[neverdem]

SC ping

[nicolezmomma]

There is a therapy for scleradoma as well as rheumatic arthritis that has had some success at http://www.rheumatic.org that is a lot less toxic to the body than chemo.

[RoadTest]

They call it a rare disease. I know three people who have (had -one died from it) it in my circle of acquaintances. Not too rare.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

The research suggests that a regimen of intensive chemotherapy or total body irradiation, followed by a treatment in which stem cells are removed from a patient’s blood and then given back, “may actually reset the immune system,” Dr. Sullivan said, “leading to long-term control of autoimmune disease.”

I just got over a three week case of poison ivy, and I regret complaining incessantly about that, after reading this article.

[RichardW]

This is a very bad and fatal disease and usually strikes women.

[neverdem]

Cheap Solutions Cut AIDS Toll for Poor Kenyan Youths

Club drug finds use as antidepressant - Psychedelic ketamine hits the blues surprisingly fast.

Turkey fights Ebola-like fever outbreak

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