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Overall survival of men diagnosed with advanced disease: an update by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 22 Jul 2010 12:00am On July 8, we wrote about the long-term survival of patients initially diagnosed with metastatic forms of prostate cancer and a new article on this subject has just appeared in the Journal of Urology. Hsiao et al. have attempted to establish the 5- and 10-year survival of men diagnosed with AJCC stage IV prostate cancer (whi ... Read on »

Dysautonomia Do and Redo by Selena Facebook

Posted Fri 18 Feb 2011 11:41am something that uses up a lot of my scarce and precious energy. Which is why I am so upset that the dysautonomia consultation and autonomic testing I had back in October seems to have... of the recommendations I was given verbally didn't make it into the report. I read it a second time and the report failed to give to my health care team specific information about my dysautonomia Read on »

Fast Facts About Familial Dysautonomia by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:02pm

1 Comment Familial Dysautonomia. (See autosomal recessive inheritance ) Genetic testing, also called “carrier screening”, is available to determine if you are a carrier of FD. This test has... Familial Dysautonomia, also called FD, is a neurologic disorder characterized by episodic vomiting, abnormal sweating, pain and temperature insensitivity, an inability Read on »

Familial Dysautonomia, also call... by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:32pm Familial Dysautonomia. (See autosomal recessive inheritance ) Genetic testing, also called “carrier screening”, is available to determine if you are a carrier of FD. This test has... Familial Dysautonomia, also called FD, is a neurologic disorder characterized by episodic vomiting, abnormal sweating, pain and temperature insensitivity, an inability Read on »

Dysautonomia by Rachel M. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Dec 2009 9:16pm ’m telling a lie… I mentioned that Dysautonomia in people with ME/CFS are often delayed. They usually get diagnosed with tilt table test and they start showing symptoms... times in school assembly and/or in the heat, and etc… While checking blood pressure, the Internist made me stand up quickly. Then, he diagnosed me with Dysautonomia Read on »

DYSAUTONOMIA and MY DAUGHTER by Teresa .. Posted Sat 05 Sep 2009 12:00am for so long and the results of all her tests, they are confident she DOES indeed have Dysautonomia. She will go back for a follow-up with her cardiologist in about 6 weeks... I'm sorry I haven't posted in the last few days. I had promised to start a new series this week that described my entire life with Dysautonomia, basically from Read on »

DYSAUTONOMIA: MY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PART 2 by Teresa .. Posted Thu 18 Mar 2010 12:36pm Please note: If you have not read PART 1 in this series, please click on the following link, DYSAUTONOMIA: MY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - PART 1 . 5) WHAT EXACTLY...? There are so many different symptoms of Dysautonomia and, often, they are mistaken for other illnesses. Here are some of my symptoms: * Syncope (fainting) or near-syncope * Falls Read on »

DYSAUTONOMIA... STORY OF MY ILLNESS by Teresa .. Posted Thu 09 Jul 2009 12:00am have is called Dysautonomia, or sometimes Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), with Reflex Syncope. It is a disease of the autonomic nervous system. In my case..., sweating and sometimes incontinence. I have had several tests and have been told it is not seizures, it is just something my body does due to lack of oxygen to the brain Read on »

DYSAUTONOMIA: MY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PART 1 by Teresa .. Posted Wed 17 Mar 2010 1:10pm AND SYNCOPE? POTS is a disease of the autonomic nervous system that is characterized by the body's inability to make the necessary adjustments to counteract gravity when standing... I have received a lot of emails from readers asking me a variety of questions about my personal battle with Dysautonomia. I really would like to answer all of you Read on »

DYSAUTONOMIA – POTS DOCUMENTARY by Teresa .. Posted Tue 11 Aug 2009 12:00am ‘CHANGES’ The DYSAUTONOMIA INFORMATION NETWORK (DINET) has been working on a documentary about a particular type of Dysautonomia called POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). For those of you who don’t know, POTS is the main type of Dysautonomia that I have. For more information about it, you can read my post MY ILLNESS EXPLAINED. I Read on »