Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is currently recruiting Raynaud’s patients to participate in a clinical trial of BOTOX® therapy for chronic pain and ulcerations.   This is a 28-day randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial requiring travel to the clinic in Springfield, Illinois. 

It may be the first few days of Fall, but we’d all love to extend the Summer season.  We’d also like to have published our Summer issue of Cold Cuts sooner, but hope it’s worth waiting for.   This is our first year with quarterly editions, so please bear with us as we work to double [...]

Why do women have more problems like Sjögren’s syndrome and lupus? Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, citing a recent diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease known to cause dryness of the mouth and eyes as well as fatigue and joint pain. Like most other autoimmune diseases, Sjögren’s affects many [...]