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Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus
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Breathing Exercises Can Help Ease Asthma
Cancer Deaths Declining, Especially Among Young
Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke
Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts
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Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb
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Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
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Cleaning Products Up Nurses' Asthma Risk
Climate Change Could Sting Allergy, Asthma Sufferers
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Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
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Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma
Combo Therapy Helps Multiple Myeloma Patients
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CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis
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Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines
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Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged
Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
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Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA
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Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery
Exercise May Help in Leukemia Recovery
Experimental Drug Fights Bone Marrow Cancers
Experimental Drug May Dampen Severe Asthma
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Before Birth Affects DNA
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
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FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair
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FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients
FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
FDA Warns Users on Psoriasis Drug
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Flu Shot May Be Less Effective in Those With Lupus
Folic Acid Late in Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Kids
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Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis
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Gene Studies Reveal Cancer's Secrets
Gene 'Switch' May Help Drive Excess Fluid in Lungs
Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome
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Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease
Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations
Global Warming May Bring More Respiratory Woes
Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test
Going Back to School With Asthma Takes Extra Work
Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Greener Neighborhoods Mean Slimmer Children
Group Urges Public to Take Free Asthma Tests in May
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed
Health Tip: Alleviating Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Health Tip: Avoid Your Child's Asthma Attacks
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Health Tip: Controlling Asthma
Health Tip: Controlling Asthma
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Health Tip: Dealing With Exercise-Induced Asthma
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Health Tip: Listen to Your Child's Breathing
Health Tip: Managing Your Child's Asthma
Health Tip: Pregnancy and Asthma
Health Tip: Rid Your Home of Dust Mites
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Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter
Herb May Offer Hope for Autoimmune Diseases
Herb Shows Potential for Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients
Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo
Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age
Hip, Knee Replacements Do Ease Symptoms
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Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later
Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases
Immune-Based Lymphoma Treatment Shows Promise
Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years
In Kids, Genes May Affect Leukemia Treatment
Incidence of Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Rise
Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients
Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls
Just Say No to Nuts During Pregnancy
Kids Who Wheeze With Rhinovirus at Higher Asthma Risk
Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value
Know Your Asthma Triggers
Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases
Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue
Leukemia Drug in High Dose Helps Survival
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Leukemia Risk From MS Drug May Be Up
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Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture Risk
Low Vitamin E, C Intake Tied to Asthma Risk
Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis
Lung Association Urges Back-to-School Asthma Checklist
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Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots
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Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis
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Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk
Mom's Stress in Pregnancy May Up Baby's Asthma and Allergy Risk
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New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell
New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins
New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients
New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia
New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
New Drug May Strengthen Women's Bones
New Drug Promising Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis
New Laser Approved to Treat Psoriasis
New Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise
New Psoriasis Pill Appears Effective
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Works for Adults, Children
New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly
New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment
New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice
New Treatments Improve Control for Severe Asthma
New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax
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No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin
No Place Safe From Allergies
Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients
Obesity May Dampen Response to Asthma Meds
Obesity May Worsen Impact of Asthma
Obesity Worsens Asthma
Obesity-Related Hormone Tied to Psoriasis
Occupational Therapy Plus Exercise Benefits Osteoarthritis
Once-a-Year Drug Helps Counter Steroid-Linked Bone Loss
One Gene May Be Key to Myeloma
One in Three Cancer Survivors on Unemployment Line
One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues
Ontak Approved to Treat T-Cell Lymphoma
Osteoporosis May Raise Risk for Vertigo
Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
Overall Health of U.S. Children a Mixed Bag
Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
Ozone-Depleting Inhalers Being Phased Out
Pain More a Cause of Arthritis Than a Symptom
Parental Stress Boosts Kids' Asthma Risk
People With GERD More Likely to Develop Asthma
Point-of-Sale Printers May Trigger Asthma
Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk
Popular Supplements Don't Work Against Arthritis: Study
Poverty May Aggravate Asthma
Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma
Prescription Chondroitin May Help Knee Osteoarthritis
Protein May Hold Key to Blocking Allergy-Induced Asthma
Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market
Psoriasis Poses Danger for More Serious Complications
Psoriasis Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death
Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's
Radioimmunotherapy After Chemo Safe for Common Lymphoma
Research Uncovers Clues to Lymphoma
Researchers Find Gene Mutation That Increases Asthma Risk
Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis
Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients
Rheumatoid Arthritis a Threat to the Heart
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk
Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Harm Gums
Rheumatoid Arthritis Rising Among U.S. Women
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated
Rising Heat, Humidity Raise Risk of Asthma Flares
School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks
Scientists Discover How Osteoarthritis Destroys Cartilage
Scientists Discover Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases
Scientists Find New Key to Lupus
Scientists Find Way to Dim Cancer Switch
Scientists Gain Insight Into Blood Cancer's Progression
Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease
Scientists Zero In on Elusive 'Allergy Gene'
Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior Woes
Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo
Signs of Leukemia Show Up Years Before Diagnosis
Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma
Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis
Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls
St. Louis Ranked America's 'Asthma Capital'
Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy
Steady Improvements Seen for Young Blood Cancer Patients
Stelara Approved for Psoriasis
Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials
Stomach Germ May Protect Against Asthma
Study Examines How Rheumatoid Arthritis Destroys Bone
Study Finds Multitude of Bacteria on Human Skin
Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis
Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks
Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds
Survival Rates Improve for Kids With Blood Cancers
Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder
Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors
Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids
Teens' Lung Health Is Linked to Their Diet
Thalidomide Continues to Show Benefits Against Myeloma
'The Pill' May Reduce Asthma Symptoms
TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treanda Treats Rare Cancer
Treat Mind, Body in RA Patients: Study
Treating Childhood Leukemia With Fewer Side Effects
Treatment May Limit Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Tree-Lined Streets Associated With Lower Childhood Asthma Rates
Two Asthma Meds May Be Too Risky, FDA Panel Says
U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids
U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time
U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region
U.S. Gets a 'D' for Preterm Birth Rates
Use of Kids' Meds on the Increase
Using Music and Sports to Improve Kids' Asthma
Vectical Ointment Approved for Psoriasis
Vitamin K Doesn't Slow Bone Loss
Web Is Becoming One-Stop Shopping for Health Help
Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis
Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk
With Psoriasis, the Internet May Offer Hope
Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span
World Trade Center Workers Twice as Likely to Have Asthma
Yoga Helps Those With Asthma
Young Gymnasts Facing Broad Range of New Injuries
Young Hodgkin Survivors Face Later Risk of Second Cancers