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"Finally, comprehensive information in one book we all - mother, father, and patient - can understand with information to relieve the angst of countless questions and sleepless nights." - Jacquelyne DenUyl, mother of Eric, juvenile dermatomyositis."Everything you need to know has been carefully put together here in this one source. If your child has myositis and you want the best possible results, you need to read this book!" - Thomas J. A. Lehman, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery in NY, and Author of "It's Not Just Growing Pains.""This gem of a book is a great resource to educate, remove some of the fears, and provide hope for anyone faced with living with this disease." - John H. Klippel, MD, President and CEO, Arthritis Foundation.This comprehensive resource for patients, families, and healthcare providers has been written and edited by medical experts in juvenile myositis. It summarizes much of what is known about this rare but serious autoimmune disease in which the body's own defense system attacks muscle and other healthy tissues. It is an indispensable resource for families of children with myositis and their healthcare teams. By reading this book, you will: 1. Learn what juvenile myositis (JM) is and how to explain it to children; 2. Understand the symptoms of JM, tests used to diagnose it, and how to find medical help; 3. Find strategies to help your child adjust to physical limitations and to cope with JM as a family; 4. Understand treatment options and how health professionals track your child's progress; 5. Gain information on different aspects of JM, including long-term outcomes; and, 6. Discover a number of resources to assist you in the fight against your child's myositis.Proceeds from the sale of this book will help fund further research into juvenile myositis. ... Read more

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A review of Myositis and You
This book is an excellent resource for anyone dealing with, or wanting to know more about this rare group of diseases. Since I've actually met some of the contributing authors I can honestly say this book is an intelligent and well thought out body of medical research. It is well worth the purchase price, especially if your child is afflicted by one of these diseases. Chapter 28 has good information on overlap conditions that occur with Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

Invaluable information
This book is very informative on juvenile dermatomyositis.It is very helpful in teaching you what to expect in every stage of the disease, whether you are the child, parent, family member or friend.It explains the possible medications needed and their side effects.I refer to it almost daily.It has been an invaluable tool for us!

Very Informative
I'm 19 and I've had DM since I was 2. This book (edited by my doctor Lauren Pachman) is extremely informative and has everything you need to correctly help you or your child. I highly recommend this book to anybody that has Myositis or anybody that is a parent or family member of somebody with any form of Myositis. ... Read more

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Inclusion-body myositis (IBM) is now understood to be an important degenerative muscle disease. The sporadic type (s-IBM) is probably the most common muscle disease among those ailments that strike first in adulthood (particularly people over 50). The hereditary type (h-IBM) affects younger patients. This book is devoted entirely to s-IBM and h-IBM. Contributors discuss what is understood about the basic scientific foundations of IBMs, the varied aspects of the pathology of IBMs, and the application of clinical treatments. One particular emphasis of the book is on the hereditary aspects of IBM and genetic predispositions to the disease. ... Read more

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Inclusion-Body Myositis - technical but useful
One of the very few publications for this very rare condition.I found it useful but very technical and granular. I had to force myself through the more technical sections, but found enough useful to assist in helping afriend.I certainly encourage readers to obtain this reference book eventhough it is pricey and tough reading.It is one of the very few tittleson the subject.My health care contacts at Stanford Medical, and QueensHospital in Hawaii found it useful.One thing there is not.There is nocure, and no recognized treatment prescribed.I look forward to that day. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Myositis," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Myositis in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Myositis when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Myositis, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to inclusion body myositis (also Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on inclusion body myositis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. ... Read more

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I expected more.
The Icon Health Publication Group publishes a number (24) of guides on very rare diseases (like IBM and CIDP) and also on some exceedingly rare diseases (for example, Stiff person [man] syndrome). So, as a person with IBM, I was anxious to read a book devoted to the topic. The book was a disappointment. Unfortunately, the book is not really about IBM. More unfortunate, the material presented on IBM isn't very good.

The book is presented as a sourcebook for patients and to a large degree it is - patients in general, not patients with IBM. It also says it is a revised and updated directory for the internet age. A book about internet sites is almost an oxymoron - in the rapidly changing landscape of medical research and the internet how current is it? Not very as we will see.

Most of the book presents very generic information obtained from the internet and adapted by the editors (I can see why they don't call themselves authors - it appears that they did not write much of the material themselves). Sadly, the phrase inclusion body myositis is simply inserted where appropriate - where the name of any disease could just as easily be substituted. I imagine that the other books in the series simply reprint a great deal of this basic information on internet health care and disease resources.

