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"For
Caregivers Only"
~ AND ~
"Yoga
for All Levels of Ability and Mobility"
This
series will appear weekly until the conference in July. |
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The
world's largest database on scleroderma, which now includes
5,500 patients from more than 100 centers on five continents,
has begun to yield data that may more clearly delineate the
evolution and variability of the disease and help assess risk
for systemic organ involvement. |
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Pulmonary
arterial hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and
mortality in several connective tissue diseases, including
systemic sclerosis and its cutaneous variant (CREST syndrome),
systemic lupus erythematosus, and mixed connective tissue
disease. Although the true prevalence of the condition among
patients with connective tissue disease is unclear, reported
estimates range from 12% to 30%. |
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What
is uveitis?
Uveitis is inflammation inside the eye, specifically affecting
one or more of the three parts of the eye that make up the
uvea: the iris (the colored part of the eye), the ciliary
body (behind the iris, responsible for manufacturing the fluid
inside the eye), and the choroid (the vascular lining tissue
underneath the retina). |
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NEW
YORK (Reuters Health) – Transplantation of autologous
endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) may be beneficial in patients
with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), Chinese
researchers report in the April issue of the "Journal
of the American College of Cardiology."
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free login and password to Medscape. |
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Watch
the #25 Car!
Follow
the #25 car in the NASCAR Busch Series at the Talladega Superspeedway
in Alabama. As you know, the Foundation is an associate sponsor
of the vehicle. Coverage of the event starts tomorrow at 2
p.m. on ABC TV. |
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