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1. Disease -- Lyme Disease
   Prompt removal of ticks decreases the chances of getting Lyme disease. The proper and easiest method is to grasp the tick with fine tweezers, as near the skin as you can, and gently pull it straight out. Be careful not to squeeze the tick when removing it which could result in more bacteria being injected. Do not try to remove the tick with your fingers or attempt to remove with lighted cigarettes, matches, nail polish, or vaseline.
2. Disease -- Diseases
   The only treatment for celiac disease is to follow a gluten-free diet. When a person is first diagnosed with celiac disease, the doctor usually will ask the person to work with a dietitian on a gluten-free diet plan. A dietitian is a health care professional who specializes in food and nutrition. Someone with celiac disease can learn from a dietitian how to read ingredient lists and identify foods that contain gluten in order to make informed decisions at the grocery store and when eating out.
3. Disease -- Disease Vaccine
   PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- LYMErix(TM) [Lyme Disease Vaccine (Recombinant OspA)], the world's first vaccine to prevent Lyme disease, is now available. Manufactured by SmithKline Beecham Biologicals (NYSE: SBH), LYMErix(TM) was proven safe and effective in the prevention of both definite Lyme disease (characteristic symptoms with serologic and culture diagnosis) and asymptomatic infection (no symptoms, but serologic diagnosis). LYMErix(TM) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December, 1998.
4. Disease -- Disease Control
   "With the adoption of our technologies by the Centers for Disease Control, Group 1 Software continues its leadership in applications where location accuracy is critical," said Steve Walden, vice president & general manager, Group 1 Software. "The field of public health is yet one more critical domain where the benefits of Group 1's technology can make a vital impact. By helping to improve location accuracy across multiple disease monitoring programs, this alliance will enable health agencies throughout the country to deliver critical public health information in an exceptional manner."
5. Diseases -- Infectious Diseases
   The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), a non-profit organization, has been a leading voice for education about infectious diseases and vaccination since 1973. It is dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about the causes, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases. For more information on vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases, please visit www.nfid.org.
6. Disease -- Physicians
   Some disease is helped by surgery. Not every disease can be helped with medicine or surgery, though. Some diseases must be treated during the whole life; they are chronic diseases. An example is diabetes. Diabetes can be treated (made better) but it can not yet be cured (made to totally go away.) People who usually treat disease are called doctors or physicians.
7. Disease -- Persons
   Illness, although often used to mean disease,[6] can ... refer to a person's perception of their health, regardless of whether they in fact have a disease. A person without any disease may feel unhealthy and simply have the perception of having a disease. Another person may feel healthy with similar perceptions of perfectly good health. The individual's perception of good health may even persist with the medical diagnosis of having a disease; for example, such as dangerously high blood pressure, which may lead to a fatal heart attack or stroke.
8. Disease -- People
   Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive disorder of the central nervous system that belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders. In the United States, 1.5 million Americans currently have PD. It is estimated that 60,000 new patients are diagnosed each year. While the condition usually develops after the age of 65, 40 percent of people diagnosed are under age 60. PD affects nearly equal numbers of men and women, with no obvious social, ethnic, economic or geographic boundaries. There presently is no cure for the disease, and the cause is unknown.
9. Meningitis -- Diseases
   Meningitis is most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection. It ... may be caused by a fungal infection, a reaction to certain medications or medical treatments, an inflammatory disease such as lupus, some types of cancer, or a traumatic injury to the head or spine.
10. Diseases -- Treatments
    "Our findings suggest that the use of a soluble form of TACI receptor may provide a novel approach to treat autoimmune diseases, such as SLE for which no new therapies have been approved in the past 40 years," stated Bruce L.A. Carter, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics. "As one of our top immunologists, Dr. Gross has pioneered the development of TACI and other potential new therapies for the treatment of autoimmune disease." Dr. Carter added, "We are pleased that she has been selected to present her findings at the ACR Meeting and to highlight our achievements with this molecule."

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