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Juvenile Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Adopted by ACR

April 25, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 9 Comments Actemra, Biologics for RA, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Parents of children with juvenile forms of Rheumatoid Arthritis have tough decisions to make. They must consider possible risks of medical treatments like TNF-a without comfortable long-term safety records. Families weigh the risks against almost certain damage, disability, and deformity that the disease can bring. Rheumatologists who advise families with these decisions got some help...Continue reading 9 Comments » Read more

A Spoonful of Sugar from the Lab of Professor Rebecca Bader

April 19, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 6 Comments e-patient, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Talking to doctors

Katie Beth and I were on the road again this past week! We drove down to a Disney convention center to see the castles and other fantastic things like dreams come true… Mission of Bader Research Laboratory Rebecca Bader, Assistant Professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering at the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute of Syracuse University and her staff are...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Gathering Support for RA

April 18, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 5 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis support

Last week, I saw more people with RA in one place than I’ve ever seen before. Can you imagine a gathering of almost a hundred people who know firsthand that the pain and fatigue of RA is real? The Gathering of Arthritis Introspective Every year, Arthritis Introspective (AI) hosts The Gathering for people with any arthritis disease...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

Recent Biologics Commercials by Amgen & Abbott Hit New Notes

April 14, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 21 Comments Biologics for RA, Enbrel, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials

Abbott’s commercials feature destruction of pianos and bicycles Commercials for Biologics like Enbrel and Humira have come a long way in the last two years. Could our perspective be having an impact on marketers? I don’t know. But the new Abbott ads are remarkable compared to the old baloney. The new message: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can mean more...Continue reading 21 Comments » Read more

Antibodies Lessen Effectiveness of Adalimumab / Humira

April 13, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 35 Comments Biologics for RA, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

A new study proves what many suspected – that Rheumatoid Arthritis patients develop antibodies against adalimumab (Humira) which lessen the effectiveness of the drug. Previous studies have shown this to be true for other Biologic treatments as well. Anti-adalimumab antibodies: another front in our battle against RA Doctors in the Netherlands found 28% of patients developed antibodies...Continue reading 35 Comments » Read more

Death by Rheumatoid Arthritis: Possible and Preventable

April 10, 2011May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 52 Comments Book review, Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis spine

Death by Rheumatoid Arthritis book (UPDATED 2016) Daughter turns tragic death by Rheumatoid Arthritis to mission of hope Carla’s book caught my attention several years ago and we quickly became friends. Carla has done a remarkable thing by using her personal tragedy to benefit others. I hope you enjoy this review of her book and purchase a copy of...Continue reading 52 Comments » Read more

Two Types of Progress & Shared Responsibility

April 6, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 20 Comments e-patient, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Whoever decided that RA “progressing” means it gets worse probably didn’t have RA. RA progress is always bad I have a new symptom in both my hands today. When I try to hold onto something firmly, my hands cramp in pain and contort to an odd position. And I drop the whatever. This morning, it was an...Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more