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Myositis Linked to Hypertension, Diabetes
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 | Patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis are at high risk for hypertension and diabetes, but as a consequence of their disease rather than its treatment, a retrospective Australian study found.
Among patients with dermatomyositis, polymyositis, or inclusion body myositis, 62% and 29% had high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, respectively,...more |
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What Causes Wegener's Granulomatosis?
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 | Wegener's granulomatosis, also known as Wegener granulomatosis is a type of inflammation and injury to blood vessels (vasculitis) that affects several organs, including the lungs, kidneys and upper respiratory tract. It is a life-threatening disorder that requires long-term immunosuppression. Some patients die due to toxicity of treatment.
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Still’s Disease’s Unknown Origin
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 | The causes are vague but the disease exists.
Still’s disease is a disorder which leads to a type of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRS) or systemic onset JRA. Systemic means joint inflammation is coupled with symptoms affecting other parts of the body. The symptoms include having on and off rashes and high...more |
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Web-Based Program Can Boost Asthma Care
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 | Better asthma symptom control might be a mouse click away, Dutch researchers report.
Patients who used a daily Web-based monitoring and dosing program maintained long-term control of severe asthma but needed a lower dosage of prednisone (an oral corticosteroid) to do so, the study found.
"We know that...more |
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What Is Inflammation?
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Inflammation is a process by which the body's white blood cells and chemicals protect us from infection with foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses.
However, in some diseases, like arthritis, the body's defense system -- the immune system -- triggers an inflammatory response when there are no foreign substances to fight off. In these...more |
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Inflammation definition
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Inflammation
Pronunciation (in′flă-mā′shŭn)
A fundamental pathologic process consisting of a dynamic complex of histologically apparent cytologic changes, cellular infiltration, and mediator release that occurs...more |
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