The controller of Radio 1 and sister station 1Xtra changed to Ben Cooper on 28 October 2011, following the departure of Andy Parfitt. Ben Cooper answers to the Director of BBC Audio and Music, Tim Davie. On 7 December 2011, Ben Cooper's first major changes to the station were announced.
Whereas lupus is a connective tissue disease, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is-by definition-a combination or overlap of several other connective tissue diseases.hereas lupus is a connective tissue disease, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is-by definition-a combination or overlap of several other connective tissue diseases.
However, when a person has mixed connective tissue disorder, the symptoms aren't as severe or as widespread as they would be if the person has lupus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatic disorder. This condition has many symptoms, including: 1  Pain in two or more joints. 2  Almost all persons with mixed connective tissue disease have this symptom. 3  Three out of four persons with the condition have arthritis and may have the swollen, deformed joints of rheumatoid arthritis. 4  Raynaud's phenomenon.