The book has a jumpy and pasted together feeling - like the editors just put material in to fill up space.

Some illustrations are in order. First we are presented a description of IBM "adapted from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke" (an excellent organization to be sure). We are told that IBM is "very similar" to polymyositis. In fact, the two diseases share initial symptoms that are very similar (thus IBM is often misdiagnosed as polymyositis), but the two diseases are in fact very different beasts.

On page 11 we are told in four sentences that there is no standard course of treatment for IBM. No specific treatments are mentioned.

We are presented with the web addresses of a number of organizations offering pamphlets and brochures on IBM. Page 15 presents us with the results of an internet search the editors did producing a "recent" posting dated 1999 (this book is dated 2002).

A running glossary is presented at the end of each chapter and to ensure a few more pages, the items are presented a second time at the end of the book. Many important terms are missed, for example, autoimmune is used in a definition from the Myositis Association of America (now The Myositis Association) on page 15 without any explanation or background. We are directed to webpages that offer criteria for the myopathies but no diagnostic criteria are offered directly.

Support groups are mentioned but again the references are mostly generic. Specific IBM support groups are largely ignored, for example, the excellent http://www.myositissupportgroup.org/IBM/ Information is presented on how to find a Doctor and how to find a neurologist but the reader is left in the lurch as to whom, if anyone specializes in IBM. A list of 5 or 10 of the clinics across North America with an interest or specialty in IBM would have been appreciated.

A strength of the web is that a search will produce thousands of hits on even an obscure topic. Readers (in this case, the editors) must be careful consumers to judge what is relevant, credible and useful to include. For example, I don't know how useful it is to include a 1918 publication on myositis ossificans progressiva under the section books on IBM. To their credit, they do reference the only book ever published on the clinical aspects of IBM, the volume by Askanas et al (1998). But, I did not see "Coping with a Myositis Disease" by James Kilpatrick, a collection of patient's personal stories (2000).

Chapter 6 is more cut and paste, again of questionable relevance. Under multimedia on IBM, we find films on the diagnosis of anemia and the prediction of adult height.

Chapter 7 refers us to publications from the Inclusion Body Myositis Association. Unfortunately, this organization no longer exists. Some basic fact checking would have led the editors to discover that "The Inclusion Body Myositis Association became the Myositis Association of America in 1996, when it expanded to include polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). As of January 1, 2003, the name changed to The Myositis Association (TMA)." My quote is from The Myositis Association, https://www.myositis.org/about_tma/

I will also note that IBM is now under the umbrella of The Muscular Dystrophy Association and they also provide a lot of useful information on IBM, see: http://www.mdausa.org/home.html

In appendix A, on page 90, a list of IBM medications is compiled (notwithstanding the section on page 11 on treatment). This list is a "sample", one that only includes azathioprine and various corticosteroids. IVIG is curiously missing from this sampling; even more curious is where IVIG turns up - under the subsequent section on "complementary and alternative medicine." Again, the editor's lack of specific knowledge about IBM is illustrated in this section when they list an article on high-dose vitamin C therapy for IBM but fail to even mention the use of coenzyme Q10 and L-Carnitine in the treatment of IBM.

The section "finding studies on IBM" - information on dietary supplements lists several studies that do not appear to belong in the section, for example, a study on weakness progression in cases treated with methotrexate.

A more honest approach would have seen Icon publish one book on how to find and use research and medical information on the internet with chapters or appendices on each rare disorder. In the current book, only about 5 pages can be distilled on IBM and unfortunately, these materials are not very good.

The reviewer has IBM and has presented a great deal of information on the disorder in a web page that can be found at: http://members.shaw.ca/btillieribm/

I expected more.
The Icon Health Publication Group publishes a number (24) of guides on very rare diseases (like IBM and CIDP) and also on some exceedingly rare diseases (for example, Stiff person [man] syndrome). So, as a person with IBM, I was anxious to read a book devoted to the topic. The book was a disappointment. Unfortunately, the book is not really about IBM. More unfortunate, the material presented on IBM isn't very good.

The book is presented as a sourcebook for patients and to a large degree it is - patients in general, not patients with IBM. It also says it is a revised and updated directory for the internet age. A book about internet sites is almost an oxymoron - in the rapidly changing landscape of medical research and the internet how current is it? Not very as we will see.

