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November 2005 Arthritis/Pain Health Newsletter

Dear Newsletter Subscriber:

We have great news for you! Dr. Shiel, a practicing rheumatologist and

Chief Medical Editor of Medicinenet.com, has been attending the 2005 National

Arthritis Conference. He has compiled the latest arthritis news just for you

(transcripts and audio) which we will be sharing in a series of newsletters this

week. Here is the first installment on gout:

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>>BREAKING NEWS: GOUT

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Gout and Gouty Arthritis – New Treatment and Diagnosis

" Researchers report two very interesting papers on a new product called

febuxostat, which is useful for the long-term management of gout... "

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More News in the Field of Gout Treatment

" There is also a new medication that's being proposed as a treatment for gouty

tophi -- uric acid lumps of accumulation that can occur in the skin in patients

with gout... "

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Gout Diagnosis

" In the area of diagnosis of gout, a new imaging technique was studied by

researchers at University Hospital in New Jersey. It demonstrates that

using ultrasonography... "

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Cold Seasons Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain

Many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients believe changes in the seasons trigger

fluctuations in their symptoms, and now a study out of Japan appears to support

that view.

http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=nl & k=aa0511 & a=55312

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Supplements Don't Help Mild Arthritis Sufferers

Thinking about taking the supplements glucosamine and chondroitin as a treatment

for arthritis? According to a new study, you may want to save your money.

http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=nl & k=aa0511 & a=55317

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New Pain Control System Approved

The U.S. FDA has approved the Medtronic Personal Therapy Manager (PTM), allowing

people with chronic pain to use Medtronic's SynchroMed II drug pump to manually

deliver supplemental doses of pain medication.

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