Scleroderma Media Coverage: March 2007

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March 2007

Voices Of Scleroderma Book Series Is A Collection Of Stories To Inspire, Support, And Educate Patients And Medical Professionals. The Voices of Scleroderma stories were gathered from the world's leading scleroderma website, www.sclero.org. The site's medical and support content holds eminent sway with global medical consumers and experts alike, with 1200+ pages in 23 languages. Medical News Today. 03/29/07. (Also see: How to Order the Voices of Scleroderma Books, Worldwide )

IBS Drug Zelnorm Taken Off U.S. Market. FDA: Voluntary Withdrawal Due to Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Chest Pain. A popular drug for irritable bowel syndrome and constipation was pulled from the U.S. market Friday amid new evidence that it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes. WebMD Medical News. March 30, 2007. (Also see: IBS )

More than just dry eyes. Sjogren's syndrome is often misdiagnosed. It may occur alone or with a connective tissue disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or scleroderma. It affects the entire body, ranging from mild to disabling. Deseret Morning News. 03/04/07. (Also see: Sjogren's Syndrome )

Women with little-known disease work to raise awareness. Dana Moreno and Connie Roberts have made it their mission to educate doctors - and everyone else - about Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune deficiency that debilitates through myriad avenues: the central nervous system first, then on to major organs and the lymphatic system. St. Petersburg Times, Hernando. 03/22/07. (Also see: Sjogren's Syndrome )

Sunshine could be key to getting enough Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is a common complaint in prenatal diets, but simply getting a bit more sunshine during pregnancy could hold the key to boosting productions of it. Pregnant mothers are particularly liable to develop vitamin D deficiency, and so they are at increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases. Bounty News. 03/08/07. (Also see: Pregnancy and Scleroderma and Causes of Scleroderma: Vitamin D Deficiency )

New Treatments Fight Graft-versus.-Host-Disease (GVHD) In Bone Marrow Transplant Patients. Using anti-inflammatory proteins in combination with steroids has yielded a response rate of over two-thirds, twice the traditional rate of complete response. Medical News Today. 02/06/07. (Also see: Graft-versus-Host-Disease )

When The Body Attacks Itself. Scientists Link 30 Genes To Multiple Sclerosis And Other Autoimmune Diseases. Newsweek. 01/22/07. (Also see: Causes of Scleroderma and Autoimmune Diseases)