Guest guest Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS NEWS AND VIEWS VOL. 3 ISSUE 24 December 31, 2003 PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS MEDICAL NEWS As the year ends, I am absolutely amazed with the number of new members who joined our web site during 2003. Since knowledge is king in my book, I am providing a table of contents for all the newsletters issue during this past year. To read any issue, go to . Click on the desired month and then use the following index by typing the Message # in the blank message # box and click on " Go " . This will give you any back newsletter you may want to explore, and provides everyone with a way to review vital information by subject matter. Issue 35 01/14/03 Message #24222 HOW DRUGS WORK By Harold J. DeMonaco, M.S. Massachusetts General Hospital STAGES OF CHANGE: GETTING TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE - Harvard Health Publications FDA OKS NEW RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DRUG - WASHINGTON (AP) CONCERNS OVER DRUG INDUSTRY CREATION OF NEW DISEASES - (British Medical Journal) Issue 36 01/31/03 Message #24923 GORDON ELIOTT AND THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA FACTS ABOUT YOUR FEET ANTIOXIDANT MAY FIGHT PARKINSON'S DISEASE OCCUPATION LINKED TO RISK OF HAND, WRIST ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) LONG-TERM REMICADE USE HELPS CROHN'S By Jeanie - WebMD Medical News ARTHRITIS COMMITTEE WILL RECONSIDER TNF INHIBITOR SAFETY - FDA Source ENBREL ARTHRITIS DRUG MAY WORSEN HEART FAILURE - Reuters Limited NEW ARTHRITIS DRUGS MAY HELP HEART By Sid Kirchheimer WebMD Medical News ARTHRITIS DRUG TO BE FREE FOR MEDICARE - (AP) WEB SITE LINKS SENIORS TO DRUG PROGRAMS - (AP) Issue 37 03/02/03 Message #25945 NEW PSORIASIS DRUG AVAILABLE - WebMD Medical News MORE INFO. ABOUT NEW FAMILY OF PSORIASIS DRUGS - Scientific American® Medicine ARTHRITIS COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS RISK OF LYMPHOMA WITH TNF INHIBITORS - FDA ADDING ADALIMUMAB TO METHOTREXATE IMPROVES OUTCOME IN RA - Laurie Barclay, MD RA LINKED WITH INCREASED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS - (Reuters Health) COMBINING ANAKINRA AND ETANERCEPT RAISES INFECTION RISK - (Reuters Health) ANCOM BLOOD PRESSURE TABLETS RECALLED - WebMD Medical News BRAIN CANCER PATIENT SUES OVER ARREST - The Associated Press EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT METHOTREXATE QUICK TIPS FOR USING ONLINE HEALTH INFO. WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN - Harvard Medical School Issue 38 03/15/03 Message #26460 U.S. DEBATES RISKS OF FOUR ARTHRITIS DRUGS - The Associated Press HOW MANY DRUGS ARE YOU TAKING? - By Shaw WedMD TREATING PAIN WITH MEDICATIONS MANAGING PAIN WITH NARCOTICS - OXYCONTIN AND ITS ALTERNATIVES - By LeWine, M.D. BEING A DOCTOR MEANS HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY - Laurie Barclay, MD-Medscape Medical News IBUPROFEN BOOSTS BLOOD PRESSURE IN PATIENTS ON ACE INHIBITORS - (Reuters Health) IBUPROFEN REDUCES ASPIRIN'S HEART BENEFIT - By Brunilda Nazario, MD Issue 39 04/02/03 Message #26992 INFECTION BEFORE ARTHRITIS? - (Reuters Health) TEMPORARY DEFERRAL FOR HEART PATIENTS -FOR SMALLPOX VACCINATION - CDC LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE U.S. RISES - Center for Disease Control HEART DISEASE MOST COSTLY CONDITION -By Warner WebMD Medical News SKIN DISORDERS, $9 BILLION, 20 MILLION PEOPLE - Health Affairs, Vol. 22 No. 2 NEW CLUES ABOUT PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS - SCIENTISTS FIND MOLECULAR FACTORS (HealthScoutNews) CAFFEINE MAY HINDER RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DRUG - By