Medical detectives on trail of autoimmune disease; Cardiacarrest patients might be getting a chilly reception in hospitals.

From: Daily Breeze | Date: February 25, 2002 | Copyright information

Medical detectives on trail of autoimmune disease Medical detectives on trail of autoimmune disease

When you've got amystery, call a detective.

Autoimmune diseases -- when the body attacks itself -- are some of the most mysterious maladies that confront medical science.

When scientists startto unravel those diseases' previously unknown workings inthe body, they open the door to more effective treatments, perhaps even smart drugs that can be tailored to curtail theworst sym...

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