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| November 2009 |
| Toward the Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis: Warning Signs the Practitioner Needs to Recognize. Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, is a rare condition with an estimated prevalence of approximately 250 cases per 1 million population and an annual incidence of approximately 20 new cases per million population. This article describes warning signs of possible incipient scleroderma as well as tests that can help the primary care provider identify this serious autoimmune disorder. J. Molitor, MD,Ph.D Minn. Med. September 2009 (Also see: Difficult Diagnosis) |
| Evidence Does Not Connect H1N1 Vaccine To Patient Deaths, World Health Organization Says. The deaths of 41 people from six countries who had received the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine were not directly linked to the vaccine. Medical News 11/22/09. (Also see: Vaccinations) |
| Is $300K the price tag of a 21-year-old? Insurance company won't pay for potentially lifesaving treatment. Coler, of Amherst, has diffuse scleroderma, an illness that first hardens the skin and then the internal organs. Her insurer, UniCare, won't cover the costs of the treatment she's seeking, because the company considers it to be an experimental and investigative procedure. Scott Meerzbach. Amherst Bulletin. 11/27/09. |
| Dangerous Liaisons: How to Deal with a Drama Queen. The damaging theatrics of drama queens may spring from defects etched in the brain. Yet you can limit the havoc they wreak on your life. Ophelia Austin-Small. Scientific American. November 2009. |
| Risk Of Skin Damage Increases In Smokers With Autoimmune Disorder. Reports say researchers have come up with another reason to stay away from cigarettes after linking smoking to skin problems in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). MedIndia. 11/04/09. (Also see: Lupus) |
| How a Marriage Survives When One Partner Gets Sick. The contract changes when a husband or wife becomes chronically ill, but many couples learn to not just adjust but also thrive. Here are their stories. Donna Jackson Nakazawa. October, 2009. (Also see: Marriage and Health) |
| TV Video: Hannah - Health Insurance Story. View her fight for insurance coverage for the SCOT Trial, with David Becker, ISN Assistant News Guide. Posted 11-16-09. (Also see: SCOT Trial, Patient Rights, and David Becker) |
| Economic hardship associated with managing chronic illness: a qualitative inquiry. This research provides insights into the economic stressors associated with managing chronic illness, demonstrating that economic hardship requires households to make difficult decisions between care and basic living expenses. These decisions may cause less than optimal health outcomes and increased costs to the health system. Yun-Hee Jeon. BioMed Central Health Services Research. 2009. (Also see: Living with Chronic Illness) |
| Acceptance of Chronic Illness Helps People Move On. For chronically ill patients, giving up the hope that they will get better may actually lead to more happiness, U.S. researchers suggest. HealthDay News. (Empowher) 11/10/09. (Also see: Living with Chronic Illness) |
| Geneticists Hunt For Scleroderma Triggers. A study reported in the October 2009 Journal of Investigative Dermatology reports a closer connection between a gene profile for the profibrotic pathway TGF-beta and a tendency in some scleroderma sufferers to develop lung problems. Science Daily. 10/30/09. (Also see: Genetics and Scleroderma) |
| Does Multitasking Make You More Productive? One report found that when workers are constantly juggling emails, phone calls and text messages, their IQ falls ten points. Another recent report found that when people switched back and forth between tasks, there was a substantial loss of efficiency and accuracy — in some cases, up to 50 percent. Karen Leland. Web Worker Daily. 11/02/09. |
| Scleroderma - A Simple Blood Test Could Save Lives. “Diagnosis can be helped by an anti nuclear antibody (ANA) blood test. If positive then early treatment may prevent the condition from progressing, especially if the lungs are involved. Once a diagnosis of scleroderma is made, patients can be closely followed in specialist centres so that complications are detected as soon as possible.” Professor Christopher Denton. Medical News Today. 11/06/09. (Also see: Antibodies and ANA) |
| REFILE-US rejects wider use of Roche arthritis drug. The Food and Drug Administration does not support approval of Rituxan -- in patients who have not previously received methotrexate or those who did not respond adequately -- due to the rare risk of progressive multifocal leukeoencephalopathy (PML). Reuters (Alibaba.com) 10/19/09. (Also see: Biologic Agents) |
| Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women Smoking, birth control pills raise risk higher, research finds. Women under 50 with a certain form of the autoimmune condition called antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are at greatly increased risk for heart attack and stroke, and that risk is even higher when these women smoke or take birth control pills, new research shows. Robert Preidt (HealthDay News) MSN. 09/28/09. (Also see: APS) |
| Link between diet, immune system. AUSTRALIAN scientists have found a "direct link" between what we eat and how well our immune system operates, a breakthrough that could explain rising rates of autoimmune disease across the western world. AAP. The Daily Telegraph. 10/30/09. (Also see: Diets) |
