Information and opinions on health from Kelly Young 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/497852/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/497852/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/497852/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/95769/game Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:54:26 -0500 Kelly Young NYT Well blog was a blessing: Yesterday I was glad to see the NYT Well blog did a feature on RA, which included our own Health Central blogger, Sara. The videos are well balanced between mild and severe RA cases and very postive.   Hey, I'm the first one to notice if a media report on RA is slanted against reality. Commonly RA is treated as a very small inconvenience instead of an incurable disabling disease like diabetes, MS, and... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/95769/game http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/90587/week Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:44:24 -0400 Kelly Young I wrote this post to promote World Arthritis Day & World Arthritis Week. A bit of history of arthritis autoimmune diseases. I found the Columbus story inspiring for our struggle to achieve awareness of RA. Columbus Day and World Arthritis Day: Is This a Coincidence? Happy Columbus Day Five hundred seventeen years ago today, a dream came true. Christopher Columbus successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean, proving that it was... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/90587/week http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/84506/rhe Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:26:18 -0400 Kelly Young I did over 20 hours of research to write this article. I hope you will tell others about it if you like it. It is also on my blog Rheumatiod Arthritis Warrior. I feel like it's the most important thing I've ever written on RA. Substantial numbers of RA'ers have "normal" test results In my last post, I posed the question: IsThere a Blood Test for Rheumatoid Arthritis? I told you that the answer is yes - and no. I went on to describe the... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/84506/rhe http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/75022/ra Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:05:05 -0400 Kelly Young It has been about 3 1/2 years since the mean and ugly Rheumatoid Arthritis became full blown- like an atom bomb in my body. I have dealt with it 24/7 since then and I am ready for a break!   Up until then, I was like everyone else in the world with symptoms that would come and go...   But, today I am tired. Tired of having a sore throat and tired of needing help. I am tired of funny looks. I am tired of pills. I am tired of... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/75022/ra http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/73880/make Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:48:41 -0400 Kelly Young Momentum seems to be building in the Rheumatoid Arthritis community. Look at the rise in blogs on RA and the recent shareposts here: from Sara's buckle campaign to Holly's networking with the AF...    Will it make a difference? We must not take no for an answer. We must continue to educate our loved ones and even our doctors so that the picture of Rheumatoid Arthritis can become continually clearer. And... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/497852/73880/make