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What Is Salmonella?  -  Mar 23, 2008
WLKY,This is called Reiter's syndrome. It can last for months or years, and can lead to chronic arthritis which is difficult to treat.

Relapsing Polychondritis-Skin Disorders  -  Feb 17, 2008
American Chronicle,The cutaneous lesions of Reiter's syndrome are essentially identical with those that occur in psoriasis. Pustular plaques on the palms and soles,

The practice giving disease a bad name  -  Jan 23, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Although many doctors still refer to Reiter's syndrome, some journals and textbooks now call it reactive arthritis. The movement against Wegener is

Marler Clark Presents New Look for  -  Feb 1, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),...about complications caused by foodborne pathogens: hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), reactive arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome), and Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Hardships fail to take fight out of Vietnam vet  -  Dec 25, 2007
MSNBCThat has resulted in arthritis (Reiter's syndrome) that flares in his knees and ankles. He suffers from diabetes due to US airplanes spraying the defoliant

Highly Resistant Salmonella Strain Hospitalized Dozens  -  Dec 13, 2007
InjuryBoard.com,In some cases Salmonella poisoning can develop into Reiter's Syndrome, which is associated with chronic arthritis. The Centers for Disease Control estimates

AS is a hereditary condition  -  Dec 10, 2007
Daily News Tribune,There are other conditions associated with HLA-B27, including Reiter's syndrome and sacroiliitis, but I will not discuss these today.

chlamydia- all about std- chlamydia  -  Nov 10, 2007
American Chronicle,2. reiter's syndrome may be caused by untreated chlamydia. this syndrome causes three seemingly unrelated problems- urinary tract problems, arthritis and

chlamydia tests for men at football matches  -  Nov 8, 2007
Reuters UK,...chlamydia can cause reiter's syndrome, a form of arthritis which causes swelling of the joints, and inflammation of the urethra and the eyes.

Want fame? Name a body part  -  Sep 25, 2007
Chicago Tribune,But in recent decades, doctors and patients have begun to ask whether some of these -- such as Reiter's syndrome and Wegener's granulomatosis -- should be

VA Medical--Reckless Endangerment Whims  -  Sep 24, 2007
ePluribus MediaCombined with my insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertensive heart disease, and the chronic Reiter's syndrome atrial fibrillation, it represented a substantial

Arthralgia Disease  -  Sep 4, 2007
SpiritIndia,Rheumatic fever and Reiter's syndrome are common in young; fibromyalgia in middle age; and OA and polymyalgia rheumatica in old age.

Doctors argue for removing eponyms from medicine  -  Aug 31, 2007
Peninsula On-line,There has since been a decline in the use of the term Reiter's syndrome, and a formal retraction of the term has even been proposed, the authors write.

Salmonella: What you need to know  -  Sep 1, 2007
Food Consumer,This is called Reiter's syndrome. It can last for months or years, and can lead to chronic arthritis which is difficult to treat.

Nish Joshi's Q&A  -  Aug 4, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,And systemic causes include rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, gout, Behcet's syndrome and lupus. Most patients respond to

Friends restore Lotus in secret  -  Jul 11, 2007
BBC News,Mr Pritchard had several mini strokes after developing Reiter's Syndrome - a form of arthritis which develops as a reaction to infections in the body.

Fellow Car Enthusiasts Make Stroke Victim's Dream Come True  -  Jul 12, 2007
AHNPritchard suffers from Reiter's Syndrome, a form of arthritis that affects the entire body, and has had several small strokes. When members of an online

Facts About Salmonella  -  Jul 17, 2007
CBS2 Chicago,This is called Reiter's syndrome. It can last for months or years, and can lead to chronic arthritis which is difficult to treat.

Paradise for parasites  -  Jul 3, 2007
South China Morning Post (subscription),Unfortunately, three weeks later he developed severe complications in the form of Reiter's syndrome, a rare condition. "His body reacted to the bacteria by

Salmonella infections: What you need to know?  -  Jul 1, 2007
HealthNews-Stats (press release),This is called Reiter's syndrome. It can last for months or years, and can lead to chronic arthritis which is difficult to treat.

KISS Expo In St. Louis Will be Tribute To MARK ST. JOHN - Apr. 17 ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
Blabbermouth.net,St. John was diagnosed with a form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome, which caused his hands and arms to swell, and prevented him from playing guitar.

Ex-KISS Guitarist Dies  -  Apr 9, 2007
E! OnlineAfter playing three live shows and appearing in the video for "Heaven's on Fire," the musician was diagnosed with Reactive arthritis, aka Reiter's Syndrome,

Former KISS Guitarist Dies  -  Apr 8, 2007
Associated Content,However, right around the time Kiss was to launch a worldwide tour in support of the album, St. John developed a form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome.

Ex-Kiss guitarist Mark St. John dies  -  Apr 6, 2007
AZ Central.com,John was diagnosed with a form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome, which caused his hands and arms to swell, and prevented him from playing guitar.

Revealed 500 years later: how Columbus died  -  28 Feb 2007
Expatica,GRANADA — Christopher Columbus did not suffer from gout, as contemporaries thought, but from an inflammatory disorder known as Reiter's syndrome,

The case of a sore foot and its puzzling clues  -  28 Feb 2007
International Herald Tribune,My colleague saw the patient and diagnosed Reiter's syndrome, an inflammatory disease touched off, in this instance, by a prior prostate infection.

Historic healing at Agamemnon  -  28 Feb 2007
Turkish Daily News (subscription),The center promises to cure or ease the following afflictions: arthritis, inflammatory rheumatic disease, Sjogren's Syndrome, Reiter's Syndrome,

Columbia man suing ConAgra  -  Feb 26, 2007
WIS,Reiter's syndrome, chronic arthritis, and that's the main concern we have here." Price had several jars of the Peter Pan peanut butter contained in the

Prevent salmonella infection at home  -  Feb 26, 2007
Hagerstown Morning Herald,Some people might develop Reiter's syndrome, whose symptoms include pains in the joints, irritation of the eyes and painful urination, according to the CDC.

Q&A: What is salmonella?  -  Feb 22, 2007
Daily Press,This is called Reiter's syndrome. It can last for months or years and can lead to chronic arthritis that is difficult to treat.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Sexually transmitted infections ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
Canada.com,...but can sometimes lead to serious complications such as infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and Reiter's syndrome (an arthritis-like

McCourt case dropped  -  Dec 5, 2006
Wirral Globe,The food poisoning resulted in 45-year-old Gerry Price suffering inflammatory arthritis, known as Reiter's Syndrome, which means he now has trouble walking ...

Knee still bothering Williams  -  Dec 1, 2006
Sun-Sentinel.com,...infection. In addition, a small number of persons who are infected can develop Reiter's syndrome, which can lead to chronic arthritis. ...

McCourt case dropped  -  Dec 5, 2006
Wirral Globe,The food poisoning resulted in 45-year-old Gerry Price suffering inflammatory arthritis, known as Reiter's Syndrome, which means he now has trouble walking ...

Knee still bothering Williams  -  Dec 1, 2006
Sun-Sentinel.com,...infection. In addition, a small number of persons who are infected can develop Reiter's syndrome, which can lead to chronic arthritis. ...

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