Amy Norton - (Reuters Health) ANAKINRA BENEFICIAL IN RA UNRESPONSIVE TO METHOTREXATE - (Reuters Health) TNF INHIBITOR LABELING ON RISK OF LYMPHOMA SHOULD CAUTION AGAINST COMPARISONS BETWEEN AGENTS FDA Advisory Committee Hearings TOP SCIENTIST WARNS OF " SICKNESS " IN U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM Science Editor of the Guardian - Denver AVENTIS ARAVA LABELING DOES NOT NEED TO BE UPDATED - FDA Advisory Committee Meeting Issue 40 04/26/03 Message #27508 INFLIXIMAB MAY BE EFFECTIVE IN TREATMENT OF POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA - (Reuters Health) ARTHRITIS DRUGS CAN INCREASE CVD RISK IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS - (Reuters Health) CAN CELEBREX AND VIOXX TREAT PARKINSON'S - By - HealthScoutNews OBESITY STRONGLY LINKED TO CANCER DEATH - By Salynn Boyles - WebMD Medical News INFLAMMATION: A NEW LINK TO DISEASE By MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS STRIKE 1 IN 4 - Reuters Limited VITAMIN D + CALCIUM = GOOD BONES - WebMD Medical News SMOKING BOOSTS MEN'S RISK OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) INVESTIGATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA DRUG SUCCESSFUL IN PHASE II STUDY - (Reuters Health) Issue 41 04/30/03 Message #27616 ANTIOXIDENT SOOTHES DIABETIC NEUROPATHY - WebMD Medical News DOCTORS FEES OFFSET RISING COST by B. Caruso the Associated Press EXTRA VITAMIN B MAY KEEP MIND SHARP IN OLD AGE - By Alison McCook (Reuters Health) MEDICAL PRIVACY RULES FACE BUMPY ROAD By Pallarito - (Reuters Health) THE SCIENCE OF GRAY HAIR by Rhonda B. Graham - InteliHealth Staff Writer WALKING RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE WITH PAD - (HealthScoutNews) WORK SUPPORT HELPS HEART - WebMD Medical News Issue 42 05/15/03 Message #28095 SOMETIMES PATIENTS ARE THE BEST GAUGE OF ARTHRITIS TREATMENTS - HealthScoutNews STUDIES PILE UP EVIDENCE FOR EFFICACY OF BIOLOGICS - Medscape Medical News VEIN CLOTS & ARTERIAL DISEASE - Reuters Limited TIRED TO THE MAX -- AND THEN SOME - Chronic fatigue syndrome - HealthScoutNews FIBROMYALGIA TRIAL DESIGN, ENDPOINTS WILL BE DISCUSSED BY FDA-AAC ANAKINRA SEEN SAFE IN TYPICAL RA PATIENTS WITH CO-MORBIDITIES - (Reuters Health) JOINT PAIN IGNORED IN U.S. - (Reuters Health) LONG-TERM STEROID USE INCREASES HEART DISEASE RISK - GLASGOW (Reuters Health) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ARTERIAL STIFFNESS - By Will Boggs, MD (Reuters Health) Issue 43 05/30/03 Message #28619 HEALTHY, VIBRANT AGING - WHAT WORKS? a Goode, M.D. University of California - San Francisco NOVEL CYTOKINE TIED TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) ONE TWO MOLECULAR PUNCH AT ROOT OF COMMON ARTHRITIS - From ArthritisSupport.com UNINSURED HOSPITAL PATIENTS CHARGED MORE THAN INSURED -Wall Street Journal On Line OPIOIDS EFFECTIVE AGAINST NEUROPATHIC PAIN - By Gardner - HealthScoutNews PHYSICIANS FEEL CRUNCHED FOR TIME - (Reuters Health) Issue 44 06/14/03 Message #29240 WOMEN ARE THE HARDIER SEX -WHEN IT COMES TO TOLERATING PAIN, HealthScoutNews NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS WITH ARTHRITIS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2030 - (Reuters Health) INTERFERON - ALPHA MAY BE HELPFUL IN ARTHRITIS THERAPY - (Reuters Health) GENENTECH, XOMA HALT TESTING OF RAPTIVA FOR ARTHRITIS - By Jed Seltzer (Reuters) FOLATE SUPPLEMENT IMPROVES RESPONSE TO METHOTREXATE IN RA (Reuters Health) DYNAMIC MRI CAN DISCRIMINATE ACTIVE FROM INACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) COUNTERFEIT LIPITOR BEWARE - FDA Talk Paper # T09-38 ARE DRUG COMPANIES NEXT TARGET AFTER TOBACCO? From " The Economist " publication DRUG COMPANIES ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL SALES PRACTICES: U.S. ISSUES WARNING -New York Times PNEUMONIA VACCINE INEFFECTIVE FOR ELDERLY - The New England Journal of Medicine ARTHRITIS DRUG RELIEVES SCIATICA PAIN - Warner WebMD Medical News DRUG EASES PAIN OF ARTHRITIS IN SPINE - ETANERCEPT HELPS PEOPLE WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (HealthDayNews) Issue 45 06/29/03 Message #29783 FDA CLEARS LEFLUNOMIDE FOR EXPANDED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS INDICATION - (Reuters Health) LEFLUNOMIDE COMPARABLE TO SULFASALAZINE AND METHOTREXATE IN RA - Reuters Health) INFLIXIMAB PLUS METHOTREXATE EFFECTIVE IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) NEW IL-6 RECEPTOR BLOCKER PROMISING FOR RA - By Pincock LISBON (Reuters Health) NEW PSORIASIS TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE - Warner WebMD Medical News BOGUS CHOLESTEROL DRUG - (AGAIN) - FDA DANISH STUDY DOUBTS INJURY RISKS FROM COMPUTERS - MedicineNet.com FDA APPROVES OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARTBURN DRUG - ScoutNews LLC NATUROPATHS LIKELY TO GAIN CALIFORNIA LICENSING - NaturalMedicineNow HERBALS TRIGGER MIGRAINE AND MAY ALSO INTERFERE WITH MIGRAINE DRUGS - (Reuters Health WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CARETAKER IN THE FAMILY BECOMES INCAPACITATED? - Marilyn Lloyd Issue 46 07/16/03 Message #30455 DAM IN BRAIN MAY HALT CHRONIC PAIN - By Kathleen Doheny - HealthDay DNA CHIP STUDY REVEALS GENE CLUES TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - Pincock - Reuters Health NEW RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DRUGS WORK WELL - By Salynn Boyles WebMD Medical News RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND BIRTH WEIGHT - Warner - WebMD Medical News LOW VITAMIN C LINKED TO GREATER ARTHRITIS RISK - Birchard LONDON The Medical Post PATIENTS COMPLAINING OF SEVERE FATIGUE OFTEN DO NOT HAVE CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME By Pincock LONDON (Reuters Health) THE THIEF OF MANY LIVES - Kathleen Houghton - Alaska CFS-MCS Association VITAMINS DON'T STOP HEART DISEASE, CANCER - Salynn Boyles WebMD Medical News AETNA SETTLES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FOR $470 MILLION - Tokarski - Medscape Medical News Issue 47 07/30/03 Message #30871 AMGEN SUBMITS ENBREL FOR PSORIASIS INDICATION - Reuters Health Information. ONE IN THREE DOCTORS WITHHOLD INFORMATION - DeNoon WebMD Medical News CAREGIVER'S STRESS ADDS TO AGING - Sid Kirchheimer WebMD Medical News GREAT HUSBAND? THANK YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW - By E. J. Mundell -(Reuters Health) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF DOCTOR'S DISAGREEMENT OVER HAND SURGERY - American Society for Surgery of the Hand FDA PANEL BACKS NEW STATIN DRUG - Warner WebMD Medical News Issue 48 08/16/03 Message #31655 MEDICATIONS REVIEW - Drug definition, basic usage, side effects, brand names, generic names HOW IS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DIAGNOSED? - Editors Note: (Many similarities to Psoriatic Arthritis?) FOURFOLD INCREASED RISK OF TUBERCULOSIS SEEN WITH RA - (Reuters Health) CHEMOKINE BLOCKADE MAY OFFER TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - (Reuters Health) BRITISH STUDY LINKS CROHN'S DISEASE TO MILK-BORNE BUG - Woodman - (Reuters) FISH OIL PREVENTS DEADLY HEART RHYTHMS - Warner - WebMD Medical News HIGH CHOLESTEROL RAISES KIDNEY RISKS - Warner - WebMD Medical News PROSTATE TEST MISSES TUMORS, STUDY FINDS - Gene Emery - BOSTON (Reuters) Issue 49 09/01/03 Message #32050 COMBO ARTHRITIS THERAPY HAS NO LONG-TERM BENEFIT - - (Reuters Health) IBUPROFEN-LIKE DRUGS MAY CUT ASPIRIN'S BENEFIT - (Reuters Health) DRUG MAY PREVENT PROSTATE CANCER - (Associated Press) METHOTREXATE VERSUS CYCLOSPORINE-PSORIASIS DRUGS SEEM TO WORK EQUALLY WELL (Reuters) CHOLESTEROL, HOW LOW? - AGGRESSIVE LIPID LOWERING DOES NOT SLOW ATHEROSCLEROSIS - ® DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS - " DISH " OR FORESTIER DISEASE- C. Shiel Jr., MD DRUG FOR COMPULSIVE SHOPPERS - Bill Langbein (Reuters Health) MODERATE ANALGESIC USE DOES NOT DAMAGE THE KIDNEYS - (Reuters Health) PAINKILLERS MAY RAISE MISCARRIAGE RISK NEW CREAM CLEARS PSORIASIS - (HealthDayNews) LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED RISK OF HEART DISEASE - (Reuters) PLENTY OF FLU VACCINE THIS YEAR, U.S. CDC SAYS - (Reuters) Issue 50 09/16/03 Message #32306 FIBROMYALGIA: TREATMENT UPDATE - By Kim , RN, PhD, FNP - WebMD Live Events Transcript PSORIASIS CAUSES DISABILITY THAT EQUALS OTHER MAJOR MEDICAL DISEASES- A.A. Dermatology NEW TREATMENTS FOR PSORIASIS GIVE DERMATOLOGISTS MORE CHOICES FOR TREATING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WITH HARD TO TREAT SKIN CONDITION - American Academy of Dermatology Issue 51 09/30/03 Message #32594 VACCINE AGAINST AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE TO BE TESTED - Reaney - (Reuters Health) DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS - National Psoriasis Foundation CHOLESTEROL DRUGS - SUICIDE LINK DISPUTED - (AP) LEG CRAMPS LESS WITH LIPITOR - MedicineNet CHOLESTEROL DRUG RELIEVES LEG ARTERY DISEASE - Rauscher (Reuters Health) DEPRESSION WEAKENS IMMUNE SYSTEM - ASSOCIATED PRESS CHOLESTEROL DRUG MAY ALSO PREVENT DEPRESSION - (Reuters Health) LOW-CHOLESTEROL DIET AS GOOD AS DRUGS - DeNoon - WebMD Medical News MYOSITIS (MUSCLE INFLAMMATION)... CHECK THE MEDS! - C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, YES, FIBER IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART - (Reuters Health) GUT SAFETY OF CELECOXIB DEMONSTRATED IN YOUNGER PATIENTS - Pincock - (Reuters Health) VIEWER QUESTION: FROM MEDICINE NET. COM (regarding Costochondritis) Issue 52 10/19/03 Message #33053 STOPPING THE SPREAD OF PSORIASIS - Gardner -HealthDayNews CTLA-4 EXPERMENTAL DRUG NOW IN TRIALS - Boston News Channel SENATE PASSES GENETIC EQUALITY BILL****DISCRIMINATION FOR PREDISPOSITION TO ILLNESS WOULD BE BANNED - (Reuters Limited) LIMBAUGH'S ADDICTION TOUGH TO KICK****PAINKILLER ABUSE HAS QUADRUPLED IN THE LAST DECADE - Associated Press HOSPITAL CARE: DOES YOUR STATE RATE? - Warner WebMD FIBROMYALGIA COMES IN 3 SHAPES AND SIZES - PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES ARE NOT COMMON FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS - Salynn Boyles, WebMD Medical News HEARING NOT PRESERVED BY METHOTREXATE - MedicineNet.com METHOTREXATE NOT EFFECTIVE IN MAINTAINING IMPROVEMENTS IN HEARING GAINED FROM PREDNISONE - National Institutes of Health Issue 53 11/05/03 Message #33369 FDA APPROVES WEEKLY ENBREL- INJECTION CAN BE GIVEN ONCE A WEEK - Jeanie Lerche WebMD ARTHRITIS DRUGS IN PHOTO FINISH from Medicine Net. and Reuters Ltd. TINY CAMERA SHOWS FEWER BOWEL LESIONS WITH CELEBREX - (Reuters) BREAKTHROUGH HOPE ON RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - Yorkshire Post TEN WAYS TO PREVENT PSORIASIS FLARE-UPS - Reviewed by Charlotte E. Grayson, MD. AUTOANTIBODIES PREDATE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ONSET - Karla Gale - (Reuters Health) TEN WARNING SIGNS OF PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLER DEPENDENCY - C. Bernstein M.D., Waismann Institute PAINKILLERS SPARE THE MIND - Ome Ogbru, Pharm. D., MedicineNet.com OPIOIDS DON'T USUALLY IMPAIR MENTAL FUNCTION - (Reuters Health) SOCIAL PAIN IS REAL PAIN - MedicineNet.com IMAGES