Dr. Magdalena Perez-rivera MD

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• Support Groups for Lupus: Finding Balance While Battling Your Disease

  Support groups are created to compensate happiness, encouragement, and hope to those individuals who need them the most. Support groups provide the opportunity to be truly “supported” by someone during a sorrowful and unpredictable “roller coaster” of your life. As patients can share their...

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• Cracking the Fibromyalgia Case!

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• Does Summer Heat and Humidity Affect Fibromyalgia?

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• Coping with Lupus: The Emotional Side of It

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