Word: rheumatoid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thyroxine from the thyroid glands of cattle, a development of importance to patients whose growth had been stunted by hormonal deficiencies. In 1930 he began research into the secretions of the adrenal cortex, and during eight years isolated six hormones, including cortisone, a substance effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Addison's disease and other ailments...
...determine the effect of aspirin and indomethacin on human ovulation, Behrman and Orczyk are beginning preliminary studies with women who take large amounts of aspirin and indomethacin for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis...
...realize: he has a cousin on welfare. Philip Milhous, 55, whose father was the President's uncle, lost his small chain-saw business in Grass Valley, Calif., after he had a heart attack in 1966. Welfare and Social Security payments were not enough; his wife Anna, 47, has rheumatoid arthritis, and they needed someone to help keep house. The Milhouses turned to the California Rural League Assistance project, recently under attack by Governor Reagan for inadequate service to the poor. Within days of CRLA intervention, the state agreed to supply Phil and Anna Milhous with money for a helper...
...July, twelve-year-old Venus Yates lay in Los Angeles County General Hospital under intensive care for rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever and a tumor on her spine. Against the hospital's wishes, Venus' parents took her on a stretcher to one of Kuhlman's monthly services in the Shrine Auditorium. As the service neared its end, Venus' mother suddenly said, "You're cured!" Medical tests for the ailments now prove entirely negative...
...migraines is likely to find that they strike more often and more severely after she goes on the Pill. Others may suffer their first, alarming and hideously painful migraine when taking the Pill. Among other "contraindications," as doctors call them, are diabetes, liver disease, breast cancer and possibly rheumatoid arthritis. Serious allegations against the Pill which cannot yet be proved or disproved are that it may cause genetic changes, or damage the fetus, as does thalidomide...