Health Expert Sara Nash shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/24582/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/24582/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/24582/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/143718/stop Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:15:00 -0400 Sara Nash When I first found out that I had rheumatoid arthritis, I felt like the world needed to stop turning and hang perfectly still on its axis until I could get my bearings and understand what was happening to me.  I wanted to hit pause on some universal remote control long enough to catch my breath and figure out what all of this meant and then be able to hit play when, and only when, I was ready.  But as we all know, life doesn’t... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/143718/stop http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/143145/rhe Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:56:00 -0400 Sara Nash   A few months back, I took part in the Arthritis Walk in New York City with the NYC Sick Chick Club – a group of young women living with RA and other autoimmune diseases that I met via my blog several years back.  The group now consists of a handful of courageous women, but at the start, there were just three: myself, Jodi McKee (you can read an interview I did with Jodi about her Autoimmune Portrait Project here) and Katherine... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/143145/rhe http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/142064/rhe Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:19:00 -0400 Sara Nash Photo by Sara Nash   In my quest to get fit again and boost my overall health, I’ve made a conscious effort to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my diet, and there is no better time than now to take advantage of all that Summer has to offer. I love scouting out the local farmer’s market to see what’s in season, and when I come home with a bounty full of fresh, healthy foods, I feel like I’ve just struck... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/142064/rhe http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/141390/own Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:50:00 -0400 Sara Nash After spending four years in New York City living with roommates, moving into my own place felt like sweet relief: I was finally independent- really, truly independent.  I couldn’t wait to relish the simple joy of coming home after a long, crazy day to a space that would be exactly the same as I’d left it that morning. The only dishes in the sink would be mine, and I could have everything just the way I wanted it. To me, it... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/141390/own http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/140728/pain Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:33:00 -0400 Sara Nash When I began my blog, one of the topics I wrote about often was dating- or rather my lack of dating. Overwhelmed by my diagnosis and the changes it had wrought on my life and body, I put a full stop to romance, but spent lots of time worrying and wondering about what it would be like to be with someone now that I had a chronic disease. Would I ever find anyone who wouldn’t run away screaming when they found out? How would I go about... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/140728/pain http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/139930/fun Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:04:00 -0400 Sara Nash Summer is finally here, and I for one couldn’t be happier about it.  Bring on the hot days, the soaking thunderstorms that strike out of nowhere, and even the humidity; after a long, cold, snowy winter, both my spirit and my joints are ready to shed some layers and enjoy the heat.  I know to some, 90 degree days sound awful, but I much prefer the misery of being hot and sweaty to the misery of being bitterly cold and brittle. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/139930/fun http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/138863/sick Tue, 24 May 2011 20:07:00 -0400 Sara Nash Team NYC Sick Chick Club. Photo by S. Nash.   In what is probably my most read article, RA: The Loser Disease, I lamented RA’s D-list status in the world of cause célèbre. Hardly a soul knows what color our awareness ribbon is, much less what the disease is, that it’s different from osteoarthritis, or that it is just one of over a hundred forms of autoimmune arthritis.  But last Sunday, all across the country... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/138863/sick http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/138112/chef Tue, 10 May 2011 19:41:00 -0400 Sara Nash Photo Courtesy of Seamus Mullen   Anyone who knows me knows that I love food- cooking it, eating it, or watching shows about cooking it and eating it. If it has to do with food, chances are I’m going to enjoy it, so you can imagine my delight when Seamus Mullen, the talented chef from my favorite restaurant in New York City, appeared as a contestant battling it out on season two of the grueling Food Network show, The Next Iron Chef... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/138112/chef http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/137377/yoga Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:49:00 -0400 Sara Nash When it comes to exercise, I am a certified yoga girl. I’ve been practicing yoga for over a dozen years, was a die-hard student and a yoga teacher when I lived in New York City, and quite often write of its benefits here and on my blog. I practice it several times a week still, and credit my yoga practice with getting me through some of the roughest parts of my life, including when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I love... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/137377/yoga http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/136542/ra Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:42:00 -0400 Sara Nash Rheumatoid arthritis doesn’t happen to run in my family, but there is one condition that does: laughter. I’m not talking about regular old laughter either; in my family, we are genetically prone to bouts of uncontrollable, contagious laughter that, like RA, can strike without much warning.   My grandmother often said to me when I was a child that you may as well laugh as cry. She would know- she and her sister, my great aunt... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/24582/136542/ra