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• Menopause – Men can also get hit by this condition

  
  Health Fitness 4 Men — Authority: 445
  Menopause is a condition most often associated with women. It occurs in a woman when she ceases to menstruate and can no longer turn out to be pregnant. Most of us don’t know that Men can also develop and experience a another type of menopause. It commonly occurs between the ages of 45 and 60 [...]
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• What Is The Difference Between An Immune Disorder And An Autoimmune Disease?

  
  Health and Fitness Product Reviews and Reports — Authority: 119
  1. What is the difference between an immune disorder and an autoimmune disease?A. When an immune disorder becomes very severe, it becomes an autoimmune disease.B. An immune disorder occurs when the immune system does not function properly. An autoimmune disease occurs when the body’s immune system attacks its own ...
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• autoimmune

  
  Flux Capacitor — Authority: 467
  wesley denis all things historical stay in my flesh toned casket. where i move furniture through empty rooms- each glimmer the wink of a splinter each splinter the brand of my kind. my hand leaves five times two. i awake and each finger swollen in its casing ...
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• Disease, Diagnosis, Biology, Opposites and Energy

  
  Hot and Cold Health — Authority: 103
  Diagnosis and treatment of most disease is simple. The body builds up and breaks down largely according to food, nutrients, to which there are only two: building and cleansing. Too much or too little building or cleansing, in the extreme, tends to cause disease via too much or too little blood, structure and ...
  18 hours ago

• Quercetin and Interstitial Cystitis

  
  The Article Blog — Authority: 142
  Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic vesica inflammation. It is often extreme and really disruptive. Of the over 500,000 individuals enduring IC, nearly 90% are women. Symptoms of interstitial cystitis are frustratingly varied and may be substantially different from one person to another person, or even simply for ...
  22 hours ago

• Hidden Danger…Who Else With Rheumatoid Arthritis Has Anemia?

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 137
  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic, autoimmune disease for which there is no known cure. It is a common disorder and affects more than 2.1 million Americans. Because it is a systemic condition, it affects more than joints. Like other inflammatory conditions, RA causes anemia. The anemia is ...
  2 days ago

• SNPwatch: Three New Genetic Variants Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

  
  The Spittoon — Authority: 502
  The most common type of arthritis, osteoarthritis, occurs due to accumulated wear and tear – welcome to old age! – or from repetitive movements or injury.  Rheumatoid arthritis , on the other hand, is caused by an autoimmune attack on the lining of the joints, resulting in stiffness, muscle aches, and general ...
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• Is There A Blood Test For Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 137
  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory form of arthritis. It affects roughly 2 million Americans. It is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune disorder for which there is no known cure. However, there are very effective medicine regimens that can control the disease and get it into remission. The major ...
  2 days ago

• Who is worried about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine the most? Chicken Little, or The Little Red Hen?

  
  Louise on the left — Authority: 121
   -- Or, The H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine.  Is it really safe, or not?  --  Swine Flu advice from an occasional "Chicken Little:" Okay, so the truth is, I ...
  3 days ago

• Ribbons, Bracelets, and Disease

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
    A recent trip to a breast health clinic for my yearly mammogram made me think about the different subcultures of healthcare in the U.S. My mammogram experience was perhaps the best medical encounter I have ever had. The staff, professional women dressed in pink scrubs, were kind, patient and thoughtful--they ...
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• Chronic Illness and self employment. Is it right for you?

  
  Working With Chronic Illness — Authority: 489
  Here’s a question I get frequently but you wouldn’t have heard 20 or even 10 years ago:  Is self employment the best option for people living with chronic illness? It seems that most employed people dream of working for themselves.  It certainly sounds  freeing and creative, doesn’t it? No one makes a ...
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• Miracles or technology?, 11,2009

  
  To the Future with Love — Authority: 108
  First, two links for you. Two very interesting articles, that I think will bring hope to many people. British girls heart heals itself after transplant British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart. ...
  1 week ago

• Arthritis drug may help treat inflammation in Graves’ eye disease patients

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis has been found effective in reducing inflammation in patients with Graves’ eye disease after steroids failed.Graves’ eye disease is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and fatty deposits in the eye muscles and connective tissue ...
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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.
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• Autoimmune disease. Fatty deposits in the eye muscles. “… drug works by depleting B cells–the body’s normal antibody-producing cells– “

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that has been used against the protein CD20. Raymond S Douglas MD PhD, from the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center has said: “Treatment of the inflammatory component of Graves’ eye disease has not advanced appreciably over several decades …” More from ...
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• 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.
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• VIDEO: Dr. Horwitz - How Can A Woman Discover If Food Triggers Her Autoimmune Symptoms?

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 544
  Dr. Horwitz shares a way in which women can determine the food that triggers autoimmune symptoms. Embed Code:  Transcript:  Dr. Horwitz: Elimination diets are important, but there’s a step that we ...
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• VIDEO: Dr. Horwitz - Autoimmune Conditions, Can They Be Controlled With Nutrition?

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 544
  Dr. Horwitz explains if autoimmune conditions can be completely controlled through nutritional intervention. Embed Code:  Transcript:  Dr. Horwitz: Yeah, well the ones that we know of clearly, the ...
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• Help me figure out a direction to go to figure out whats wrong with me?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 647
  Paging Dr. House. Medical mystery involving girly bits and hormonal madness lurks within. Probably SFW. YANMD, and probably YANAD, but my doctors are flummoxed and Im desperate enough to go to the internet for help. I just want to know what the hell is the matter with me. Im 37 years old and I had twins in 2007. ...
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• Thyroid Dysfunction and Women

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 443
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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