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Chondrocalcinosis - Articles
Is Your Disease on the RARE List™ – If So, More Bad News!
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Chris H.
Posted
Mon 06 Feb 2012 3:01pm
I wonder if people truly understand what it means if their rare disease or disorder is on the RARE List™?
Last week, the R.A.R.E. Project and Global Genes Project , leading patient advocacy organizations representing the rare disease community, issued the RARE List™ , a stunning 65 page ...
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Types and Signs of Arthritis
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Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
There are over 100 types of Arthritis
Achilles tendinitis
Achondroplasia
Acromegalic arthropathy
Adhesive capsulitis
Adult onset Still's disease
Ankylosing spondylitis
Anserine bursitis
Arthritis of Ulcerative colitis
Avascular necrosis
Behcet's syndrome
Bicipital tendonitis
Blount's di ...
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Back to Back : Various Back Pain Types Explained
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Healthy-Clues ..
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Fri 11 Jun 2010 4:52am
Ouch! Back pain can be so painful and it is estimated that nearly 80% of Americans suffer from some form of back pain of another.
Do you? If so, how do you handle it?
Here are the most common types of back pain
Neck pain
Upper back pain
Lower back pain
Tailbone pain
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Neck Pain
Neck pain is commonly ...
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Genetics Home Reference: Gitelman syndrome
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nih.gov
Posted
Mon 07 Feb 2011 1:29pm
On this page:
Description
Genetic changes
Inheritance
Treatment
Additional information
Other names
Glossary definitions
Reviewed February 2011
What is Gitelman syndrome?
Gitelman syndrome is a kidney disorder that causes an ...
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Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Disease (CPPD)
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Corry C.
Posted
Mon 25 Mar 2013 7:30am
I had not heard of this condition before, but it so turns out that calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate disease (CPPD), or Crystal Deposition Disease and Chondrocalcinosis as it is also referred to, is a disease where calcium deposits lead to inflammation of the joint and its surrounding tissue.
Conditions such as Pseudogout, Osteoarthritis, Wilson's ...
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What is Arthritis?
by
Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm
Arthritis is the most common type of joint disorder. The cartilage that cushions the bones at the joint wears away and leads to pain and stiffness. Although factors are known to lead to Osteoarthritis, such as aging, metabolic, genetic, chemical and mechanical factors, there is no known cause. Osteoarthritis is extremely common in people over t ...
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Bath Salts and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
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Dirk H.
Posted
Thu 07 Jun 2012 7:59pm
CPDD holds annual meeting.
I’ll be out of the office for a few days, attending the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), the oldest group in the United States dedicated to addressing problems of drug addiction. The organization functions as an independent body, and is affiliated with other scientific a ...
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The New Highs: Are Bath Salts Addictive?
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Dirk H.
Posted
Tue 26 Jun 2012 10:39am
What we know and don’t know about synthetic speed.
Part II.
Call bath salts a new trend, if you insist. Do they cause psychosis? Are they “super-LSD?” The truth is, they are a continuation of a 70-year old trend: speed. Lately, we’ve been fretting about the Adderall Generation, but every population cohort has had its own confron ...
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NIDA and ONDCP – American policy on addiction research
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Adi Jaffe
Posted
Sun 20 Jun 2010 9:00am
At this year’s College on Problems of Drug Dependence ( CPDD ) Annual Meeting, I got to hear, and talk to, some of the most influential players in the American addiction research field. Here are a few highlights from their talks and our discussion:
Dr. Nora Volkow of NIDA talked about a shift from Genome Wide Association Studies ( GWAS ), w ...
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NIDA’s Volkow Defends New Medications for Addiction
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Dirk H.
Posted
Sun 17 Jun 2012 7:02pm
On Big Data, Big Vaccines, and a Big New Agency.
In her Director’s Report to the 2011 meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in San Diego last week, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, sought to refute allegations that NIDA lately has been too focused on pharmacological approaches to treat ...
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