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Friday, December 5, 2008– Issue #273	eLetter Archive

An Opportunity for Scleroderma Awareness

Every month, Womenshealth.gov features a Spotlight on Women's Health in their newsletter, "Healthy Women Today." The Spotlight on Women's Health is an interview with a professional or person who has personal knowledge of a women's health topic. They ask the questions they know you're interested in so you can get an inside look at women's health.

How Does it Work?

Womenshealth.gov offers an opportunity for anyone to share information about a health topic important to women. From doctors to nurses, to students and stay-at-home moms, the interviews give their readers a different perspective on a variety of health topics. For example, they might interview a dentist for a professional opinion about oral health and women and they might also interview a breast cancer survivor to learn about her personal experience.

How to enter.

Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Scleroderma Renal Disease

Abstract

Purpose of Review: Renal complications are important in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) and include scleroderma renal crisis. This is a medical emergency that requires careful management. Recent cohort studies have highlighted key aspects of management and outcome and these are reviewed.

Avoiding Drug Interactions

People often combine foods. For example, chocolate and peanut butter might be considered a tasty combination. But eating chocolate and taking certain drugs might carry risks. In fact, eating chocolate and taking monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, such as Nardil (phenelzine) or Parnate (tranylcypromine), could be dangerous.

Lungs Have Their Own Kind of High Blood Pressure

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 43-year-old woman and the mother of two young children. I have just been told I have pulmonary hypertension. According to my doctors, this has nothing to do with high blood pressure, which I do not have. This confuses me. I am slightly short of breath when I have to climb stairs from our basement to the second floor, but aside from that I feel OK. What is this thing?

— P.G.

A Message from the Development Staff

As the Scleroderma Foundation nears the end of its tenth anniversary year, we would like to take this opportunity to emphasize the need for the ongoing commitment of individuals who provide annual gifts to the organization.

Throughout the past decade, the passion of our members and donors, the dedication of our volunteers, and the commitment of the Board and staff have brought us to where we are today.

Upcoming Events

	December 6 (Sat.) Southeast Florida Chapter Annual Meeting and Holiday Party (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
	Lots of Holiday Parties. Check a location near you.
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