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NIAMS funds the North American Spondylitis Consortium

.The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.(NIAMS) has awarded $4.5 million to establish the North American Spondylitis.Consortium (NASC) to search for genes that determine susceptibility to.ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a rare but painful inflammatory disease of the.spine, primarily affecting men. The gene HLA-B27 is known to be linked to AS;.however, researchers...

NIAMS funds multicenter study of surgical vs. nonsurgical treatment of back pain

.Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of three back disorders will be studied in.1,450 patients at 11 medical. centers with funds awarded by the National Institute of Arthritis and.Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers at these.centers will compare the two. treatment approaches in patients who have a herniated (bulging) lu...
(Date:6/19/2013)... For years, Alzheimer,s researchers have focused on two ... Alzheimer,s and may contribute to the disease: plaques made ... protein, called tau. , But for the first time, ... two proteins independently, but at the interaction of the ... tissue of post-mortem Alzheimer,s patients and in mouse brains ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... Despite the fact that the incidence of cancer is ... age, we still have an inadequate understanding on how ... though elderly patients are occasionally included in clinical trials, ... ,healthy, (fit) elderly patients. Thus, the broader elderly patient ... EORTC Cancer in the Elderly Task Force is now ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... 2013 Chicago is cracking down on bed ... 50th Chicago Wards will require landlords to exterminate any and ... The ordinance also makes tenants responsible for reporting ... requests – which often include disposing of furniture, bedding, and ... reported that it did more bed bug business in Chicago ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... The Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international nonprofit ... the whole patient with the launch today of the ... inaugural event, held at the Newseum, will feature a ... Congress members who have made a significant impact on ... currently engaged in the cancer journey. ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... June 19, 2013 A brain tumor ... those closest to them. The sudden onset of symptoms, ... tumor has on a patient’s behavioral and cognitive functions ... the patient and family. The American Brain Tumor ... 26 and Saturday, July 27 in Chicago, focuses on ...
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