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Coping with Chronic Illness (PDF)*

This information was prepared to help patients and their families cope with chronic illness. It contains quotes from adult Clinical Center patients who face a variety of medical problems. Some of their reactions may echo your own feelings; others may not. Regardless of the differences, however, these comments may assist you, and those who care about you, to respond to your concerns.

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Friday, November 2, 2007– Issue #217	eLetter Archive

Foundation to Have Presence at ACR Annual Meeting

The Scleroderma Foundation will staff a booth at next week’s Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in Boston.

IMPORTANT DRUG WARNING – CellCept® (PDF)*

Important changes in the CellCept® (mycophenolate mofetil) prescribing information—use of CellCept is associated with increased pregnancy loss and congenital malformations/change from pregnancy Category C to pregnancy Category D.

Many Causes, Treatments for Chronic Swelling of Feet

It’s a common complaint: Your ankles and feet are fine when you wake up in the morning, but by the end of the day, you’re eager to take your shoes and socks off to get more comfortable.

Angelo DiVincenzo and Alyson

Way to Go, Angelo

Tomorrow preparation meets perspiration. Angelo DiVincenzo, the Miami man, who has been preparing for tomorrow’s 140-mile Janus Charity Challenge, will find out if his months of training will pay off.

Bosentan Plus Sildenafil Improves Hemodynamics in PAH

by Martha Kerr

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) – Data from a large registry presented here this week at CHEST 2007, the 73rd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, show that combination therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with sildenafil and bosentan improves hemodynamics and may delay progression of disease.

Upcoming Events

	November 3 (Sat.) "Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma" Walk (Coconut Creek, Fla.)
	November 3 (Sat.) Michigan Chapter's Second Annual Dinner, Dancing and Diamonds Gala (Rochester, Mich.)
	November 29 (Thurs.) "Swing for the Stars" National Gala (New York, N.Y.)
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