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Lupus Defined
An autoimmune disease with no known cure that can damage the kidneys, lungs, and heart. Its symptoms include fever, joint pain, and skin irritations.
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A question of treatment
Published July 4, 2009, 10:38 pm, The Westerly Sun
Reporter’s note: The author of this story is undergoing treatment for symptoms of chronic Lyme disease.
Requirements/Sources
Published July 2, 2009, 8:55 am, ThirdAge
The most promising use for lignans is in cancer prevention. According to observational studies, people who eat more lignan-containing foods have a lower incidence of breast and perhaps colon cancer.
Health calendar
Published June 29, 2009, 9:27 pm, Asheville Citizen-Times
KIDPOWER ENERGIZE: Free community outreach program designed for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Meets at Leila Patterson Center, Howard Gap Road, in Fletcher. Physician referral required to participate.
Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
Published June 29, 2009, 3:33 pm, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Accelerated snowmelt--precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains--changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to results of a new study reported this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). These results indicate that global warming may have a greater influence on plants' ...
Scripps research scientists find key culprits in lupus
Published June 29, 2009, 2:25 pm, EurekAlert!
( Scripps Research Institute ) The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus) suffer from a variety of symptoms that flare and subside, often including painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, fever and kidney problems. Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute have now identified the main trigger for the development of this disease.
A question of treatment
Published June 29, 2009, 1:35 am, The Westerly Sun
Handling of Lyme disease, and especially chronic Lyme disease, has doctors at odds with each other. An intravenous PICC line used to administer the antibiotic Rocephin.
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