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Lene Andersen on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Friday, February 01 2013
Happy New Year! No, I didn't sleep through the last one about a month ago, but we're in the lucky position of being able to celebrate twice. February 10 marks the Chinese New Year and this one is the year of the Snake. For those of us not brought up within Chinese culture, this celebration is about dragon dances, good food and little red envelopes... Read more
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Lene Andersen on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, January 30 2013
May’s Arthritis Awareness Month covers more than 100 different types of arthritis. October 12 is World Arthritis Day. May 10 is World Lupus Day. May 12 is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. The first Saturday after May 1 is World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day. There has been no day for rheumatoid arthritis.
Until now.
The... Read more
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Lene Andersen on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tuesday, January 22 2013
Did it take a long time for you to get diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or another chronic illness? Did your symptoms disrupt your daily life? Did you worry about your symptoms? Is your condition under control or does it disrupt your daily life? If so, do you worry about it?
According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and... Read more
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Lene Andersen on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, January 09 2013
‘Tis the season for making extravagant promises to yourself about getting healthy, losing weight, getting in shape and any number of other life improvements. Such goals can be intimidating when you have RA and have more barriers to success than just a waning willpower and the need for chocolate chip cookies. Pain and side effects to... Read more
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Lene Andersen on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tuesday, January 01 2013
Happy New Year!
It's hard to believe that we are already at the end of the year. Throughout the past year, we've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you information and tips on building bridges within your life — to other people, to health professionals, to community and in advocacy. The next stage in your journey with RA is the ability to... Read more