Word: treatment
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...most victims arthritis simply means pain and stiffness in the joints--sometimes moderate, sometimes severe, usually responsive to treatment with one of a number of drugs. Pain can be just the beginning, though, for the more than 2 million Americans who suffer from the variant of the disease known as rheumatoid arthritis. This unfortunate minority may experience not just discomfort but also joint deformities, fatigue, nodules of tissue under the skin and inside internal organs and, in rare cases, inflammation of the membranes surrounding the heart and lungs...
...tumor necrosis factor before it can issue its call for reinforcements. The COX-2 inhibitors target prostaglandin production, limiting pain and inflammation. And the blood-filtration device, invented at Cypress Bioscience of San Diego, strips the blood of proteins that tell white cells (erroneously) what tissues to attack--a treatment so effective in clinical trials that the FDA review-and-approval process has been put on a faster track...
...more immediate problem is cost. Even at wholesale, Arava carries a price tag of about $3,000 for a year's treatment, and Enbrel could go for up to $10,000. Blood filtration might come in as high as $25,000. "It's expensive," admits Chad Deal of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, who participated in clinical trials of the blood-filtration system. "But the 10% to 20% of patients who aren't responding to other treatments are miserable, and their joints are still eroding." Given the alternative--and, with any luck, given reasonable insurance coverage--it's easy...
First a warning: An alternative treatment for prostate cancer called PC-SPES-a potent mix of eight herbs, including saw palmetto and licorice--may have unwanted side effects. A report out last week finds that while the herbal alternative does lower levels of PSA (a marker for the cancer), it may be linked to breast tenderness, loss of libido and possibly blood clots. Now some guidance for men undergoing traditional care. Those who have a slow-growing cancer can survive for years with conservative treatment, like periodic monitoring or hormonal therapy. But men with more aggressive cancer seem to fare...
According to The London Independent, a British couple has conceived a female baby using the treatment...