If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are thinking about starting a family, you probably have lots of questions and concerns. Will your RA affect your chances of getting pregnant? Are your medications safe during pregnancy? What if you decide to stop taking them? Will your RA flare?
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Two US drug firms say they will stop development of an Alzheimer's drug because it failed in two late-stage clinical trials.
Bapineuzumab, made by Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, was designed to halt build-up of plaque in the brain.
But it failed to improve cognitive or functional performance compared with a placebo in certain patients. Read MoreBeing overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
Experts are not sure why this might be, but say metabolic changes such as high blood sugar and raised cholesterol are likely to be involved.
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When Linda Green recalls her husband John's 2009 heart attack, her heart races and her hands get sweaty.
"It feels like posttraumatic stress," she says. "I just relive it all."
Though she says she held up well during her husband's hospital stay, Green says she became anxious and depressed when the crisis was over and his recovery was under way.
Her experience is not unique.
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