Breast Augmentation And Reconstruction With Breast Implants Most research that has focused on autoimmune or connectivetissue diseases 13 Silicone Breast Implants in Relation to connective tissue diseases and http://www.center4research.org/implantfacts.html
Extractions: More women are getting breast implants than ever before. Last year, more than 250,000 women underwent breast implant surgery for augmentation and approximately 35,000 women underwent breast implant surgery for reconstruction after a mastectomy. Those numbers have been increasing each year; in fact, the number of women and teenage girls who underwent augmentation surgery more than doubled between 1997 and 2002 (101,176 in 1997 vs. 249,641 in 2002). The dramatic increase in breast implant surgery does not necessarily reflect a similarly dramatic increase in the number of women with breast implants, however. Many women who undergo surgery are replacing old implants that have broken or caused problems; some women report as many as ten or more surgeries as their implants are replaced over the years. There are no available statistics on how many women undergo their first breast implant surgery every year. Debate swirls over the risks of breast implants, and patients are justifiably confused by the conflicting information available. This summary provides information about what is known and not known about the risks of breast implants.
Caremark.com A general autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack a number of different scleroderma affects the connective tissue. autoimmune hemolytic anemia . http://www.caremark.com/wps/portal/_s.155/5522/.cmd/ad/.pm/-/.c/1703/.ce/5535/.p
Hill Health Topics A-Z - Anemia, Hemolytic, Cold Antibody American autoimmune Related diseases Association, Inc. 22100 Gratiot AvenueEastpointe, MI 48021 general Discussion. resources. For a Complete Report http://www.healthwise.net/hillhealth/Content/StdDocument.aspx?DOCHWID=nord723&SE
NEJM -- Sign In Risk of connectivetissue diseases and other disorders after breast First,the literature that Gabriel et al. cite on autoimmune disease in women with http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/331/18/1231
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Extractions: It is possible that the main title of the report Anemia, Hemolytic, Cold Antibody is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report. Cold Antibody Hemolytic Anemia is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by the premature destruction of red blood cells by the body's natural defenses against invading organisms (antibodies). Normally, the red blood cells have a life span of approximately 120 days before they are removed by the spleen. In individuals with Cold Antibody Hemolytic Anemia, the red blood cells are destroyed prematurely and bone marrow production of new cells can no longer compensate for their loss. The severity of the anemia is determined by the length of time that the red blood cells survive and by the capacity of the bone marrow to continue new red blood cell production. Immune Hemolytic Anemias may be subdivided by the temperatures at which the antibodies destroy red blood cells. As its name implies, Cold Antibody Hemolytic Anemia occurs at temperatures of approximately to 10 degrees centigrade (while Warm Antibody Hemolytic Anemia, for example, occurs at temperatures of 37 degrees or higher).
Diabetes Monitor - Understanding Autoimmune Disease *These diseases are also called connective tissue (muscle, skeleton, tendons, The development of an autoimmune disease may be influenced by the genes a http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/b125.htm
Extractions: understanding autoimmune disease Preface T his booklet contains information about autoimmune diseases . You will not find everything there is to know about autoimmune diseases here, however. In fact, the information presented here may prompt you to think of more questions about autoimmune diseases because autoimmune diseases are complex. We have tried to anticipate which terms will need further definition and clarification. Those terms, when they first appear in the text, are in italics. Italicized words and phrases are defined in the Glossary at the end of the booklet. You will find more in-depth and detailed resources at your local library or through your health care provider. The Internet is a valuable source of information as well. Start by doing a search on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Web site at http://www.nih.gov for information on the broad range of research conducted by NIH, including autoimmune diseases. Top What Are Autoimmune Diseases?
Autoimmune Hepatitis Finding Nutrition Studies on autoimmune Hepatitis. Federal resources on Nutrition Edema Mixed connective tissue Disease Vasodilation http://www.icongrouponline.com/health/Autoimmune_Hepatitis_Ph.html
Extractions: E B O O K Electronic File * E-Book version sent via e-mail in 2 business days Pages Price $34.95(USD) ISBN Published Synopsis In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. Since only the smallest fraction of information dealing with autoimmune hepatitis is indexed in search engines, such as www.google.com or others, a non-systematic approach to Internet research can be not only time consuming, but also incomplete. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. Related Conditions/Synonyms lupoid hepatitis Description This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to autoimmune hepatitis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to autoimmune hepatitis. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.
The Facts About Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease in which the joint lining becomes Scleroderma, a disease of the bodys connective tissue that causes a http://www.arthritis.org/resources/gettingstarted/default.asp
Extractions: Management Principles Number of Americans with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms: 1985 - 35 million 1990 - 37.9 million 1998 - nearly 43 million (1 in 6 people) 2005 66 million (nearly 1 in 3 adults) Arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic health problems and the nations leading cause of disability among Americans over age 15. Arthritis is second only to heart disease as a cause of work disability. Arthritis limits everyday activities such as walking, dressing and bathing for more than 7 million Americans. Arthritis results in 39 million physician visits and more than a half million hospitalizations. Costs to the U.S. economy totals more than $86.2 billion annually. Arthritis affects people in all age groups including nearly 300,000 children.
