Organ Donation:Healthy Americans who donated a kidney are not at higher risk of death

March 10th, 2010


SJCRG: Good news for live kidney donations.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Actemra will steal shares in RA Market (Majestic)

March 9th, 2010


SJCRG: An interesting discussion on RA Pharma from the point of view of business.

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Posted in Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, autoimmune diseases | 1 Comment »

Electromagnetic pulses were found to significantly decrease pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis of the knee (Ivanhoe)

March 8th, 2010


SJCRG: Magnetic field against pain, Hmmm…..
Didn’t we make fun of “magnetic bracelets” against arthritis and other pains as charlatan stuff?

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Comparison of Homebound Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [ CFS] Patients with other CFS patients (sciencedirect)

March 8th, 2010


SJCRG: The homebound group differs substantially from the others. They need specific treatments.

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Posted in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs To Enhance Acid Reflux [GERD] (medicalnewstoday)

March 8th, 2010


SJCRG:
This study is more important than it might seem: Both High blood Pressure and Acid Reflux are very common.
GERD or acid reflux can lead to oesophageal cancer.
quoting:
“…nifedipine for treatment of hypertension might be a risk factor for the future occurrence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). Atenolol-induced alterations of esophageal motor activity might prevent the development of GERD…”
Mixed bag, talk to your doctor

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Posted in Acid Reflux, Blood Pressure, GERD, GastroIntestinal, High Blood Pressure, Oesophagus, cancer, heart disease | No Comments »

‘Good Cholesterol’ May Help Decrease MS Inflammation, Lessen Disability (MSRC,Ibettson)

March 8th, 2010


SJCRG: One more reason to work on raising the HDL, but talk to your doctor

Posted in HDL, Multiple Sclerosis, autoimmune diseases, heart disease | No Comments »

On Balance Disorders and a Device to Help (Ivanhoe)

March 8th, 2010


SJCRG: For a good discussion on balance disorders and a plug for a device in clinical trials CLICK HERE

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Posted in Inner Ear/Vestibular, Uncategorized, balance, neuroscience | No Comments »

Relationship between insulin therapy and cancer (eurekalert)

March 4th, 2010


SJCRG: Metformin would inhibits, Insulin would promotes cancer. More risk numbers are needed here.

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Posted in Diabetes, Uncategorized, cancer, type 2 | No Comments »

Prostate Cancer: The confusion Spreads… (washingtonpost)

March 4th, 2010


SJCRG: Scary melee of contradiction is how SJCRG sees the lack of direction in prostate cancer screening or treatment. CLICK HERE for link to WP.

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FDA Approves First Generic Tamsulosin [Flomax] to Treat Enlarged Prostate

March 3rd, 2010


SJCRG: Good thing, but it is adrug and as always involved risks

SJCRG: To evaluate possible side effects, CLICK HERE

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Posted in men's health | 1 Comment »

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