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Sara Nash

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posted 05/13/2009, comments (15)

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Your Yoga Practice

See the accompanying comic! (Note: yoga instruction is best on a one-on-one basis with a qualified yoga instructor, particularly if you have not practiced yoga before. Consult your rheumatologist before starting a new exercise program.) These days, yoga is all over place; celebrities are doing it, schoolteachers are doing... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/09/2009, comments (8)

How do you live with it?????

All the test results are in. I don't have... RA, OA, Lupus, and the Rhummy doesn't think it's fibro. Now What. This has been a terible blow to me. I'm sick. Why can't they find out what's making me sick. Every DR, and there have been tons of them, Think it's something different. And most conclusions end with, Well pain management is the only... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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posted 05/06/2009, comments (11)

natural vs. medicine - share your experience, don't debate please!

I thought this topic deserved its own place, because of the questions Paul MH (maybe he can tell us what the MH stands for - homeopathy?) has raised in the thread following Sara Nash's post on fatigue However, I'd like to state at the outset that the purpose of this is not to brainwash anyone (in either direction) but to share your... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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posted 05/04/2009, comments (3)

article: "Immune Cells TRIGGER Pain" in C&E News

In my job as secretary to the physics & chemistry departments at a university, I run across a lot of interesting stuff. Here's the latest - in a journal called Chemical & Engineering News, of all things! (Lots of overlap between Chem, Bio, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals... these... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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posted 04/28/2009, comments (5)

Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer in the news!

This month in Guideposts magazine there is an article about someone diagnosed with RA coming to terms with the change in her life, the agonzing about meds, etc. It will ring true for some, but perhaps not for others who were not helped faster when they needed it. Still, at least it presents the truth that this is a body-damaging,... Read more Chevron

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