 "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)")
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New therapies help manage autoimmune diseases.
From:
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
| Date:
August 7, 2007
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Byline: Ann Tatko-Peterson
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ Every Wednesday, Dr. Niall Roche's waiting room looks like a poster for "bring your IV bag to work day."
Three patients sit thumbing through magazines; another reads a newspaper. White pillows prop up their arms, inserted with intravenous tubes feeding them the biologic Remicade.
Each of these patients has a different story to tell:
_Frank Latronico, 60, drives 110 miles from his home in the Sierra foothills every two months to treat the rheumatoid arthritis that once left him almost crippled.
_Tracy Olson, ...
