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Who Cares Wins: Medical Journalists Vote Arthritis Care Health Charity Of The Year, UK (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The UK's leading organisation supporting and representing the interests of people with any of the 200 forms of arthritis was last night voted Health Charity of the Year by members of the Medical Journalists' Association. The user-led charity, which celebrated its diamond jubilee in 2007 and pre-dates the NHS by one year, beat a distinguished field to scoop the coveted award.

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Breakthrough Hope in Arthritis Study (Red Orbit )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:00:40 GMT

SCOTS researchers have identified a new target for rheumatoid arthritis treatment. The work is being carried out at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley in close collaboration with the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

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UPEI's plan to remove designated parking spaces outside Main Building raising concerns (Disability Alert)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:03:00 GMT

STACEY MURRAY The Guardian For Ann Matheson, the severe arthritis in both knees makes walking a very difficult part of her day. “Every step I take every day hurts,” she said. Ann Matheson, UPEI employee with mobility disability to lose designated parking As an executive assistant in Main Building at the University of Prince Edward Island, getting to work has never been much trouble because of...

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Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-Related Genes (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response - a physiologic state of

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Phase II Results For Low-Dose Oral Immune Tolerance Therapy (ARG201) In Systemic Scleroderma Published (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced that the Phase II results using highly purified type 1 bovine collagen orally (now known as ARG201) in the treatment of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (scleroderma - SSc) have been published in the June issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a major peer-reviewed rheumatology research journal.

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Highlights From EULAR 2008, The Annual European Congress Of Rheumatology (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Half of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with the anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (anti-TNF) infliximab plus methotrexate achieve remission, and up to one in five achieve drug-free remission, according to five-year follow-up results from the BeSt study.

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Disease research (This is Bath)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:40:51 GMT

Bath: Scientists at the University of Bath have discovered the origins of Lyme disease. The disease, which can cause arthritis and paralysis, was thought to have originated in America but is now believed to have begun in Europe. ...

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Food, gas costs cripple seniors' meal programs (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ruth M. Jones doesn't know what she'd do without hot meals delivered daily to her home. The 81-year-old Charleston widow can't walk or drive since a car wreck nine years ago left her stricken by arthritis.

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Baby boomers keep healthy with senior fitness classes (Today's Tribune-Review)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:03:45 GMT

As ailments, such as bursitis and arthritis, sideline baby boomers, senior fitness is becoming a more specialized area. Community centers are offering fitness classes from Zumba and aerobics to line dancing and yoga.

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Widow Maureen secures MP’s backing over claim (Rhymney Valley Express (icWales))

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE WIDOW of a man who believes her husband’s use of a drug to help his arthritis contributed to his fatal heart attack wants compensation from the drug firm.

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Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene in Juvenile Arthritis (Newswise)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:30:23 GMT

Researchers have found that a gene region known to play a role in some varieties of adult rheumatoid arthritis is also present in all types of childhood arthritis. The researchers say the responsible gene may be a "master switch" that helps turn on the debilitating disease.

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New Book For Parents Of Children With Juvenile Arthritis (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

The Arthritis Foundation announces the publication of a new book for parents of children with juvenile arthritis (JA). Released in conjunction with Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month in July, the all-new Raising a Child with Arthritis addresses many of the concerns parents have about JA - from diagnosis and treatments to family and financial issues.

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Is Tiger Woods at risk for arthritis in the knee and long-term residual effects? (The Golf Blog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Yes, according to this orthopaedic doctor from UCLA.

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Love - What Children Say (Afrigator)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:21 GMT

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca - age 8 “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know...

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Professor Kenneth Walton: leading experimental pathologist (Times Online)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:51:03 GMT

Kenneth Walton was a leading experimental pathologist. His wide-ranging research at Birmingham University, covering both atheroschlerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, is still cited, and he did much to shape our contemporary scientific approach to rheumatology.

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Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene In Juvenile Arthritis (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

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Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes (Physorg)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:58:56 GMT

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Cimzia(R) Filed With EMEA For Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Europe (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

UCB announced that a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) requesting the approval of Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) as a subcutaneous treatment for adults with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has been accepted for review.

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Aging Snippets (Ex-Courtesan in Transition (again))

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

She: My hands have been sore...kinda maybe like arthritis or something. I've been wondering if it's because of some inflamatory reaction to some foods I'm eating...like an allergy or something. So, I've laid off the eggs since I've been here and now my hands actually feel better. He: I'm happy they're feeling better. Now you can give even better hand jobs. She: (with a gleam in her eye) You...

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Gas, food prices pinch elderly meal programs (AP) (Get Mash)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:27:22 GMT

AP - Ruth M. Jones doesn’t know what she’d do without hot meals delivered daily to her home. The 81-year-old Charleston widow can’t walk or drive since a car wreck nine years ago left her stricken by arthritis. Read the full story

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