Most of the book presents very generic information obtained from the internet and adapted by the editors (I can see why they don't call themselves authors - it appears that they did not write much of the material themselves). Sadly, the phrase inclusion body myositis is simply inserted where appropriate - where the name of any disease could just as easily be substituted. I imagine that the other books in the series simply reprint a great deal of this basic information on internet health care and disease resources.

The book has a jumpy and pasted together feeling - like the editors just put material in to fill up space.

Some illustrations are in order. First we are presented a description of IBM "adapted from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke" (an excellent organization to be sure). We are told that IBM is "very similar" to polymyositis. In fact, the two diseases share initial symptoms that are very similar (thus IBM is often misdiagnosed as polymyositis), but the two diseases are in fact very different beasts.

On page 11 we are told in four sentences that there is no standard course of treatment for IBM. No specific treatments are mentioned.

We are presented with the web addresses of a number of organizations offering pamphlets and brochures on IBM. Page 15 presents us with the results of an internet search the editors did producing a "recent" posting dated 1999 (this book is dated 2002).

A running glossary is presented at the end of each chapter and to ensure a few more pages, the items are presented a second time at the end of the book. Many important terms are missed, for example, autoimmune is used in a definition from the Myositis Association of America (now The Myositis Association) on page 15 without any explanation or background. We are directed to webpages that offer criteria for the myopathies but no diagnostic criteria are offered directly.

Support groups are mentioned but again the references are mostly generic. Specific IBM support groups are largely ignored, for example, the excellent http://www.myositissupportgroup.org/IBM/ Information is presented on how to find a Doctor and how to find a neurologist but the reader is left in the lurch as to whom, if anyone specializes in IBM. A list of 5 or 10 of the clinics across North America with an interest or specialty in IBM would have been appreciated.

A strength of the web is that a search will produce thousands of hits on even an obscure topic. Readers (in this case, the editors) must be careful consumers to judge what is relevant, credible and useful to include. For example, I don't know how useful it is to include a 1918 publication on myositis ossificans progressiva under the section books on IBM. To their credit, they do reference the only book ever published on the clinical aspects of IBM, the volume by Askanas et al (1998). But, I did not see "Coping with a Myositis Disease" by James Kilpatrick, a collection of patient's personal stories (2000).

Chapter 6 is more cut and paste, again of questionable relevance. Under multimedia on IBM, we find films on the diagnosis of anemia and the prediction of adult height.

Chapter 7 refers us to publications from the Inclusion Body Myositis Association. Unfortunately, this organization no longer exists. Some basic fact checking would have led the editors to discover that "The Inclusion Body Myositis Association became the Myositis Association of America in 1996, when it expanded to include polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). As of January 1, 2003, the name changed to The Myositis Association (TMA)." My quote is from The Myositis Association, https://www.myositis.org/about_tma/

I will also note that IBM is now under the umbrella of The Muscular Dystrophy Association and they also provide a lot of useful information on IBM, see: http://www.mdausa.org/home.html

In appendix A, on page 90, a list of IBM medications is compiled (notwithstanding the section on page 11 on treatment). This list is a "sample", one that only includes azathioprine and various corticosteroids. IVIG is curiously missing from this sampling; even more curious is where IVIG turns up - under the subsequent section on "complementary and alternative medicine." Again, the editor's lack of specific knowledge about IBM is illustrated in this section when they list an article on high-dose vitamin C therapy for IBM but fail to even mention the use of coenzyme Q10 and L-Carnitine in the treatment of IBM.

The section "finding studies on IBM" - information on dietary supplements lists several studies that do not appear to belong in the section, for example, a study on weakness progression in cases treated with methotrexate.

A more honest approach would have seen Icon publish one book on how to find and use research and medical information on the internet with chapters or appendices on each rare disorder. In the current book, only about 5 pages can be distilled on IBM and unfortunately, these materials are not very good.

The reviewer has IBM and has presented a great deal of information on the disorder in a web page that can be found at: http://members.shaw.ca/btillieribm/ ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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Myositis refers to inflammation of the muscles ("MYO"means muscle and "ITIS" means inflammation). Myositis is a mysterydisease in several diseases:

Polymyositis (PM) means inflammation of many muscles.

