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RFK Jr. Misleads About Measles Vaccine in Hannity Interview
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several ...
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Suspecting Sjogren syndrome if your eyes and mouth are dry and tired...more than half of the patients are middle-aged women
Sjogren's syndrome usually occurs in women in their 50s and 60s. According to the 2023 data, 15,818 patients, or more than ...
rmdopen.bmj17d
Low prevalence of anti-SSA (anti-Ro) and anti-SSB (anti-La) autoantibodies in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis with a wish to conceive
Objectives Guidelines advise to test for anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A (anti-SSA) and anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen B (anti-SSB) antibodies in all patients with rheumatoid ...
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IgE autoantibodies to nuclear antigens in patients with different connective tissue diseases: re-evaluation and novel findings
The aim was therefore, to establish an ELISA for the demonstration of IgE autoantibodies to SSA/Ro, SSB/La, RNP proteins and dsDNA in sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ...
BMJ6d
Detection and identification of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in a large and consecutive cohort of serum samples referred for ANA testing
Because anti-SSA antibodies were the most frequently identified ANA, sensitively detected by line immunoassay, additional immunoassays were developed to confirm the specificity of the line immunoassay ...
BMJ11d
Anti-Ro52 reactivity is an independent and additional serum marker in connective tissue disease
Anti-SSA/Ro antibodies are the most frequently identified antinuclear antibodies (ANA). 1 The major antigen bound by anti-SSA/Ro is the Ro60 protein associated with one of several hYRNAs. The SSB/La ...
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SRP-positive necrotising myopathy: takes more than just the muscles
Antinuclear antibodies (ANA), nuclear ribonucleoprotein (RNP), Sjögren’s syndrome antibody (SSA), double-stranded DNA and myeloperoxidase antibodies were positive. Her home simvastatin was held, she ...
casereports.bmj21d
Area postrema syndrome: a neurological presentation of nausea, vomiting and hiccups
except for a positive anti-Sjögren’s-syndrome-related antigen A autoantibodies (anti-SSA). She eventually underwent an encephalic and spinal MRI, demonstrating an isolated T2-weighted-Fluid-Attenuated ...
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SSA marked millions aged 120+ 'deceased' to clean up records. This may help prevent fraud
On March 25, 2025, tech mogul Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced (archived) that the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) had "marked as deceased" around 9.9 ...
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SSA head’s 3-month plan touts workforce reductions while calling for identity and AI investment
The acting commissioner at SSA said that he has “made some mistakes” and promised to learn from them in an email to staff Tuesday. The acting leadership of the Social Security Administration ...
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SSA To Seek 100% Recovery On Social Security Overpayments - Here's What This Means For Your Benefits
Here’s how you can earn passive income with just $100. Why Is the SSA Changing Its Overpayment Policy? The SSA announced on March 7 that it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate ...