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Treatment of Dry Mouth (PDF)*

The many causes of dry mouth, combined with its variable severity, mandate that treatment be individually tailored to fit each patient’s situation.

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Friday, October 26, 2007– Issue #216

eLetter Archive

*ACTION ALERT* *ACTION ALERT *

Funding for the National Institutes of Health

This week the Senate passed their fiscal year (FY) 2008 Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education Appropriations bill by a vote of 75 to 19. This bill includes a much needed $1 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

On July 19th of this year the House of Representatives passed their FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. However, the House-passed bill only provides NIH with a funding increase of $750 million.

The members of the Senate and House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees will now negotiate a compromised bill which will be sent to the President for final approval. To ensure that the final FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill includes the higher Senate-passed funding level for NIH an Action Alert has been drafted.

UVA1 Phototherapy Promising for Sclerotic, Fair Skin
Less response seen in those darker, easily tanned

By: Patty Reiman, "Dermatology Times"

Los Angeles — The challenge of treating sclerotic skin disorders persists, and ultraviolet A1 phototherapy appears to yield promising results in lightly pigmented patients who do not tan easily.

FDA Announces Revisions to Labels for Cialis, Levitra and Viagra
Potential risk of sudden hearing loss with ED drugs to be displayed more prominently

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved labeling changes for erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs in the class that includes Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra, to display more prominently the potential risk of sudden hearing loss, and to guide consumers on what to do if they experience sudden problems with their hearing.

Steroid Use for PAH in Scleroderma
by Steven D. Nathan, M.D.

Question
Does pulmonary hypertension associated with scleroderma or interstitial fibrosis/vasculitis respond to steroids? Do steroids have any role in any pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy?

(Requires free registration to MedscapeToday.com.)

The End of the Year Is Gift Giving Time—an Ideal Time to Give the Gift of a Scleroderma Foundation Membership

It’s a common dilemma at this time of the year—you have gifts to buy. You have also been scratching your head, wondering what to get them.

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