Dr. Luigino Rolando mateo Bernabela M.D

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• The Importance of Body Image for People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• 27-Year-Old Learning to Love Life After Harrowing Illness

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• How Expressing Creativity Can Help with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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  Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects all systems of the body. While lupus produces mild symptoms on a fraction of the patients, it produces severe symptoms on others. The most severe forms of lupus can lead to organ failure.In the past, when medical knowledge was not much developed, many...

• How is Arthritis Diagnosed?

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