Desert sand cure for rheumatism draws patients to Giza
In Nazlet el-Simman near Cairo a guru with two sisters runs a desert camp where patients are buried in hot sand for 20 to 30 minutes to sweat out humidity and pain. They are wrapped in blankets, then treated with massage and soup. Critics call it quackery, but followers claim swift relief and low costs.
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Nazlet El-Simman
Egypt
Khamis Abdel Motagally
Great Pyramids
Giza
Pyramids
Cairo
Zeinab
Om Selim
Khamis
Nazret el-Simman
Mostafa Mahmoud
Mostafa
Thousands rely on pills as arthritis industry grows
A New York feature profiles Ann DeGrout of Clifton New Jersey and millions of sufferers. It details rising costs from prescriptions hospitalizations and aids. It notes arthritis affects over 100 forms three thousand rheumatologists and a $8 to $10 billion annual market.
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New York
Ann DeGroot
Canada
Ann DeGrout
Arthritis Foundation
Upjohn
Merck
Pfizer
Johnson & Johnson
Christian
Hospital For Special Surgery
Manhattan
Sterling Drug
Park Avenue
Sterling
Drug Company
Ronald Nordmann
Paine, Webber
Bristol-Myers
SmithKline
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Associated Press
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Shahat
Abdel Hafeez
Mohamed Saber
Saber
Kasr el- Eini
Hospital of
Kasr
Mohamed
Fathiyya Mahmoud
Fathiyya
Sahara Desert
N.R. Kleinfield
N.Y. Times News Service
Peter Mathen
Charles Christian
America
Tim Harrington
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Dick Hammell
Nordmann
Merck & Co
Boots Pure Drugs Ltd
Eli Lilly
United States
Britain
Lilly
Oraflex