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National and local There are many such support groups and organiz- ations in various countries purchase 40 mg diovan. Their aims are to: thefacts 143 AS-App 1(143-150) 5/29/02 5:56 PM Page 144 Ankylosing spondylitis: the facts • contribute to the physical and mental health of patients with AS or related diseases • organize supervised exercise and recreational therapy groups throughout each country • arrange the exchange of experiences among the patients • oppose the social isolation of the patients • advise patients regarding social, medical and work- related problems associated with their disease • cooperate with doctors and allied health professionals • represent the interests of the patients in the society, including the legislature (law) and the health services • promote and encourage scientific research of the diseases • increase public awareness and disseminate knowledge of the diseases in their respective regions or countries. However, addresses (including homepage and e-mail addresses) and telephone and fax numbers do change from time to time. An up-to-date list is maintained by ASIF on their Internet home page, www. These and many of the other support groups listed below enlist enthusiastic patient co- operation, and provide useful information, booklets and pamphlets about AS and related spondylo- arthropathies for the people with AS and their families. Many of them can also provide advice about useful items such as wide-view mirrors for 144 thefacts AS-App 1(143-150) 5/29/02 5:56 PM Page 145 Appendix 1: Ankylosing spondylitis organizations cars, working environment, insurance needs, jobs, exercises, and so on. Australia Ankylosing Spondylitis Group of New South Wales PO Box 95, Artarmon, New South Wales 2064 Tel. Majtényi Sándor, Zrinyi utca 109/B, H-1196 Budapest Tel. Seoirse Smith, 6 Falcarragh Road, Gaeltacht Park, Whitehall, Dublin 9 Tel. A) c/o Favio Fornasari, Via Elisabetta Sirani, 3/2, I-40129 Bologna Tel. Inoue Hisashi, 1-11-5, Shinkawa Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0004 Tel. Dr Hwa-Chang Liu, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei Tel. Interested families there can contact the following organizations: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, England Consortium Européen pour les études génétiques et immunogénétiques de la Spondalarthrite Ankylosante et des autres Spondylarthropathies with research partners in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, and Sweden. It is based on the theoretical concept of balanced Qi (pronounced ‘chee’) or vital energy that flows throughout the body via certain pathways that are accessed by puncturing the skin with hair-thin needles at particular locations called acupuncture points. Stimulation of acupuncture points is believed to stimulate the brain and spinal cord to release chemicals that change the experience of pain or cause biochemical changes that may stimulate healing and promote general well-being.