Dermatomyositis (DM) means inflammation of many muscles and skin

Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) means inflammation of many muscles with"Inclusion" (abnormal protein deposits) and vacoules (holes) in themuscle cells and fibers.Virtually 95% of physicians are unlearned about this chronic, lifetimemuscle disorder. So little information is given to the patients afterthey have finally been diagnosed, but offered no further informationabout the future expectations might be.

The four Myositis diseases have individual case reports from patientswith the diseases, telling how the disease affected them, theirfamilies, their working and the dark future that no physician had toldthem would happen.

The Myositis patients are telling their stories to help newlydiagnosed Myositis individuals learn more about the disease, what toexpect.Several Neurologists who have read the stories have said thebook will be a great teacher to the medical profession because thestories give a glimpse into the daily life, the philosophy on the mindand inner workings of the patient's body; whereas the medicalprofession can only ascertain what they learn through diagnosticprocedures. ... Read more

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Outstanding book with real patient stories
I personally purchased this book after purchasing many Medical Textbooks dealing with Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Sjogrens, Psoriasis, and auto-immune diseases in general. Why, because I have these uncureable diseases and have been suffering with a more severe case for the past 3-5 years with no hope for a cure, no sign of remission, and still hoping for relief and a more mnormal life. My biggest problem has been getting my family, friends, and doctors to have some kind of idea what I am going through. I also had to deal with doctors who thought I was first imagining this and refering me to a psychiatrist instead of a rheumatologist or neurologist who could have started treating me a lot sooner and I would probably be able to use my muscles today.

This book has 50 of the greatest patient stories that can be applied to patients with all 385 Auto-immune disease and probably even cancer patients as well since these diseses are associated with cancer. Reading these stories will make a grown man tear up and have joy that I am not nuts, just depressed because of my pain and suffering. You will gain a better understanding of the Myositis diseases, patients who don't have all of the symptoms, patients who have most of the symptoms, and patients who have more symptoms above the medical definintions of the specific auto-immune diseases. For example when the doctor tells you that you have Polymyositis or Dermatomyositis and only the proximial muscles can be involved, and in fact you have the distal muscles also involved. Or when you are misdiagnosed with Polymyositis instead of Dermatomyositis because the doctors don't see the rash at its worse flaring time and finally you show up with Gottron Papules all over your knuckles, Helitope on your face (eyelids, bridge of nose), and V Sign on your neck and upper chest and then he tells you that is part of the Dermatomyositis, all you can say is Thank You for the new diagnosis. But I learned to understand why doctors proceed with caution on their diagnosis and then adjust as the disease progresses to be more defined signs.

Great book and in my opinion should be printed with a newer revision some day with more stories from those patients who can still write and provide insight to this kind of book.

Thank you to the patients, authors, and editors of such a great book.

This book was delivered as promised via Amazon.com. I could not put the book down for a few days until I read it. It told me everything I wanted to know about Autoimmune diseases and more, and gave me much more appreciation for my Rheumatologists Doctors Philip Sedrish and Marielisa Sedrish at Gulfcoast Rheumatology at Slidell Memorial Hospital. They have been doing everything like clock work with me and I have been a very trying case for especially for Dr Philip Sedrish. These doctors are definitely experts in Rheumatology and all the other Auto-Immune Neuromuscular and Skin Diseases such as (RA, PM, DM, IBM, Sjogrens, Scleroderma, Lupus, ALS, etc...) that go along with their specialty. They referred me to the best specialists: Dermatology - Dr Eric Tabor; Cardiology - Dr Ignatius Thomas; Pulmonology - Doctor Dennis Dale and Doctor Janine Parker; Opthamology- Dr David Slagle; Gastroenternology - Dr Anthony Albright. These doctors all work well with each other and me to address all my symptoms associated with Dermatomyositis, Sjogrens, and Psoriasis. Thanks to these doctors, I have not had to drive 100 miles a trip to the MDA Clinic at Children'sHospital in New Orleans or even further as may others end up doing.

Thank you to the authors of this book and my friends from The Myositis Association, Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis forum.

I recommend this book to anyone diagnosed with a Auto-Immune Disease and associated Cancer.

Bill Morell
Diagnosed with Dermatomyositis, Sjogrens Syndrome, and Psoriasis.

testimonials from sufferers
This book is only testimonials from other sufferers.It will give you "ah hah" moments to let you know you are not alone with this affliction, but it doesn't really tell you anything to help your situation.

