Archive for 2010
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Evidence and Truth: WTF (Where’s the Fact?)
Inconsistency bothers me. When I’m interviewed, I answer that I wanted to build this website because there is so much “wrong” information about Rheumatoid Arthritis. Too many common generalizations are actually incorrect. Truth about RA can be hard to find. Maybe this is an explanation in part. I read something amazing today on The Scientist: [...]
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What’s Your Advice for Shoes for Rheumatoid Arthritis Feet?
Shoes for feet that are old overnight thanks to Rheumatoid Arthritis? For years, my feet were a big part of my Palindromic Rheumatism or (palindromic Rheumatoid Arthritis). I’d wake up some mornings and it would feel like I’d walked on those feet all day. It was always like I was finishing a marathon that had [...]
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You’re Not Lost and Michael Bublé Video
“You are not alone.” I don’t think I can put into words what I want to say. Fortunately, this song Lost sung by Michael Bublé already did. God is good and things come at the right time, like this song that I listened to all weekend. And like the way “the light comes pouring through [...]
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All I Want for Christmas Is My CRP
I thought I’d finally gotten out of Rheumatoid Arthritis / CRP purgatory, but I was wrong. I got an early Christmas present after I got back from the ACR meeting, I got a certified letter from my rheum doc. It said I couldn’t have any more Actemra infusions because my insurance company would not pay [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Using Marmosets as Subjects
Why a new preclinical model for Rheumatoid Arthritis research? Based upon “increasing knowledge of the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA),” more possible treatments are being developed. However animal models are required to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and toxicity of many new potential RA treatments. Rodent populations with RA-like disease are created by something called collagen-induced [...]
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20 Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Facts I learned from RA Patients
Why I call them “Rheumatoid Arthritis patient facts” There were many things that didn’t add up as I started to read Rheumatoid Arthritis “facts.” What I read was not what I experienced. The more I heard from RA patients, the longer was the list of things I wondered about. I can’t believe I’m saying this [...]
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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Commercial Saga
Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials make me sigh I have some pretty weird reactions to the Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials I see. My family is subjected to my peculiar breathing and strange facial expressions. One of my first blogs was about the “baloney” most of the Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials were serving up last year. It’s kind of obvious [...]
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Rheumatology Blog Carnival #1: Causes of Rheum Un-Awareness
Welcome to the very first rheum carnival, a blog carnival on diseases of rheumatology such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Juvenile Arthritis. Will celebrity rescue rheumatology with awareness? A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post asking how we got to this place of a terrible lack of awareness where a [...]
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