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        <title>Sperm abnormalities seen in male lupus patients</title>
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        <description>Male SLE patients with reduced testicular volume have high frequency of sperm abnormalities - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Arthritis Rheum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
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        <description>Arthritis pain is processed&amp;nbsp;in the brain&amp;nbsp;indicating target for pain-relieving therapies, study finds.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:56:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title>Genes may determine success of hip replacement surgery</title>
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        <description>Recent research suggests that success of long term hip replacement surgery may lie in the genes.</description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:50:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <description>Benefit of B cell therapy confirmed in patients who respond inadequately to one or more TNF inhibitors.</description>
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        <title>Intraarticular steroid injections effective for hip osteoarthritis</title>
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        <description>Study&amp;nbsp;adds weight to the argument for steroid injections in patients with hip osteoarthritis.</description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:04:14 PST</pubDate>
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