USA TODAY. 05/12/08. (Also see: Emotional Adjustment) |
| Influenza vaccine response impaired by anti-TNF treatment. Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha treatment modestly impairs the antibody response to influenza vaccination, but allows most patients to achieve a protective titer. The Job Cure (Reuters) 05/21/08. (Also see: Flu and Pneumonia Shots and DMARDS) |
| Scleroderma: considerations for dental hygienists. Appropriate dental hygiene management of patients with this autoimmune disorder requires an understanding of clinical characteristics, the recognition of oral facial involvement, treatment considerations and pharmacological interventions. SL Tolle.(Blackwell Synergy) Int J Dent Hygiene 6, 2008; 77–83. (Also see: Dental Involvement) |
| Bass tournament aids local transplant patient. Hagerman, 58, suffers from scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that attack’s the body’s tissues, in her case the lungs, causing them to harden. This led to her double lung transplant March 26 at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. StarTelegram.com. 05/14/08. |
| People With Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA) At Risk For Cardiac Stress On Airline Flights. We found that patients with OSA do have a lower blood oxygen level before and during aircraft cabin condition stimulation. We also found that their breathing intensity increases at about the same rate as it does in healthy people. ScienceDaily. 05/19/08. (Also see: Sleep Disorders) |
| Tracleer (Bosentan) Receives New Indication In Patients With Systemic Sclerosis And Active Digital Ulcer Disease. Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd announced that Tracleer® (bosentan), a dual endothelin receptor antagonist, has been approved in the UK and Ireland for the reduction of the number of new digital ulcers (DUs) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and ongoing DU disease. Medical News Today. 04/28/08. (Also see: Digital Ulcers and Bosentan) |
| MediQuest Therapeutics Submits Drug Application to FDA to treat Raynaud's Disease. MediQuest Therapeutics Inc. submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) for MQX-503, a topical formulation designed to treat Raynaud 's Disease. In 2007, patients enrolled in a confirmatory Phase III study of MQX-503, showed statistically significant improvements in their condition when treated with the therapy. Drugs.com. April 28, 2008. (Also see: Raynaud's) |
| Mothers And Offspring Can Share Cells Throughout Life. Cutting the umbilical cord doesn’t necessarily sever the physical link between mother and child. Many cells pass back and forth between the mother and fetus during pregnancy and can be detected in the tissues and organs of both even decades later. ScienceDaily. 05/08/08. (Also see: Causes of Scleroderma: Fetal cells) |
| Eastern and Western Medicine Come Together At New San Diego Center. The Institute is devoted to changing the focus from “treating disease” to creating optimal health and wellness, keeping patients on the road toward an improved quality of life. Business Wire. 04/14/08. |
| Exercise can help a bad heart repair itself. Physical activity can spark growth of new blood vessels, stem cells. MSNbc.com. 09/05/07. |
| Despite the pain. Ninety per cent of all pain is easily managed by simple means; it is the remaining 10%, which requires a special approach. The Star Online. 04/13/08. |
| Ten Minutes of Moderate Exercise Per Day Eased Depression, Anxiety. A physical conditioning program that consisted of just 10 minutes a day of walking on a treadmill at a moderate pace for 3 weeks significantly improved measures of pain perception, aerobic capacity, depression, and anxiety in chronic pain patients. Rheumatology News. Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 27 (April 2008). (Also see: Depression and Anxiety) |
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