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Rheumatoid Arthritis, also known as “RA” is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints.
It is a disabling and painful inflammatory condition, which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction.
The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many [...]
Early Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis: Difficult But Important
The principal dilemma in current management of multiple sclerosis is that while early diagnosis enables damage-sparing treatment to begin, diagnosing MS too early increases the likelihood of treating people who don’t actually have the disease.
Current disease-modifying drugs are all given by injection and cost about $14,000 per year. Apart from being inconvenient and expensive, [...]