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3 hrs ago | Health

Beat the Butterflies

From butterflies in your stomach before giving a big speech at work to an ulcer that acts up whenever things get tough, our gastrointestinal health seems to be intimately connected to our emotions.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Gerd, Health, Heartburn, Inflammation, Royal Oak, MI, Pain

Thu Jul 09, 2009

KVIA

Arthritis Drug Raises Risk of Tuberculosis

An arthritis therapy appears to increase the risk of tuberculosis in certain patients, French researchers have found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Tnf, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Medication

Science Blog

Novel genetic finding offers new avenue for future Crohn's disease treatment

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene which causes the majority of genetic Crohn's Disease diagnoses.

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Related Topix: Health, Case Western Reserve University

2NEWS.TV

Insurance company denies Wash. woman, 24, transplant

Alyssa Olsen calls it her death sentence. Olsen is fighting for her life and her insurance company, who has denied her requests for a transplant.

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Related Topix: Health

Medical News Today

ChemoCentryx To Present At The 9th World Congress On Inflammation In Tokyo, Japan

Main Category: Immune System / Vaccines Also Included In: Irritable-Bowel Syndrome ; Conferences ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 09 Jul 2009 - 2:00 PDT ChemoCentryx, Inc.

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Related Topix: Startups, ChemoCentryx, Inflammation, Medicine, Health, World News, Japan,

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Wireless Design Online

One Million Patients Swallow Zarlink Radio Chip As Part Of Given ...

Zarlink Semiconductor announced that it has shipped over one million custom RF integrated circuits for use in Given Imaging's PillCam SB video capsules for wireless examination of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Zarlink Semiconductor, Electronics, Given Imaging, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Health

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Med Ad News

Pluristem Therapeutics Announces First Patient Enrollment in Phase I...

Jul 7, 2009 - Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. , a bio-therapeutics company dedicated to the commercialization of unrelated donor-patient cell therapy products for a variety of disorders, announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase I clinical trial of the Company's allogeneic placental-derived adherent stromal cell product, ...

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Related Topix: PerSe Technologies, Software

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Selby Today

Bloomin' fantastic as Chron's disease sufferer raises key charity cash

COURAGEOUS Crohn's disease sufferer Krystyna Kraus is raising key charity cash to help others facing a similar plight.

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Related Topix: Health, Home Gardening, Home

Sun Jul 05, 2009

RNweb

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Useful in Crohn's Disease

In patients with Crohn's disease, contrast-enhanced ultrasound can accurately assess disease activity, according to a study published in the July issue of Gastroenterology .

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Related Topix: Health, Italy, World News, Nursing

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Dermatology Times

Vulvar ulcers: Patient characteristics, lesion morphology provide clues for easy diagnosis

Diagnosis of vulvar ulcers involves evaluation of lesion morphology in correlation with the setting and other clinical findings, and it is relatively easy because ancillary lab testing is usually not necessary and the differential diagnosis comprises a short list, says Libby Edwards, M.D., clinical associate professor of dermatology, University of ...

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Related Topix: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC, Health, Medicine, Pain, Prednisone (generic), Deltasone, Orasone, Medication

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Associated Content

AMP's - Protiens that Do a Body Good.

There are a specific type of protein known as AMP's . These types of proteins are found in plants, invertebrates and vertebrates.

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Related Topix: Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

EurekAlert!

Risk of tuberculosis from arthritis medication examined

Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

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Related Topix: Tnf, Medicine, Health, Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Medication

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Newsday.com

Johnson & Johnson's Centocor says Texas federal jury orders Abbott Labs to pay $1.67B award

A unit of Johnson & Johnson said Monday that a federal jury has ordered Abbott Laboratories to pay $1.67 billion in a patent infringement suit over the companies' rheumatoid arthritis drugs.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Arthritis, Health, New York University

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Chronicle-Journal

$7K raised to fight bowel diseases

Research into a cure for inflammatory bowel disease will be getting a boost. This year's Heel 'n' Wheel-a-Thon, held Saturday by the Thunder Bay chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, raised $7,000. The money goes to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, and 90 per cent will go toward research, local chapter president Terri Carter ...

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Related Topix: Health, Canada, Medicine, Colitis

Sat Jun 27, 2009

KING5 Seattle News

Kids with chronic illness connect at camp

A special group of local kids had a great summer camp experience this week, and they didn't let chronic illness get in the way.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Medicine, Colitis, Nursing, Seattle, WA

Fri Jun 26, 2009

MediLexicon

$19 Million To Washington University Scientists To Decode Microbe DNA And Explore Links To Disease

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 The National Institutes of Health has awarded scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Health

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Suicide queue worries British health services

SENIOR doctors in Britain have expressed concern over the number of Britons suffering from non-fatal illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease who have used the Swiss suicide service, Dignitas.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Pharmaceutical Online

Cutting Edge Information's Latest Therapeutic Area Study...

June 24, 2009 Pharmaceutical business intelligence firm Cutting Edge Information announces the launch of its latest therapeutic area study, which provides forecasts for the autoimmune market.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Freshnews

Osiris Therapeutics Reports Interim Data for COPD Stem Cell Study

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. today announced six-month interim data from a Phase II clinical trial evaluating Prochymal, the Company's proprietary formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells, for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Osiris Therapeutics, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Healthcare Law, Law

Medical News Today

NA ovacs To Expand Clinical Testing Of Its TNF-alpha...

Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 5:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Neovacs, a biotechnology company developing proprietary immunotherapeutics for autoimmune and chronic diseases, announced that subject to regulatory consent, it plans to ...

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Related Topix: Arthritis, Medicine, Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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