The Whole Fruit Puree of the MANGOSTEEN known in folklore for hundreds
of years as
"Food of the Gods" - "The Medicinal Fruit" known to modern
health science as "The Richest Source of Xanthones Of Any Food On The

My good friend, Polly, who is a nurse at my doctor's office, had her first
seizure yesterday about 10 minutes before she would have had her two girls
in the car to go to daycare.  At the hospital they found that she had a
deformity on one side of her brain, and the seizure was ...

My mother is 91 y/o and has rheumatoid arthritis very badly. She hurts
in her back, shoulders, and knees, and can only get around with the use
of a walker. As a result of so long on the walker, her back is becoming
"stooped." I cannot begin to tell you all the medication she has ...

Thank you so much for remembering me and my family...the card was
beautiful...
God has certainly given us an Angel in you...
Hugs Cindy

Please remember this family and others who have suffered losses from
the series of storms in your prayers and please consider signing the
petition for them.
On April 7, tornados swept the middle TN area.  There was much damage

My recently widowed sister who absolutely must work (bookkeeper) was told by
her hand surgeon she needs carpal tunnel surgery very soon.  Any comments
would be welcome and helpful for her.  Thanks.  Jan O'

This is my first post to this newsgroup.  I'm a 43 year old male living
in the UK.  I've just been to my GP this morning and he has sent me for
some blood tests to look for RA.  Last year I was diagnosed with cancer
(hodgkin's Lymphoma) and the treatment went well.  I finished the

Has anybody had this ? How long did it take to cure and how can it be
cured? As far as I can tell this may have been something that started
with childbirth, never healed properly and was exacerbated by a recent
fall.

The guinea pigs suffered organ failure after their heads and bodies
swelled up when they adversely reacted to an injection of the
experimental anti-inflammatory drug TGN1412 at an independent research
institute near Northwick Park Hospital in west London.

Well, the good news is that the upper GI did not show any structural
problems at all, everything normal. The bad news is I don't have any
explanation for the coughing. I guess the next thing is to keep a food
journal and see if there's a particular food triggering the coughing ...

Hello and Happy Spring to ya'all!
I am greatly enjoying the spring wildflowers, hiking the trails and enjoying
my national park; however, the OA is really bad and I'm currently doing a
4mg medrol pak and not a lot of relief there.

Good news for a change from the NY Times:
"A drug already in widespread use to prevent bone thinning in women
past menopause can also reduce their risk of invasive breast cancer,
researchers reported yesterday.

....is auctioning this on Ebay???
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Tomorrow is the day
In the am at 7am I am to be at the pain clinic to have an injection in my
back hoping to ease some of the back, hip and leg pain I am having from the
spinal stenosis that I have been diagnosed with. I am going to try the shot

Here I come!!!
Saw my RD this past week and he was not at all happy with the fact that
the enbrel just doesn't seem to be doing the trick for me anymore.   He
wants me to start orencia, so after much discussion, his office will