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Usage Of Oral Contraceptives Need Not Be Feared By SLE Patients

... they would not show symptoms of increased risk of flares of the disease. This research was funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this disease the body fails to recognize as self and starts to atta...

Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

...ically significant difference in the occurrence of flares than those taking a placebo. Severe flares occurred in about 7 percent of the women, regardless of whether they received oral contraceptives or...

Link Between Solar Flares And Strokes Under Study

...ee clinical diagnoses". Energy generated by solar flares travels through space with solar wind and causes geomagnetic storms when it reaches Earth, according to the American Geophysical Union. Kovac's study raised questions similar to those stemming from previous studies of biological cycles in Slovakia...

Deficient 'Scout Cells' Causes Cancer in Transplant Patients

...hidden in some cells of the body. If the infection flares up again, scout cells alert the memory T cells, which rapidly proliferate and hunt down and kill any cells that contain growing virus or have become cancerous. ,br."If memory T cells are re-stimulated properly, they can kill the cancerous cells befor...

Woman in Toronto Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

...ished as a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. In 2005, Toronto's first case of the disease appeared in July 30, and totally 38 Torontonians were diagnosed with the disease and six died. This year 26 mosquito pools and eight birds have tested positi...

Study Unveils West Nile Virus Immune Evasion, Points to Vaccine Development

...ted States in 1999 and has become an epidemic that flares up in the summer and lasts into fall. Infection causes mild flu-like symptoms in most people, but about one in every 150 develop serious illness, that can include high fever, coma, seizures and encephalitis and meningitis. Children, the elderly or ...

Adalimumab Proves Effective for Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ceiving adalimumab had significantly fewer disease flares than those on placebo. Of those not already taking methotrexate, 43% randomized to adalimumab and 71% to placebo flared; of those already on methotrexate, 37% and 65%, respectively flared. The most common problems were mild upper respiratory infectio...

Intensity of Rheumatoid Arthritis Significantly Reduced by Pregnancy

...tum. Only a third of patients (36 pct) experienced flares (periods of worsened symptoms), 5 pct severely. ...e to this. The percentage of patients experiencing flares was much lower than previous studies, which we attribute to adequately-used DMARDs and biologicals t...

Wet Weather Heralds the Mosquito Menace

...ished as a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. In 2004, there were 2539 human cases of WNV disease reported, including 100 deaths. Among those with severe illness due to West Nile virus, case-fatality rates range from 3% to 15% and are highest among...

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