In patients with connective tissue disease, it is common for collagen and elastin to become injured by inflammation. Many connective tissue diseases feature abnormal immune system activity with inflammation in tissues as a result of an immune system that is directed against one's own body tissues (autoimmunity).Diseases in which inflammation or weakness of collagen tends to occur are also referred to as collagen diseases. connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology.
Big insurer Centene has announced plans to enter the Obamacare markets of Kansas, Missouri and Nevada in 2018, and also intends to expand its existing individual health plan business in six other states: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Texas and Washington. Centene's announcement, which boasted of another year of ... successful operations on Obamacare markets by the company, bucks a trend of stories about insurers saying they will exit Obamacare markets, including several states that Centene is committing to.
The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the 1980 Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force responsibilities. The CENTCOM Area of Responsibility includes countries in the Middle East, parts of northern Africa, and Central Asia, most notably Afghanistan and Iraq. CENTCOM has been the main American presence in many military operations, including the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and