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Multiple Sclerosis Successfully Reversed In Mice: New Immune-suppressing Treatment Forces The Disease Into Remission
ScienceDaily (Aug. 12, 2009) — A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal.
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There have been two studies lately – one three years ago published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and then a second one just out... Read more »
Since I contracted herpes, whenever I’ve gone to the gynecologist she’s always asked me to estimate how many outbreaks I experience per... Read more »
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is a “good time to promote back to school immunizations, remind college students to catch up... Read more »
"Should I Stay, Or Should I Go?" The words to that old song kept running through my head as I sat at my work desk staring at my computer... Read more »
People who have autoimmune diseases and who take glucocorticoid steroids to suppress their immune system may have a higher chance of developing... Read more »
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Variola - major and minor; VariolaTreatmentIf athe smallpox vaccine is given within 1-4 days after a person is exposed to the disease, it may prevent... Read more »
Nerve inflammation may be the cause of the pain, numbness, and weakness some patients experience after surgery, researchers say. These symptoms had... Read more »
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Anemia - immune hemolytic; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)TreatmentTreatment with a steroid medication such as prednisone is usually the first... Read more »
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Dexamethasone suppression test measures the response of the adrenal glands to ACTH. Alternative Names DST; ACTH suppression test;... Read more »
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