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Lene Andersen, Health Guide

Writer, Advocate, Photographer

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The Quest for an RA Spokesperson: Looking for Our Jolie

RA needs a spokesperson. Someone in the public eye. Someone who is respected and admired. We need someone to whom people will pay attention, someone who can in one moment teach the world about RA. Last week, Angelina Jolie did that for breast cancer. She shared her story about being one in a fraction of women who have a faulty gene which... Read more Chevron

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Lisa Emrich, Health Guide

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Musician, Patient Advocate, Author of 'Brass and Ivory' blog, and Founder of the 'Carnival of MS Bloggers'

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Anxiety and Depression More Common When Living with RA

Living with a chronic illness can lead to depression and anxiety. Research has indicated that patients diagnosed with RA are more likely to experience depression than healthy individuals. Similarly, patients diagnosed with depression are more likely to experience anxiety. When you were first diagnosed with RA, did you feel... Read more Chevron

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My Bariatric Life, Health Guide

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My Bariatric Life on Health Central has the largest collection of original content that teaches, through her real life experience, how to be successful after weight loss surgery. She also offers great information for those considering weight loss surgery.

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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries Disses Big Women

Discrimination I was engrosses in an exhibit today at the Children’s Museum about discrimination. It featured the stories three children who were victims of discrimination. Ann Frank was the victim of religious discrimination as a Jew in Nazi Germany. Ruby Bridges suffered racial discrimination as the first black child to attend... Read more Chevron

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Lisa Emrich, Health Guide

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Musician, Patient Advocate, Author of 'Brass and Ivory' blog, and Founder of the 'Carnival of MS Bloggers'

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Tecfidera and PML: Is there a direct connection?

How important is it to you to have full access to the same information neurologists do when it comes to medications, clinical trials, and post-marketing data from a pharmaceutical company? Or full access to your medical files which include medical history, doctor’s notes, and testing results complete with reports? As patients living... Read more Chevron

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Dan and Jennifer Digmann, Health Guide

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We are a married couple who both have MS. Dan’s is RRMS, Jennifer’s is SPMS.

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Question of the Week – 4/15/10 - How'd you sleep last night?

Our morning “routine” started at 5:30 today. It has become quite standard for Dan and me, and tends to go a lot like this: The alarm-radio goes off, usually to some popular tune we both enjoy, and eventually Dan snoozes the music. “Ten more minutes and then we will get up,” he assures himself and me. Ten short... Read more Chevron

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