Rheumatoid arthritis

health consequences of cigarette smoke is well known. Smoking tobacco cigarettes causes coronary heart disease, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), stroke, cancer, birth defects, reduced infertility, cataracts, type two diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, other serious conditions, and death. According to the Center for Disease…

I the reduction of IL-2 and IFN- and both of the IL-2 and IFN- are generated by zinc supplements [13,34]. Zinc supplements have also found profound effect on the treatment of autoimmune disease. One study reported that the patients with rheumatoid arthritis were found to get beneficial effects from the symptoms of joint swelling, morning stiffness and walking by using zinc supplements…

The “behavioral manipulation” hypothesis proposes that a parasite can alter the behavior of a host in a way that will improve its chances of being retransmitted, without changing other innate behaviors. It has been hypothesized that T. gondii has evolved to specifically manipulate the behavior of rodents, its ideal secondary host, in order to improve its chances of being acquired by its definitive host, felines. Indeed, infection in mice and rats specifically abolishes innate fear of cat urine…

I. FACTS OF THE CASE Elmer Beard is an eighty-one-year-old patient at the Methodist Hospital who is suffering from a severe stroke, which left him in a coma and permanently paralyzed. Earlier, he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, angina, diabetes, congestive heart symptoms, gallstones, and cancer of the prostate. Shortly after receiving this news, Elmer fell into the stroke, and was admitted into the Methodist Hospital. Although Dr. James A. Duncan stated that Elmer Beard’s…

Delayed Dental Cleanings: Is Your Health At Risk When You Don't Have Your Teeth Checked? When you think of dental cleanings, you might be inclined to conclude they have more to do with helping you look better than feel better, but with today's advanced scientific understanding of how the human body works and what poses a threat to its healthy functioning, it's becoming abundantly clear that a clean mouth means much more than taking a better selfie: Dental health is directly related to overall…

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:13 Okay, may I be totally honest?? May I share what I have been going through these last couple of weeks?? I hope so... because I know that many of you are going through pain and struggles that seem greater then what you can handle. There are times when you don't know what to do... or where to turn and that is exactly what I have been facing!! I am like…

Personal story At the age of 22 I was electrocuted while working after going through therapy for over a year things seemed mostly back to normal. Around age 25 I started getting terrible migraines that would last for days. About 6 months after that I got the flu and everything that came with it including the achiness. The flu cleared up within a few days but the aches and fatigue remained. Most days I could barely get up to go to the bathroom much less do anything else. My husband had to help me…

SCIENCE As early as 9000 years ago, man’s first trip to the dentist resulted when a minimum of nine individuals survived the procedure of drilling holes into their molars in a Neolithic Indus Valley village in today’s Pakistan. Findings push the dawn of dentistry by 4000 years when a drilled molar was noticed in a Neolithic graveyard found in Denmark, to several years earlier. In fact, recent evidence hints the innovation of dentistry with drilled molars found in the teeth of 300 individuals…

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 08/12/1956. The member has a diagnosis of Restless Leg Syndrome. The member’s treating provider, Josette Johnson, MD recommended the member continue the use of Gralise ER 600mg tablets. The carrier has denied coverage of Gralise ER 600mg tablets as experimental and/or investigational and not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 03/21/2016, which states in part:…

Peripheral Neuropathy Overview- Peripheral neuropathy is a term that describes the damage to one or more of your peripheral nerves. This affects messages traveling between the central nervous system and the peripheral system. There are several conditions that may lead to peripheral neuropathy. Diabetes is the most common cause of chronic peripheral neuropathy. The sign and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy depend on which type of peripheral nerves are damaged (sensory, motor or autonomic nerves)…