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Although much has been learned about the process leading to rheumatoid arthritis, researchers have yet to uncover all the factors that lead to this devastating disease. One prevalent theory is that a combination of factors triggers rheumatoid arthritis, including an abnormal autoimmune response, genetic susceptibility, and some environmental or biologic trigger, such as a viral infection or hormonal changes.

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What You Need to Know About Borderline Personality Disorder - Part l

By John McManamy , Health Expert

...schizophrenia, anxiety, ADD, and others occupying "Axis I." Meanwhile, borderline and other... Read more »

Hormones & Vulnerability to Stress

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...system known as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, or HPA. The HPA axis is a sophisticated... Read more »

Is It Bipolar? Or Is It Something Else?

By John McManamy , Health Expert

...occupies that class of mental illnesses defined as Axis I. As well as bipolar, these include... Read more »

Have You Raised a Teen Yet?? Here's Something You Should Know....

By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...knocked my socks off - actaully, she knocked me off my axis!! Any script I wrote in my head... Read more »

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Causes

...14 articles published in 2006 linked CFS with genes involved in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system. Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Highlights

...same data set independently linked CFS with genes involved with the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system. These genes control the body's response to trauma,... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Causes

...also found abnormalities in the hormone system known as the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland (HAP) axis. The HAP axis controls important functions, including sleep, response to stress, and... Read more »

Allergic Rhinitis: Corticosteroids

...Corticosteroids suppress important stress and other hormones in a region of the brain called theHPA axis. The suppression of these hormonesblocks the inflammatory response that triggers an... Read more »

Infertility In Women: Causes

...the development of functional ovaries. There are no other abnormalities in the hypothalamus-pituitary axis (such as tumors or abnormal stress hormones or prolactin). In most cases, the causes of... Read more »

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