SHOW A SNUB REALLY IS LIKE KICK IN THE GUT - Maggie Fox - (Reuters Health) WARDING OFF ULCERS DUE TO PAINKILLERS - Charlene Laino WebMD Medical News Issue 54 11/16/03 Message #33582 NEW DRUG SHOWS PROMISE AGAINST ARTHRITIS - Janet McConnaughey -Associated Press PSORIASIS DRUG HELPS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - Laszlo Dosa WebMD Medical News RAPTIVA APPROVED FOR PSORIASIS TREATMENT - DeNoonWebMD Medical News THREE GENES LINKED TO PSORIASIS SUSCEPTIBILITY ON CHROMOSOME 17 - Portland, Oregon RESEARCHERS FIND CHEMISTRY BEHIND SKIN'S BARRIER - Beth Gardiner - Vanderbilt Research Center COMPANY DEVELOPING ABUSE-PROOF OXYCONTIN - Elias - The Associated Press FIBROMYALGIA ISN'T DEPRESSION - American College of Rheumatology EVER HAD A BOUT OF METAPNEUMOVIRUS? - Associated Press Issue 55 12/01/03 Message #33856 WOMAN WHO OPENED EYES ABOUT PSORIASIS DIES (Beverly -Halprin) O " Neill - The Oregonian PSORIASIS MAY INCREASE RISK FOR CERTAIN CANCERS - Journal of The American Medical Association PSORIASIS MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK - Sid Kirchheimer WebMD Medical News BLOCKING ENZYMES COULD HALT ARTHRITIS - Gabe Romain from the Betterhumans Staff PSORIASIS, LUPUS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SHARE ONE GENE - Frederick Hecht, M.D., Barbara Hecht, Ph.D. LIFE WITH AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - Star Lawrence WebMD Feature ASPIRIN WITHDRAWAL RISKY FOR HEART PATIENTS - Rauscher (Reuters Health) CHILL OUT, OR FACE RISING HEALTH RISKS - Warner WebMD Medical News CAN C REACTIVE PROTEIN MAKE YOU OLDER? - DeNoon WebMD Medical News NO DIFFERENCE FOUND IN CLOTTING AND STENTS - Larence K. Altman - New York Times Issue 56 12/17/03 Message #34147 NEW PSORIASIS TREATMENTS WORK - New England Journal of Medicine COST OF TREATING RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS EXCEEDS THAT FOR OBESITY IN U.S. Karla Gale - (Reuters) FATIGUE OFTEN PRECEDES HEART ATTACKS IN WOMEN - Karla Gale - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING ACCELERATED IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS - (Reuters Health) DISABILITY LEVELS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ARE DECLINING IN U.S. - (Reuters Health) TROPICAL JUICE THAT STOPS THE PAIN OF ARTHRITIS - London Daily Mail TREATING DEPRESSION MAY EASE ARTHRITIS - Warner - WebMD Medical News CHILL OUT, OR FACE RISING HEALTH RISKS - Health Behaviors News Service/ Psychosomatic Medicine IRONING OUT BLOOD IMPURITIES - Louise Knapp - U.S. Department of Energy TULARIK INITIATES PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL OF T487 IN PSORIASIS -Business News Release Issue 57 12/30/03 Message #34341 DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR HEALTH RISK? ODDS ARE YOU DON'T--AND NEITHER MAY YOUR DOCTOR - DeNoon - WebMD GALLUP: CANCER, INFECTIONS CAUSE WORRY - Jeanie Lerche WebMD Medical News GET A NEW HIP, WALK HOME THAT DAY- Sid Kirchheimer WebMD Medical News HITTING THE GREENS CAN HURT YOUR HIPS - (HealthDayNews) SHOCK THERAPY FOR ROTATOR CUFF INJURY - Jeanie Lerche WebMD Medical News PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE COMPARISONS - U.S. AND CANADA - The Associated Press MEDICAL JOURNAL QUESTIONS HERBAL REMEDIES - CHICAGO (Reuters) TOP 10 ARTHRITIS ADVANCES OF 2003 - Warner - WebMD Medical News Issue 58 12/31/03 Message #34??? Newsletter Index for 2003 by issue number, date of release, and web page message number. Hope this has been helpful. Good Health to all, and Happy New Year Jack Newsletter Editor Cornishpro@... Issue 2003 12/31/03-24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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