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Christine Miller

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posted 11/14/2006, comments (0)

Treating RA with Complementary Medicine: Homeotherapy

Homeotherapy is defined as the treatment of disease using homeopathic principles. These principles were developed by Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), a German physician, in the late 1700s. Hahnemann was concerned about bloodletting, leeching, purging, and other medical procedures of his day that did far more harm than good.... Read more Chevron

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 10/12/2006, comment (1)

Ask the Expert: The Relation Between Arthritis, Hepatitis C and Fibromyalgia

Question: I have a severe case of Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in 1987 during emergency surgery. I've been on the Peg-combo 3x's and I have cirrhosis - my last biopsy yielded Stage 4, grade 2. I have been sober in AA for more than 19 years. No fatty infiltrates were found on my biopsy. I have a positive RH factor and the sed rate blood... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 09/19/2006, comment (1)

Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Cause Hearing Loss?

Some people with rheumatoid arthritis complain of hearing loss, a full feeling in their ears or fluid in their ear. Although hearing loss is not a common symptom of RA, it can be chronic for RA suffers. Studies over the years seem to disagree about what causes the hearing loss and whether it is really related to RA. There may be several reasons... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 09/06/2006, comments (0)

Merck Announces Results of New Drug Study

Merck, the manufacturer of Vioxx recently announced that preliminary analyses of its MEDAL (Multinational Etoricoxib and Diclofenac Arthritis Long-Term Program), show that patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis have similar cardiovascular outcomes between its experimental COX-2 inhibitor drug, Arcoxia, and diclofenac, a traditional... Read more Chevron

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