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Receive a FREE Osteoarthritis of the knee pamphlet. Start here. Are TNF Blockers not an option for RA patients also positive for ANA's? I was diagnosed officially this February with seropositive RA.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis

Fri Nov 20, 2009

GroundReport.com

Walk Raises $58,000 to Fight Lupus

RICHMOND, Va. Pouring rain didn't discourage hundreds of walkers who came out recently to Richmond International Raceway to raise money and awareness for lupus patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Virgin, UT

Wed Nov 18, 2009

South Bend Tribune

ND grad to talk on living with lupus

Sarah Gorman knew only one way to respond to being diagnosed with lupus in 2001 - that was to fight through the pain, the fatigue and the other symptoms of the chronic inflammatory disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Notre Dame

The Free Lance-Star

'Invisible disease' a challenge to manage

For years, Nancy Ferris of Fredericksburg suffered from joint pain, fatigue and migraines, but neither she nor her doctors could pinpoint the cause.

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Related Topix: Fredericksburg, VA, Medicine, Health

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Science Blog

LFA's "Medication Adherence" Webchat to be Held Monday, November 23 at 3 p.m. Eastern

The LFA welcomes Dr. Sam Lim, who will serve as the guest expert for the "Medication Adherence" webchat .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Atlanta, GA

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Azcentral.com

Placebos' ability to cut pain real, experts say

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, just because they expect that it will.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Web Devil

Lupus foundation holds awareness walk

More than 400 people participated in the fourth annual Walk for Lupus Now at Tempe's Kiwanis Park on Sunday to promote Lupus awareness and raise funds for disease research.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arizona

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Motley Fool

Stock Smackdown: Cramer vs. CAPS

There's no denying that Mad Money host Jim Cramer is entertaining, popular, and passionate .

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Related Topix: Mad Money, Entertainment, Television, Financial Markets, Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Health

Mon Nov 09, 2009

HealthCentral

Shedding Light on the Co-morbidities of Diabetes

Tips on how to manage your weight. As I live with the comorbidity of multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, I am very interested in learning more about comorbidities in general.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Plaquenil, Hydroxychloroquine (generic), Medication

GlobeNewswire

Emerging Stock Report Initiates Independent Research Coverage On Human Genome Sciences

Emerging Stock Report, a leading provider of sector specific independent investment research, today initiated coverage on Human Genome Sciences .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Health

Natchez Democrat

Understand your teen with lupus

I always receive phone calls from parents sharing that their child or loved one has been diagnosed with lupus.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Innovative Drug Companies Headline the Gainers

For all the debate about possible reform to the U.S. medical system, it is easy to forget that the majority of major innovations in drugs and medical devices come from America.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Health, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Tahlequah Daily Press

Around the Region

Tenkiller Area Community Organization will hold its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner at the TACO Building on Mullens Lane in Cookson on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Tenkiller, OK, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Cookson, OK, Tahlequah, OK, Theater, Arts, Medicine, Health

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Chemistry World

New treatment hope for lupus patients

Patients with the disease systemic lupus erythematosus currently have few treatment options, but a new treatment is showing great potential in late-stage testing and could reach the market within the next 18 months.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Scientific American

Could we be on the verge of a new drug to treat lupus?

Systemic lupus is the most common form of the autoimmune disease, lupus , which afflicts about five million people worldwide and causes a slew of symptoms including fever, pain and swelling.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Biotech, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Associated Content

Recognizing Lupus Symptoms

Recognizing lupus symptoms isn't easy for the average person. Lupus symptoms are difficult to discern from other diseases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Arthritis

Associated Content

Interview with Humorist Wanda Argersinger, Executive Director for the Lupus Support Network

Wanda is a writer, humorist, motivational speaker, and founder of L-Bow - she also has lupus.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed Nov 04, 2009

MediLexicon

BENLYSTAa Successful In Second Pivotal Clinical Trial

Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced positive results from BLISS-76, the second of two large-scale phase III clinical trials of BENLYSTA for treating systemic lupus.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Health, GlaxoSmithKline, Food and Drug Administration

Xinhuanet

Advancement made in experimental lupus treatment

Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences, a listed biotechnology company in U.S., announced Monday that its experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug for the disease in decades.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Biotech, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Gazette.Net

Rockville biotech to seek FDA approval for first new treatment for disease in 50 years

This story was corrected on Nov. 3, 2009. An explanation of the correction is at the end of the story.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Health, Biotech, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, GlaxoSmithKline, Marketing

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