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Lisa Emrich on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thursday, May 16 2013
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
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Lisa Emrich on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sunday, April 21 2013
Celebrating Earth Day everyday of the year. Environmentally conscious clean living is not just good for the planet, it is good for the mind, body, and soul. When the first Earth Day was organized in 1970 by former U.S. senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson, as a way to bring environmental protection onto the national political agenda,... Read more
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Lisa Emrich on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thursday, April 18 2013
When was the last time you took advantage of your local library? In college, I worked in two libraries on the campus of Indiana University, the main School of Music library and the Archives of Traditional Music. I enjoyed both of these jobs.
At the School of Music library, one of my jobs was to digitize their vast sound recording... Read more
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Lisa Emrich on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tuesday, April 16 2013
A new study published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research, suggests that medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may affect abortion rates in women. Some drugs used to treat RA, such as methotrexate, may be harmful to a developing fetus.
In North America, up to 50% of... Read more
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Lisa Emrich on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thursday, March 28 2013
Are you the only member of your family that lives with an autoimmune disease? Do you have more than one autoimmune disease, a condition known as polyautoimmunity? We have talked about comorbidities, such as my dual diagnoses of MS and RA, but we haven’t talked much about autoimmune diseases which tend to cluster (aggregate) in... Read more
