Pain leaves woman’s arms weak 
Southeast Missourian - Mar 05 10:37 PM
Dear Dr. Gott: I have enjoyed reading your column and am always impressed with your compassion and common sense. Now I have a mystery for you. I am a 56-year-old female in fair shape. For several…Save

Mets notebook: Wright is given a second chance 
The Star-Ledger - Mar 05 9:51 PM
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — David Wright hit second in the Mets batting order yesterday for the second time this spring. But both the third baseman and his manager said not to read anything into it.Save

Reality Check 
The Mountain Press - Mar 04 12:20 AM
For a child who suffered with a rare form of arthritis that at one point confined him to a wheelchair, watching movies became a way of escape. It was a way to enter another world where a new adventure was waiting around every corner.Save

ARTHRITIS, LUPUS DEPRESSION RISK 
New York Post - Mar 02 2:54 AM
Patients with lupus and rheum- atoid arthritis are often at risk for depression due to body-image concerns, says a recent study. Because patients with systemic lupus erythematosus - commonly known as lupus - often develop skin rashes and patients…Save

BREAKFAST SERIES 
York Daily Record - Mar 05 4:23 AM
Mar 5, 2007 Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community will have its March Breakfast Series 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the facility’s multipurpose room, 1700 Normandie Drive, York. Kelly Kulp, senior community development director of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, will speak.Save

What’s best for nutrition? Roll the dice 
Deseret Morning News - Mar 05 11:09 PM
Those of you who have stopped by this column over the years might recall that I pretend to be an expert on nutrition occasionally, which makes me no different from a lot of research scientists and nutritionists.Save

Va. Indians part of Smithsonian exhibit 
Potomac News - Mar 05 11:03 AM
WASHINGTON - It occupies only a small space at the soaring National Museum of the American Indian, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Yet a new exhibit eloquently tells the story of the Chesapeake region’s Indian tribes - in a native voice.Save

Community almanac
Greenwich Time - ARTHRITIC SWIM Arthritis Foundation’s aquatics program. Meets Monday and Friday, 10:15 to 11 a.m., at the Jewish Community Center, 1035 Newfield Ave. Call 322-7900. EMERGENCY AID Salvation Army provides social service programs and counseling and

Appeal over Belfast murder
UTV Internet - Mr Stead, who suffered from arthritis, had lived alone in the quiet residential area on the outskirts of the village since the 1960s. Neighbours said he kept himself to himself but would regularly be seen walking around the area. Police said there was

Vioxx, The Silent Killer
pressbox.co.uk - Vioxx (also known as Rofecoxib) is a prescription medicine used to relieve signs and symptoms of arthritis, acute pain in adults and painful menstrual cycles. Merck announced a voluntary withdrawal of Vioxx from the U.S. and worldwide market due to

Dr. Howard Posner, expert on alternative healing
Philadelphia Inquirer - Although he prescribed medication when he believed it was necessary, he was often able to treat osteoporosis, arthritis, high blood pressure and other disorders without drugs, his wife, Janie Cohen Posner, said. He successfully treated people with

Complaints pour in about infomercial company
Salem News - District Court judge agreed with the FTC that ITV likely made false claims in an infomercial by saying Supreme Greens could prevent, treat and cure cancer, heart disease and arthritis, as well as cause substantial weight loss. The company also said

Foundation lobbying for local rheumatologist training
Australian Broadcasting Corp. - The Arthritis Foundation is lobbying for rheumatologists to be trained at the Orange Base Hospital if a rheumatology unit goes ahead. The foundation has been able to secure a unit as part of plans for the hospital but is yet to receive confirmation

Marijuana as wonder drug
Boston Globe - Such legislation would bring much-needed relief to millions of Americans suffering from cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and other debilitating illnesses. Lester Grinspoon, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is

Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Cancer Death Risk: Study 
HealthCentral.com - Feb 28 12:35 AM
TUESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — Rheumatoid arthritis doesn’t increase the risk of developing cancer but does boost a person’s risk of dying from a malignancy should it arise, a U.K. study finds.Save

Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients 
WebMD - Mar 02 10:25 AM
People with heart risks should take the pain drug Celebrex as a last resort and for the shortest possible time because of heart attack and stroke risk, says the American Heart Association (AHA).Save

Complications Following Hip Replacement More Common In Obese Patients, Especially Women 
Science Daily - Mar 03 10:06 PM
A new study evaluated the effects of obesity on complications and outcomes following total hip replacements and investigated whether the results differed in obese women and men.Save

Home 
KOLN Lincoln - Mar 03 5:20 PM
Prescription drugs, medical supplies and the forms that go along with them can really pile up. The process can also be confusing and disheartening. That’s why a Lincoln organization is helping out.Save

Seniors holding court 
Times Leader - Mar 04 12:11 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa — Playing basketball isnt ladylike. Thats what Jewell Chapmans high school principal told her in 1961 when he banned the girls basketball program.Save

South County Seniors 
RedNova - Mar 02 5:26 PM
Swim program: URI’s Office of Recreational Services sponsors a swim program for senior citizens each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8, 9 and 10 a.m., in Tootell Aquatic Center. Registration may be made in the foyer of Mackal Field House. For information, call 874-7035.Save

Amgen wins ruling on patent for Enbrel arthritis drug 
Seattle Times - Feb 28 12:12 AM
Amgen, the world’s biggest biotechnology company, won an appeals court ruling that prevents an Israeli company from seeking royalties on Enbrel, the rheumatoid arthritis treatment.Save

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Life Science Reports Listing
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HPV Vaccine: Too Soon To Be Mandatory
CBS News - But one would have hoped that Merck learned its lesson after pushing for broad use of Vioxx a drug whose side effects wouldn’t have been as problematic if they were occurring in only people who desperately needed the drug for pain medication. In

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Wharton - Less than a week after Merck & Co.’s voluntary withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis pain medication Vioxx, following an extended clinical trial that linked the drug to heart attacks and strokes, the jury is still out on whether the pharmaceutical

Find Home Remedies For Common Problems
Click2Houston.com - You don’t need to resort to over-the-counter medication to get rid of a headache. Your morning coffee can help you escape the pain. “The coffee or caffeine helps because it reconstructs blood vessels,” Engebretson said. Coffee is also a good way to

Denny McLain: Tigers resented Kaline; Price had no talent
Detroit Free Press - He also blames his conviction partly on a lying witness, plus his lawyer s wooziness from taking pain medication. Once on the cover of Time magazine, McLain worked at a Sterling Heights 7-Eleven after his release from prison in 2003. Today he works

Mary Lou Retton is back on her feet
Austin American-Statesman - The pain refused to yield. She had gotten tired of taking medication, and injections to ease the discomfort stopped working. She could not sleep. “I reached the point of desperation,” she said. The surgery lasted about four hours

CHIP Day
Texas Observer - So for months, Karen couldn t take Tasha to the doctor instead taking her to the emergency room when the pain in her bones became too much to stand. She also had to ration anti-depressent medication for her son that Karen says costs her more