"Based on new draft guidance it seems that the FDA and NIH are teaming up in a big new way to punish those who are non-compliant with the...
Placebo effect & “the fade” after stem cell clinic shots "Sometimes when I talk about possible placebo effects with fans of stem cell clinics I...
Interesting. I have a congenital blood disease called "Hereditary Spherocytosis" which causes my red blood cells to be misshapen. "Hereditary...
Merged thread "Overall, the team found that female physicians outperformed their male colleagues, and their patients were, on the whole, more...
"The 2010 diagnostic criteria was updated in 2011 and most recently, in 2016. The 2010 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria removed the 18 tender...
I spent the past 4 years almost totally debilitated from pain, fatigue & neurological symptoms. Every specialist (various rheumatologists &...
When I was diagnosed (via surgery) with Endometriosis 3 and a half years ago I was hopeful that I had found the cause of my debilitating fatigue....
Interesting. Relapsing Polychondritis affects males and females equally. Perhaps that is more evidence pointing to it being a T-cell driven disease?
@Jonathan Edwards I appreciate you giving me your take on it. It's mostly all gooblygock to me, and what you've said about these "findings"...
"All of the Reviews are freely available for 6 months after going live online."
more from the same online resource... "Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is characterized by widespread, potentially destructive, inflammatory, and...
Great article. Really interesting stuff. I sure hope the volunteers who participate in these experiments (especially the one outlined in the...
@Jonathan Edwards as always I very much appreciate your scientific analysis and input. Same also goes to everyone else who has commented & "liked"...
"Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists...."...
I am a week away from hitting the 4 month mark since beginning treatment for RP. I am currently being treated with.... - 10mg Prednisone daily...
I'd be interested in undergoing the test if available in future. To see what result is like in someone such as myself who met the criteria for ME...
I imagine those who have VERY chronic treatment resistant migraines will be more than willing to take the risk of the unknown long-term risks, and...
Great news! Hopefully this proves to be the major breakthru that many neurologists think it is and that the people who need it are able to access...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-you-should-know-about-stem-cells-from-promising-research-to-dubious-uses/2018/04/29/430...
@Gingergrrl The only improvement I've experienced is that which I noted last month (resulting from the Prednisone)... "It has made the pain...
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