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Job Accommodation Network Large Blue Traingle Bullet American autoimmune Related diseases Association, general resources for the Hearing Impaired Schools for the Deaf, http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/disspec.htm
Extractions: INFORMATION RESOURCES BY SPECIFIC DISABILITIES Addictions: Alcoholism Drug Addiction Eating Disorder Cardiovascular and Pulmonary: Asthma Heart Conditions Respiratory Cognitive and Developmental: Attention Deficit Disorder Autism Learning Disability Mental Retardation ... Phenylketonuria Pediatric and Genetic: Cerebral Palsy Down Syndrome Marfan Syndrome Polio Endocrine: Diabetes Hematology and Oncology: Cancer Immunology and Allergic: AIDS/HIV Allergies Asthma Ataxia ... Other Immune Deficiencies Liver, Kidney, and Intestinal: Biliary Atresia Intestinal Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Kidney ... Liver Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue: Arthritis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Pain Cumulative Trauma Disorders ... Spina Bifida Neurological: Alzheimer's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Charcot-Marie-Tooth Epilepsy ... Traumatic Brain Injury Psychiatric: BiPolar Depression Mental Illness Obsessive Compulsive Disorders ... Schizophrenia Sensory: Hearing Vision Other: Burns Neurofibromatosis Migraine Headaches East Harlem HIV Care Network: The HIV CARE Network is a non-profit community based organization providing treatment counseling and referrals.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical Overview Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease females may beANA positive and never develop lupus or other connective tissue disease. http://cerebel.com/lupus/overview.htm
Extractions: Recommended Lupus Books Shop for Lupus Introduction Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, usually life-long, potentially fatal autoimmune disease characterized by unpredictable exacerbations and remissions with protean clinical manifestations. In SLE there is a predilection for clinical involvement of the joints, skin, kidney, brain, serosa, lug, heart and gastrointestinal tract. Women and minorities are disproportionately affected and SLE is most common in women of child-bearing age although it has ben reported in both extremes of life (e.g. diagnosed in infants and in the tenth decade of life). The prevalence in the Unites States had been estimated as approximately 500,000 but a recent telephone survey commissioned by the Lupus Foundation of America suggested a prevalence of as many as 2,000,000. A recent study identified a prevalence of 500 per 100,000 (1:200) in women residing in the area surrounding Birmingham, Alabama. The prognosis for patients with SLE has greatly improved over the last few decades with at least 80-90% of all patients surviving ten years. Thereafter life expectancy approximates that of age matched controls. This improvement reflects the general advancements in health care (i.e. dialysis, antibiotics, antihypertensives, newer immunosuppressives with more favorable efficacy to toxicity ration) but also the specialized care available for patients with SLE.
EMedguides.com EMedguides.com general resources Awards and Honors National Institute of Arthritis andMusculoskeletal Nerve Entrapment Disorders of Joints and connective tissue http://www.emedguides.com/topics.jsp?guide_id=4
Guam Medical Libraries Digital Libraries Program Pediatrics resources See also general Pediatrics resources Other ConnectiveTissue diseases Access document. general Considerations Access document http://guam-dl.slis.ua.edu/clinical/rheumatology/autoimmune/dermatomyositis.html
Extractions: Clinical Resources by Topic: Musculoskeletal Disorders Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis Clinical Resources Emergency Pediatrics Geriatrics Atlases ... Miscellaneous Resources See also: Section V - Evaluation of Generalized and Localized Symptoms: Access document Habif: Clinical Dermatology 4th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult):
Saline Filled Breast Implant Surgery: Making An Informed Decision Breast disease and connective tissue disease (CTD) were reported in some general resources about Implants. Upon request, you will be provided with a http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/labeling/mentor_patient_labeling_5900.htm
Extractions: Implant Surgery The purpose of this brochure is to assist you in making an informed decision about breast augmentation and breast reconstruction surgery. This educational brochure is set up to help you talk with your surgeon, as well as provide you with general information on breast implant surgery and give you specific details about Mentor breast implants. What Gives the Breast Its Shape? The breast consists of milk ducts and glands, surrounded by fatty tissue that provides its shape and feel. Situated beneath the breast is the pectoralis major muscle or chest muscle. Factors such as pregnancy (when milk glands are temporarily enlarged), rapid weight loss, and the effects of gravity as you age combine to stretch the skin, which may cause the breast to droop or sag. What Is a Saline-Filled Breast Implant?
