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Rheumatoid Arthritis Statistics

Some interesting numbers came across my screen in the last couple of days. I started wondering what they would look like along side of one another. Some Rheumatoid Arthritis statistics are better than others Recent Rheumatoid Arthritis statistics now estimate that a larger number of people have RA than expected: about 1.5 million in the US. Yesterday was...Continue reading 14 Comments » Read more

New Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis

August 23, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments American College of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis

New criteria for studying Rheumatoid Arthritis Last October at their convention, the American College of Rheumatology unveiled the revised criteria for classification of Rheumatoid Arthritis (for more detail on how the point system works, please click that link). This month, in coordination with the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), they have announced that the new guidelines have...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

Problems with Preventive Care and Rheumatoid Arthritis Mortality

August 20, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 23 Comments Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

If you read yesterday’s blog, “The Mortality Dragon: Do Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have to Die Early?” then you know I was glad to find a researcher discussing preventive care for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients, especially in the context of cardiovascular disease. If you read the article “Why do people with rheumatoid arthritis still die prematurely?” you...Continue reading 23 Comments » Read more

The Mortality Dragon: Do Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have to Die Early?

August 19, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 15 Comments Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Reasons for the high mortality rate with Rheumatoid Arthritis This is not a morbid post. If we’re going to fight a dragon, we need to know about the dragon. Why do Rheumatoid Arthritis patients have such a high mortality rate? Some of you have probably heard me speculate about mortality and RA in response to questions....Continue reading 15 Comments » Read more

Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness, part 2

August 17, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior, Living with chronic illness like RA

Anxiety or depression with chronic illness is not unusual Many individuals who suffer from a chronic health condition experience some symptoms of anxiety or depression. There are several different types of both anxiety and depression. Yesterday, we discussed symptoms of some common forms. Please read part 1 if you are trying to identify symptoms of anxiety...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness

August 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 20 Comments Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior, Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis

I’m excited about this guest post to introduce an important discussion. Various types of anxiety and depression are more common in those who live with chronic illness & chronic pain. I hope this post will help us to think about when symptoms are serious enough to need help. Hello brave RA Warriors! My name is Karaleigh....Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more

Phil Mickelson’s Psoriatic Arthritis

August 13, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 31 Comments Biologics for RA, Celebrities and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Enbrel, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials, Spondyloarthropathy

“Mickelson arthritis” brings shrugs “Phil Mickelson arthritis” was such a common search already that it was suggested to me by Google’s search tool as I typed his name yesterday. That was only two days after Mickelson announced his diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis to the press. I have to admit that I shrugged the first time I...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more