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.
Keith Hodan | Tribune-Review. FirstEnegy's Mitchell Power Plant, in Union, Washington County, Wednesday, September 18, 2013, is one of three power stations that are the subject of a 2005 lawsuit by Pennsylvania and four other states who claim the utility ignored air pollution laws for more than two decades.