Autoimmune Diseases

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• Improved Vision and Inflammation in Graves Eye Disease

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 147
  Study shows that rituximab, used for other autoimmune disease, is effective after steroids fail. A small group of patients with severe Graves eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms - and improved vision - following treatment with the drug rituximab.
  3 days ago

• Ankylosing Spondylitis - Knee, Hip and Spine Pain

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 147
  Information on Ankylosing Spondylitis a chronic inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease affecting spinal joints and causing eventual fusion of the spine.
  4 days ago

• Thyroid Dysfunction and Women

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 488
  The thyroid gland, an endocrine gland present in the neck, produces two hormones: 20% of tri-iodothyronine (T3) and 80% of thyroxine (T4). Thyroid is often the suspect when you lose or gain unexpectedly. Thyroid is the body’s thermostat; the hormones it secretes control metabolism and organ function, directly ...
  6 days ago

• Amazon Closes Zappos Deal, RF Arrays Raises Cash, 16 Under the Radar Financings, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Roundup , deals , VC Gregory T. Huang wrote: It was a quiet week for deals in the Northwest, but we dug up some important ones in business software, wireless, and biotech. —Seattle-based Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN ) acquisition of Zappos, the online apparel and shoe seller based in Las Vegas, has ...
  6 days ago

• Arthritis Pain Relief – You Can Get Rid Of Your Arthritis Pain Naturally

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 139
  A few years ago I accidentally discovered how to rid myself of arthritis pain, naturally. I got rid of my arthritis and arthritis pain forever by changing my diet. Unlike some other types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis is not systemic; it does not spread through the entire body. Arthritis ...
  1 week ago

• Dietary fibre can keep diseases at bay

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Sydney, Oct 30 (IANS) Insoluble dietary fibre or roughage plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay, according to researchers.The indigestible part of all plant-based foods pushes its way through most of the digestive tract unchanged, acting as a kind of internal broom. When it arrives ...
  1 week ago

• Fibre-rich diet may help maintain healthy immune system

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  London, Oct 29 (ANI): Australian researchers suggest that consuming a diet rich in fibre helps in maintaining healthier immune systems.The indigestible part of all plant-based foods pushes its way through most of the digestive tract unchanged, acting as a kind of internal broom. When it arrives in the colon, bacteria ...
  1 week ago

• Teriparatide outperforms alendronate in treating steroid-induced osteoporosis

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone.
  1 week ago

• Health and Girl Stuff

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 525
  Maybe that isn’t the most politically correct title for this post; I should grow up and say “women’s issues,” right? Naw. Just like any formerly repressed group, we get to refer to ourselves any way we want. And a girl might just change her mind, you know I’ve been feeling especially frustrated with all ...
  2 weeks ago

• In shaping our immune systems, some friendly bacteria may play inordinate role

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  Out of the trillions of "friendly" bacteria - representing hundreds of species -that make our intestines their home, new evidence in mice suggests that it may be a very select few that shape our immune responses.
  3 weeks ago

• Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  Washington, DC -- Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are voicing alarm that drugs to treat a wide variety of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases now in human clinical trials may errantly spur development of breast tumors.
  3 weeks ago

• Six Tips on How to Spot a Winning Biotech, From Dendreon Co-Founder Chris Henney

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , people , startups Luke Timmerman wrote: Investing in biotech can be scary. Only one out of 10 new drug candidates ever makes it through the gauntlet of clinical trials to become an FDA approved product, and it usually takes hundreds of millions of dollars and a decade or more of research to ...
  3 weeks ago

• National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week: Wednesday

  
  A Pixilated Life — Authority: 126
  Top 5 Ways to Be a Good Friend to Someone With a Chronic Illness 1. Add the following to all plans that you make together: " ... but let me know if you dont feel up to it." This is my favorite phrase. I love it when my friends tack it on to the ends of their sentences. It shows me that they totally understand ...
  7 weeks ago

• National Invisible Chronic Illness Week: Tuesday

  
  A Pixilated Life — Authority: 126
  Ive heard quite the interesting comment in my post-diagnosis life. Top 5 Things Not To Say To a Person With A Chronic Illness I have a friend who has fibromyalgia, and she looks great and is perfectly fine! A former friend told me this after I told her that I was unable to meet her for coffee because I was ...
  8 weeks ago

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