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Health knowledge made personal
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Coping with Lyme disease (Foxboro Reporter)
Tue Dec 02 04:32:19 PST 2008
Three generations of a Jack Tobichuk's Foxboro family have been stricken with Lyme disease. And Foxboro police officer Doug Miller is quietly suffering with late-stage Lyme.
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Cephalon, ImmuPharma sign $15 mn pact for late- stage experimental Lupus medication (PharmaBiz)
Thu Nov 27 02:50:14 PST 2008
Cephalon, Inc and ImmuPharma PLC, a European pharmaceutical company, announced that the companies have signed an Option Agreement providing Cephalon with an option to obtain an exclusive, worldwide license to the investigational medication Lupuzor for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
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Child patients at Loma Linda Hospital spruce up gingerbread houses (The Press-Enterprise)
Mon Dec 01 22:24:48 PST 2008
If there was anyone happier at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital on Monday than 2-year-old Brayden Hanson, of Yucaipa, it was his godfather Kevin Kredel.
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Research identifies cell receptor as target for anti-inflammatory immune response (News-Medical-Net)
Sun Nov 30 17:36:05 PST 2008
Cell reception. By comparing normal mice (left) with mice that are genetically engineered to lack certain receptors in their spleen (right), scientists have shown SIGNR1 receptors (blue) are required to facilitate an anti-inflammatory action.
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New inhibitor drug seen for arthritis, lupus (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon Nov 24 16:24:20 PST 2008
Researchers in Australia have designed a drug which appears effective in treating arthritis in mice, and they hope it can be used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus in people.
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Cephalon and ImmuPharma Sign a $15 million Option Agreement for Late- Stage Experimental Lupus Medication (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue Nov 25 05:49:00 PST 2008
Cephalon, Inc. and ImmuPharma PLC , a European pharmaceutical company, today announced that the companies have signed an Option Agreement providing Cephalon with an option to obtain an exclusive, worldwide license to the investigational medication Lupuzor for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Eryth...
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (ThirdAge)
Fri Nov 28 07:10:22 PST 2008
QUESTION: I am a 44-year-old female whose hair is falling out. I do not wash my hair every day, because it falls out after washing it. I have had thyroid tests (which were fine), went to a dermatologist who found nothing wrong and went to my ob-gyn doctor for hormone testing.
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Vitamin A (ThirdAge)
Tue Nov 25 04:40:50 PST 2008
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble antioxidant that protects your cells against damaging free radicals and plays other vital roles in the body. However, it is potentially more dangerous than most other vitamins because it can build up to toxic levels. For this reason, it should be used with caution.
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Schering Plough Provides Update On Boceprevir Clinical Development And Introduces Potent Next Generation Oral HCV ... (Medical News Today)
Tue Nov 25 03:11:07 PST 2008
Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) provided a clinical update on boceprevir, its lead investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor currently in Phase III development. The company believes boceprevir has the potential to be a first-in-class and best-in-class protease inhibitor for trea...
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We 'played God' to have our baby girl: Many think it's morally wrong, but this moving story might change your mind (Daily Mail)
Mon Nov 24 17:54:40 PST 2008
With her beautiful blue eyes and a smile to melt your heart, at eight months old Jessica Gledhill is everything you could wish for in a baby. But gorgeous though she is, for her parents Donna and Dave there are more important reasons to be grateful for their precious daughter.
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