Fw: RLS - Celebrex: Housecall from Mayo Clinic Health Oasis

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I just received this. Check below about what they say about Celebrex. I

think someone in the group wrote about Celebrex recently. CHEERS!!

Housecall from Mayo Clinic Health Oasis

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>HOUSECALL from Mayo Clinic Health Oasis -- WEEKEND EDITION

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>April 22, 1999

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>Welcome to the WEEKEND EDITION of HOUSECALL, the free e-mail bulletin for

>users of Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (www.mayohealth.org). Save WEEKEND

>HOUSECALL for weekend browsing. We hope you enjoy this new free issue of

>HOUSECALL. And thanks for subscribing!

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> NEW ON OASIS:

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> " Medical marijuana - The jury's still out "

>In 1998, voters in six states approved medical marijuana ballot

initiatives.

>The public is demonstrating interest in making this drug available for

>seriously ill patients, but the research on its benefits is not complete.

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9605/htm/marijuan.htm

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> " Milk allergy "

>If you're allergic to milk, what can you use in its place? A Mayo Clinic

>dietitian has several suggestions and provides a list of products and

>ingredients that contain milk.

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/askdiet/htm/new/qd990421.htm

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> " Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Careful diagnosis is crucial "

>The exchange of life-sustaining oxygen in your lungs goes on 24 hours a

day,

>usually without you ever thinking about it. But if you have idiopathic

>pulmonary fibrosis, breathing becomes progressively more difficult as your

>body becomes starved of oxygen. There is no cure, but there are ways to

>manage the disease.

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9904/htm/idiopath.htm

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>COMING FRIDAY..

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> " Varicose veins - Techniques allow outpatient treatment "

>As you get older, your blood vessels may lose some of their elasticity.

When

>the veins in your legs lose flexibility, they may stretch and balloon out.

>Varicose veins affect an estimated 25 million Americans. There are some

>newer outpatient treatments, including therapies for advanced cases.

>http://www.mayohealth.org/

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>IN THE HEADLINES:

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>-2 inhibitors:

>A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended

approval

>of rofecoxib (Vioxx), the second drug in a new class of arthritis

>medications called -2 inhibitors. The agency usually follows the

>recommendations of its advisory panels. Meanwhile, the FDA said there was

no

>basis for alarm about celecoxib (Celebrex), the first -2 inhibitor to

>reach the market. News reports have featured rare side effects in people

who

>had taken celecoxib, but the FDA said more than 2 million prescriptions

have

>been sold and there is no direct evidence of hazards so far.

>For background on new arthritis drugs, see:

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> " Arthritis treatments - Promising trends "

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9903/htm/arthriti.htm

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>Preventive medicine neglected:

>Even when Medicare pays the bills, the vast majority of older Americans do

>not take advantage of basic preventive services such as cancer checks,

>pneumonia vaccines and other procedures that can prevent complications and

>save dollars. A report by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999, released

>April 20, says doctors and patients alike are not taking steps to ensure

>preventive care. For information about services covered by Medicare, see:

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> " More preventive screenings now covered by Medicare "

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9806/htm/medicare.htm

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>Health nuts:

>Walnuts and walnut oil increase " good cholesterol " and may reduce the risk

>for heart disease, according to a study in the April issue of Preventive

>Medicine. Controlling for other factors that influence cholesterol levels,

>the study of 793 people from the Dauphine region of France found a better

>blood fat profile among people who consumed a lot of walnuts compared to

>those who ate no walnuts. For a summary of the benefits of nuts, see:

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> " Nuts - Basics for a healthful diet "

>http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9812/htm/nuts.htm

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