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National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
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Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
Sites:
A discussion chain about Dercums - am i alone with fatty tumors: A message board exchange on Dercum'sBones and Soft Tissue: Section of an online medical/pathology text book by Dr. Ed Friedlander. Buried in here are some comments on Dercum's Disease (search for dercum to find them).
Brorson/Fagher Article on Dercum's Disease or Adiposis Dolorosa: This page describes the symptoms of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). It is an excellent overview article in English.
Cancer: Causes and Effects: Chapter from Dr. Ed Friedlander's online textbook. Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease) is mentioned (search for adiposis). Even though the lipomas (tumors) are benign, they can cause problems just by being, and he lists a number of examples.
Corticosteroid-Induced Juxta-articular Adiposis Dolorosa: This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). This is a article on corticosteroids.
Dercum Disease (NORD article): National Organization for Rare Disorders is dedicated to helping people with rare, orphan diseases. Rarediseases.org contains information on the prevention, treatment and cure of rare diseases.
Dercum's Disease, also known as Adiposis Dolorosa: This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). Contains much reference material.
Dercum's Hope: A new (and still unfinished) website developed by the Dercum's Yahoo chat group to provide information and support about the disease.
Dercum's Syndrome, Lipomatosis Dolorosa-Adiposis Dolorosa and Morbus Dercum,: Relatively unknown disease like Lipomatosis Dolorosa also know as Adiposis Dolorosa or Morbus Dercum and Dercum's Syndrome May Respond to Special Diet
Dercums Sjukdom (Swedish): Marie Hallsten's Dercum site, in Swedish. Can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Netscape 4.77 doesn't work). Click on the Dercums disease button for an English summary page
Dermatologic Diseases and Problems of Women Throughout the Life Cycle: This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). Contains much reference material.
Dorrit Hvam's Dercum's Disease Page (Danish): Description of Dercum's Disease
Emerging Worlds, Dercum's Disease page: The site explores the possibility that chronic diseases are caused by stealth viruses, and that Dercum's Disease fits in that category. This page describes Dercum's Disease, and most of the description is taken from the Swedish site.
English information about Dercums disease: This information is courtesy of the Swedish Dercum's Group, explaining some of the frustrations of having this disease.
Familial Multiple Lipomas: This is a doctor's page entitled Cancers Treated. The doctor discusses some diseases associated with lipomas. He is a cancer doctor and does not consider Dercum's disease serious. His description appears to based on some of the older literature, not first hand experience.
Hundreds of Lipomas: Patient medical question and answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum. Health topic area and articles about neurosurgery - general Topics: ,tumors, surgical.
ILDS: ICD-10 - by Code [E88.210 - G71.110]: The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS)
Italian Dercum Disease page: An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference.
Lipoma: This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them.
Lipoma Excision- March 1, 2002 - American Family Physician: An article describing the excision of a lipoma. Dercum's in mentioned within the article.
Lipoma Forum: A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses.
Lipomas, Lipomatosis, and Certain Clinical Types of Abnormal Fat Deposit: This is an older article (1974) that has a section describing the Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease or Dercum Syndrome), as well as other diseases affecting the fatty deposits.
Lipomatosis Dolorosa, Morbus Dercum - University of Magdeburg (Germany) English article: Informationsseite Lipomatosis dolorosa Morbus Dercum - background information about Lipomatosis dolorosa Dercum�s disease - Universitaetsklinik Magdeburg - Dr Steiner
Medical News - Dercum's Disease - From a patient: by Dorrit Hvam, Denmark (a Dercum's patient) Dercum's Disease is a chronic, almost unknown disease, described for the first time by the American neurologist Francis X
National Library of Medicine PubMed References: This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). This page has medical references.
Nunnie's Story - Adiposis Dolorosa AKA Dercum's Disease: Diary entries of Nunnie, aka Pam Pole, on her road of discovery of Dercum's.
Subcutaneous Lipomas | BluePrint for Health: BluePrint for Health provides information on health and wellness. It this case, it is a general article on lipomas, with reference to Dercum's disease.
Who named it? - Dercum's disease or syndrome: Dercum's disease or syndrome: Rare condition characterized by scattered areas of painful cutaneous nodules or fat accumulations. Development of the nodular, tender lipomas is gradual with localization largely to forearms and thighs.
Yahoo! Groups: dercums_disease: Dercums_Disease: Support Group
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