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Kelly Young

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posted 10/13/2009, comments (3)

It's World Arthritis Day / Week

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... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 12/10/2007, comments (0)

Experimental drugs show promise for treatment of RA

At the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting this November, researchers presented positive findings on several drugs already available on the market. Additionally, there were several studies presented showing positive findings for experimental drugs in various stages of testing. These drugs still have to go through additional... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 11/08/2007, comments (0)

Mortality Gap Between RA Patients and the General Population is Widening

In the past five decades, the country overall has seen an upward trend in people living longer. But it seems that for all the advances in Rheumatoid Arthritis drugs and treatments, there have been no improvements in lifespan for people with RA. New research published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism has found that despite much... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/13/2007, comments (12)

Resveratrol put my arthritis in remission. It might work for you too!

It is difficult to explain to someone the pain and stiffness that you experience when you have rheumatoid arthritis. Excercising every day used to be a painful event that felt more like self mutilation than self enrichment. Celebrex took away the bulk of my pain and suffering.So I resigned myself to the fact that Aleve or naproxem sodium would be... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 08/27/2007, comments (0)

Another Reason Why Stress is Bad for Us

Last year, I wrote about research finding links between stress and depression and increased rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Now, new research presented this month at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association shows that chronic stress can exacerbate inflammation and increases a person's risk of developing autoimmune... Read more Chevron

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