Job Rates Lower for People with Arthritic Diseases Apr 30, 2005
In the new study, people with RA, lupus, systemic sclerosis or a condition called Wegener's granulomatosis in which blood vessel inflammation leads to joint pain and organ damage had significantly lower employment rates than the general population. On the other hand, men and women with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which primarily affects the spine, or arthritis related to the skin disease psoriasis were more likely to be on the job. (MEDLINEplus)
Summary for Patients Apr 18, 2005
The authors are P.A. Merkel, G.H. Lo, J.T. Holbrook, A.K. Tibbs, N.B. Allen, J.C. Davis Jr., G.S. Hoffman, W.J. McCune, E.W. St. Clair, U. Specks, R. Spiera, M. Petri, and J.H. Stone, for The Wegener's Granulomatosis Etanercept Trial Research Group. What is the problem and what is known about it so far. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
College hands out diplomas to more than 400 in ceremonies May 15, 2004
After a biopsy, she was diagnosed with a form of Wegener's granulomatosis and had to stay in Idaho for regular treatments. Guzman enrolled at CSI, where her aunt is director of the child care center. (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
The Spectrum of Wegener's Granulomatosis Jan 28, 2005
Wegener's syndrome (Wegener's granulomatosis) is a rare systemic disorder, and because it involves multiple organs, affected patients may seek help from physicians in many specialties. It is classified as a type of primary systemic vasculitis, and the typical renal glomerular involvement is histologically identical to that seen in microscopic polyangiitis. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Etanercept Does Not Help Wegener's Disease Jan 28, 2005
"We had hoped that this approach to the treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis would be useful in preventing disease relapses," Dr. John H. Stone of Hopkins' Vasculitis Center wrote in this week's New England Journal of Medicine ... In Wegener's granulomatosis, the body's immune system attacks its own blood vessels, damaging vital organs by limiting blood flow. (MEDLINEplus)
Etanercept plus Standard Therapy for Wegener's Granulomatosis Jan 28, 2005
The Wegener's Granulomatosis Etanercept Trial (WGET) Research Group ... Background The majority of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis have disease flares after conventional medications are tapered ... Methods We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial at eight centers to evaluate etanercept for the maintenance of remission in 180 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Charity begins at home Mar 5, 2005
" The Nieces settled on Half Moon Bay after living and working at a Catholic Worker house in a rough Oakland neighborhood on the edge of downtown. Theirs was known as the "white house" because the house in which they were living at 25th Street and Telegraph Avenue was painted white, and they were the only white people in the neighborhood. The Nieces offered showers and laundry to the needy, and the mentally ill and poor would hang out on their porch. The sound of gunfire was common, and their... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Treatment scare
A woman who thought she would never become a mother Sep 18, 2004
The doctor who examined her recognised the symptoms and thought they could be connected - believing Rachel suffered from the rare condition Wegener's granulomatosis. Vasculitis It can affect many parts of the body Symptoms vary greatly from sinusitis and swollen legs to breathlessness and deafness It is difficult to recognise and many cases go undiagnosed for months and even years As many as 3,000 people in the UK suffer from the disease It can manifest itself as Wegener's granulomatosis,... (BBC News -- UK)
