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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Commercial Saga

November 29, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 23 Comments Communicating about RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials

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 “they” (pharmaceutical...Continue reading 23 Comments » Read more

Rheumatology Blog Carnival #1: Causes of Rheum Un-Awareness

November 24, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 12 Comments Blog carnival, Rheumatoid Arthritis 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 celebrity...Continue reading 12 Comments » Read more

New Studies Examine Predictors of Rheumatoid (Arthritis) Heart Disease

November 22, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 12 Comments Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart

Predictors of Heart Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis New Studies presented at ACR 2010 (the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting) examined of the heart disease of Rheumatoid Arthritis. One study called Longitudinal Predictors of Progression of Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis looked for factors which predict heart disease in RA patients. “Coronary and extra-coronary atherosclerosis...Continue reading 12 Comments » Read more

Weight of Patient Reported Outcome Measures on Diagnosis & Treatment of RA

November 18, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Patient reported outcome measure

Rheumatoid Arthritis Is the Only Major Disease in Which the Patient Largely Informs the Doctor A funny thing happened while we were at a poster session last week at ACR. The Georgia World Congress Center is like three 4-story shopping malls with a couple of theaters and secondary schools thrown in – it’s big. So, we...Continue reading 19 Comments » Read more

Predictors of Pain in DAS28 Remission

November 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheumatoid arthritis pain, Rheumatoid arthritis remission

RA pain with so-called clinical remission is common When I tried to find a new rheumatologist in the spring of 2009, I learned all about clinical remission. The Good Doctors Treat Patients video tells the story of 1 of 3 doctors I saw at the time. Like the nursery rhyme, it was “Same song, second verse,...Continue reading 19 Comments » Read more