Coping with a Myositis Disease
The Coping with Myositis disease is a great book & very informative.I had ordered this book for myself about a year or more ago & this one I bought for a friend. She was also exited about it.It's almot imposible to find information about Inclusion Body Myositis.

The quick delivery was amazing & especially around the holidays.Thank you very much for making this available.

Review of Coping with a Myositis Disease
This was a very interesting, although somewhat disheartening, book. It is a group of case studies told by the patients who suffer from myositis.Often the cases seemed quite hopeless, therefore, it was hard for someone also suffering the disease to have much hope.The book also should have been edited for grammatical mistakes.

A fantastic insight into Mysosis for a DM sufferer
There are very few publications out there providing supporting information for Myosis sufferers.This one provides a great insight into the disease as well as the specific variations ie (DM).The case studies are particularly interesting and useful. It's great to see how others are coping with their disease and how most are recovering well.This is an American publication, I have not managed to find any UK publications for this condition. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: If treatment fails, think inclusion body myositis.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Author: Diana Mahoney
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37Issue: 21Page: 38(1)

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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory muscle disease, characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of both distal and proximal muscles, most apparent in the muscles of the arms and legs. There are two types - sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (hIBM). In sporadic inclusion body myositis [MY-oh-sigh-tis] muscle, two processes, one autoimmune and the other degenerative, appear to occur in the muscle cells in parallel. The inflammation aspect is characterized by the cloning of T cells that appear to be driven by specific antigens to invade muscle fibers. The degeneration aspect is characterized by the appearance of holes in the muscle cell vacuoles, deposits of abnormal proteins within the cells and in filamentous inclusions (hence the name inclusion body myositis). sIBM is a rare disease, the most recent research, done in Australia, indicates that the incidence of IBM varies and is different in different populations and different ethnic groups. The authors found that the current prevalence was 14.9 per million in the overall population, with a prevalence of 51.3 per million population in people over 50 years of age. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Morgellons, Sensory Processing Disorder, Tension Myositis Syndrome, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Sensory Defensiveness, Wilson's Syndrome, Adrenal Fatigue, Eyology. Excerpt:Adrenal fatigue or hypoadrenia is a putative health disorder in which the adrenal glands are claimed to be exhausted and unable to produce adequate quantities of hormones , primarily cortisol . The term "adrenal fatigue" is a label sometimes applied to a collection of non-specific medically unexplained symptoms , but it is not a medical condition recognized by mainstream institutions. This is distinct from clinically defined adrenal dysfunction disorders such as adrenal insufficiency or Addison's Disease . The term "adrenal fatigue" is used by some practitioners of alternative medicine , who claim that adrenal fatigue is too mild to be picked up on standard blood tests of adrenal function. The concept has given rise to an industry of dietary supplements claiming to treat this supposed syndrome. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Eyology is a general term encompassing various forms of iridology , such as physical iridology and personality iridology, and sclerology . These are all alternative medicine practices which claim that various qualities of a person (physical, mental , emotional , personality, etc.) can be evaluated by the various markings in the irises and in the whites of the eyes . These claims are generally not accepted by mainstream science. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Leaky gut syndrome describes a condition of altered or damaged bowel lining, caused by antibiotics , toxins , poor diet, parasites or infection can lead to increased permeability of the gut wall to toxins,... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by Thomson Gale on July 15, 2006. The length of the article is 694 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Severe statin-induced problems rare in diabetes: statin users had higher myopathy and myalgia rates, but not higher myositis and rhabdomyolysis rates.
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 15, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39Issue: 14Page: 44(1)

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of myositis including dermatomyositis and polymyositis. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Combined Health Information Database (CHID), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Contents include clinical and medical information, with information on signs, symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, research, and more.

In addition, as a bonus we have included an encyclopedic collection of general medical and health documents – thousands of pages with extensive material from the NIH on hundreds of diseases and health topics from A to Z, along with government consumer healthcare tips, disease prevention programs, dietary guidelines, and travelers’ health information. Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 73 of the best sites for medical information! By using weblinks on the CD-ROM, you can quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government.

This CD-ROM has over 32,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1626 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1785 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Inclusion body myositis associated with celiac sprue and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (Case Report).
Author: Sandra F. Williams
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 96Issue: 7Page: 721(3)

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