SCLERODERMA RESOURCES AUTOIMMUNITY IN SCLERODERMA ``Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease Mixed connective tissue Disorder (MCTD) This autoimmune Disease Web Ring site is http://www.edae.gr/scleroderma.html
Extractions: HELLENIC ASSOCIATION DERMATOLOGY - VENEREOLOGY SCLERODERMA RESOURCES A Case of Bleomycin-induced Scleroderrna A page with great "News" links A page with information about Raynaud's Disease A page with Scleroderma links ... Abnormal IgG cardiolipin antibody titers in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and/or related disorders: Prevalence and clinical significance Michel Vayssairat, MD, Nisen Abuaf, MD, Nathalie Baudot, MD, Antoine Deschamps, MD, and Jean Pierre Gaitz, MD -Journal of the American Academ of Dermatology, April 1998 volume 38 number 4 Alamo Chapter Support Group of San Antonio Alliance of Genetic Support Groups Alopecia alt.support.scleroderma Usenet newsgroup concerning scleroderma American Academy of Dermatologists American Association of Retired Persons American College of Rheumatology The American College of Rheumatology is an organization of physicians, health professionals, and scientists that serves its members through programs of education, research and advocacy that foster excellence in the care of people with arthritis, and rheumatic, and musculoskeletal diseases. For more information about the organization, including a membership application, see our general information. American Medical Association American Occupational Therapy Association Antibodies in Scleroderma Arthritis Foundation ... Association des Sclerodermiques de France `` La Sclérodermie est une maladie rare mais sérieuse, qui affecte essentiellement la peau, mais aussi, dans sa forme généralisée ou systémique ,les organes internes (rein, coeur, poumons, etc...) pouvant ainsi mettre en jeu le pronostic fonctionnel et vital du malade. Le terme «Sclérodermie» décrit assez bien en lui seul le principal signe ou symptôme de la maladie. Du grec «skleros» : dur et «derma» : peau, sclérodermie signifie donc «durcissement de la peau ».
Sjogrens College Offers Resource for Sjögren s Syndrome Patients. See Also frequentlyassociated with connective tissue diseases or other autoimmune diseases. http://www.tambcd.edu/salivary/
Extractions: General Home About the College Baylor Dental Record Online Event Calendar ... Severe Weather Closing Info Academics HSC Faculty Manual Student Development BCD Academic Catalog Health Sciences Library ... Restorative Sciences Alumni Alumni Services Services Biopsy Service Craniofacial Research Fluoride Analysis Lichen Planus Support Group ... Sterilization Monitoring Salivary Dysfunction Clinic A Patient's Story Baylor College of Dentistry is a founding partner of the innovative Sjögren's Multi-Specialty Referral Center, initiated earlier this year by the college's Salivary Dysfunction Clinic in the Department of Periodontics. It is a cooperative effort of Baylor College of Dentistry, Baylor University Medical Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. This new center enhances collaboration among medical and dental specialists in the care of Sjögren's patients, according to Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi, director of the Salivary Dysfunction Clinic and coordinator of the new center. It affords a unified and organized way of referring patients with Sjögren's syndrome to specialists in ophthalmology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, dermatology and psychology as well as oral/salivary dysfunction.
Health Information Web Resources Arthritis and connective tissue Disorders. Arthritis Foundation AARDA AmericanAutoimmune Related diseases Association Contains patient information and http://www-library.ncifcrf.gov/health4.asp
Extractions: Text Version Site Index Off-Site Access HEALTH INFORMATION WEB RESOURCES Information found on or via this site is not intended to replace advice from physicians or other health care professionals but to assist NCI-Frederick employees in making informed decisions regarding their health care choices. NCI-Frederick employees are encouraged to consult Occupational Health Services (OHS) health care professionals with health questions and other information found through this or any other means which may impact their health via the OHS Web site, via e-mail , or by calling x1096. Please note the following criteria used to select links contained on this page: L inks to sites by no means represent the full amount of information on any given subject that may be found on the World Wide Web. Links represent information not published by NCI, the Scientific Library, or Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, unless otherwise noted. Most sites are selected from government and non-profit agencies, professional associations and academic institutions with programs in specialized topics. They have been chosen on the basis of authority, scope, currency, and stability. Private or corporate sites included have been highly rated by reviewers specializing in web site evaluation.
OWH Newsletters Fall, 2000 Mixed connective tissue disease 81 Chronic active hepatitis 81 Graves disease/hyperthyroiditis American autoimmune Related diseases Association, Inc. http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/womenshealth/newsletters/fall_2000.htm
Arthritis, Connective Tissue And Skin Study Section [ACTS] Arthritis and connective tissue This area includes inheritable, the etiologyand pathogenesis of organspecific and systemic autoimmune diseases. http://cms.csr.nih.gov/PeerReviewMeetings/CSRIRGDescription/MOSSIRG/ACTS.htm
Extractions: ACTS Roster The Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin Sciences [ACTS] Study Section reviews basic and clinical research applications dealing with the biology and diseases of joints, connective tissue, and skin. Specific areas covered by ACTS: Arthritis and Connective Tissue: This area includes inheritable, inflammatory and degenerative diseases of joints and connective tissues, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogrenâs syndrome, osteoarthritis, scleroderma, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, polymyalgia rheumatica, fibromyalgia, palindromic arthritis, Lyme arthritis, septic arthritis, juvenile arthritis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, crystal-induced diseases, and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases. Biology of the joint and connective tissue: structure and function of cartilage, bone, ligaments, tendons, synovium, extracellular matrix, capsule, joint fluid, blood vessels, innervation, articular cartilage, muscle, skin, immune system and other organs affected by rheumatic diseases.
