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you know that on our Web site we have a store that is filled with different types of printed material pertaining to scleroderma, as well as books, DVDs, and more. Some of the material is FREE!
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Photo of the Week
 Over 45,000 people attended the NBC 5 Health Fair in Chicago and some of them stopped by the Greater Chicago Area Chapter's booth!
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Cynthia Cervantes |
March 13, 2008 – Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) listens to the moving testimony of 13-year-old Cynthia Cervantes, a Huntington Park constituent, before the House Appropriations Health Subcommittee.
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Four Brochures Are Available in Spanish!
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Sergio Jimenez, M.D. |
The Scleroderma Foundation thanks Sergio Jimenez, M.D. a member of the Foundation's Medical Advisory Board, of Thomas Jefferson University in Pennsylvania, for helping to translate these brochures from English to Spanish. His efforts are much appreciated by the Foundation and by our Spanish-speaking audience.
To order one or all of these brochures, visit the store on our Web site at www.scleroderma.org/store.shtm, or call us toll-free at (800) 722-4673. |
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, often referred to as MRSA, has become a significant infection problem both in hospitals and in the general community. It is a type of staph that is resistant to methicillin and other commonly used antibiotics in the same class, including penicillin, amoxicillin, and oxacillin.
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by Will Boggs, M.D.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often develop foot ulcers, according to a report in the February 15th issue of "Arthritis & Rheumatism."
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Heidi Jacobe, M.D. |
The purpose of this study is to create a national registry of people with morphea in order to answer questions associated with the disease: its association to other diseases and the genetics behind the disease. |
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Bobby presented the Gibson Les Paul Trophy Guitar to last year’s winner, Carl Edwards |
Watch Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Race, Sat., March 22
Be sure to tune in to the eighth running of The Pepsi 300 on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. (EST), Saturday, March 22, to watch Bobby Hamilton, Jr. and the Team Rensi/Smithfield car at The Nashville Superspeedway.
NASCAR Sprint Cup regulars, including Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, David Regan, Clint Bowyer, and David Reuitmann, will battle the NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers including local hometown favorite Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Official NASCAR Artist Sam Bass continues to design the coveted Gibson Les Paul Trophy Guitar (see photo above of Bobby presenting trophy to last year’s winner, Carl Edwards) that drivers will be competing for on the 1.33-mile concrete Superspeedway.
Read about last week's event. |
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