Rheumatology
Antidepressants to Relieve Pain
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) can help ease arthritis pain, though few patients receive it. Some experience side effects...
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May 26, 2012
Good News for Joints
Osteoarthritis is a product of your immune system, not just wear and tear. Disrupt the attack, stop the disease...
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November 10, 2011
Hypoallergenic Hype?
Your Poodle, Schnauzer, Wheaten Terrier or Portuguese Water Dog may not be as allergen-free as you hope. That means you, Bo...
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August 03, 2011
Mindfulness vs. Fibromyalgia
Can mindfulness therapy reduce the pain experienced by people with this baffling condition?
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January 16, 2011
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Virus?
The supposed link between chronic fatigue syndrome and the XMRV virus may be simply the result of lab contamination...
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January 07, 2011
Let Them Eat...Worms?
A California man cured his colitis and avoided major surgery by eating the eggs of parasitic worms. Why it worked...
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December 14, 2010
You Don't Have To Get Gout
Three studies suggest that gout is on the rise and ways to avoid these painful attacks...
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November 23, 2010
Joint Disappointment
A major study of the joint supplements glucosamine and chondroitin found they offer no benefit to arthritic joints...
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September 30, 2010
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
New evidence suggests (again) that chronic fatigue syndrome may be linked to a virus - but is it cause or effect?
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September 09, 2010
Retrovirus Link to CFS Questioned
A recent study has
not found a link between the XMRV−virus and chronic fatigue syndrome. What now?...
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March 26, 2010
Too Much Of A Good Thing
By middle age we need to be careful about how much active exercise we do. Too much can raise the risk of osteoarthritis...
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January 11, 2010
Lupus Linked to Pesticide Use
People who have the most exposure to household pesticides such as roach or ant killers, are more at risk for autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis...
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November 19, 2009
Chronic Fatigue Linked to Virus
CFS sufferers, it is not just in your head. Researchers have discovered that a retrovirus (XMRV) is linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It is still too early to say the virus causes CFS, but that's exactly what may be the case...
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October 23, 2009
GIFT15 Protein May Reverse MS
Scientists have found a way to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice using a hybrid protein, GIFT15 that turns the body’s own B cells into powerful regulators capable of stopping the demyelination associated with the disease...
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September 11, 2009