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Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials: 10 Facts

February 6, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 3 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials

How do Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trials work? Clinical trials are research studies that test medications, devices, or procedures that may be used to treat a disease. Sometimes already approved medications are also tested in new ways. Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trials not only help to create new treatments, but also help develop better ways of managing the...Continue reading 3 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Petition

February 2, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

How we got to a rheumatoid arthritis petition When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2006, I didn’t know anyone who had the disease. In a moment, my whole life changed. I had no idea what was going on or what was in store for me. I did not know what I should do...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

5 Rheumatoid Arthritis – RA Flare Facts

February 1, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 91 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheum Disease in the Media, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

RA Flare – fact or fiction? If you want to laugh out loud, just Google RA Flare. No, not right now. Finish this first. Anyway, the topic of RA flare produces some very silly and contradictory discussions. For example Web MD offers How to Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares. If only. So today we approach one of the most...Continue reading 91 Comments » Read more

7 Tips for Rheumatoid Arthritis Complications

7 Tips on Rheumatoid Arthritis Complications

January 30, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 9 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis complications, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is part 2 of a series on the systemic nature of rheumatoid disease, what’s often called rheumatoid arthritis complications. You can read part 1 here: Systemic Disease with Joint Symptoms. First, Rheumatoid arthritis complications is not quite true Referring to symptoms of a disease as “complications” is usually a distortion of the facts. I’ve explained before...Continue reading 9 Comments » Read more

Systemic Disease with Joint Symptoms

January 26, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments Professional patient, Rheumatoid arthritis complications

Recognizing a systemic disease with joint symptoms Do you ever wrestle with the disease aspect of rheumatoid disease (RD) – a systemic disease with joint symptoms? From what I’ve seen doctors, patients, care givers, and the public all struggle to grasp the systemic nature of the disease. We don’t want to see ourselves as sick, and...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

5 RA Facts Everyone Needs to Know

January 23, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments Communicating about RA, Physician-patient discordance / disagreement, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Driven to uncover RA facts My search for facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) led me to build this website. So many questions. So much misinformation, blame, and confusion out there. It all contributed to my passion for uncovering RA facts and making them clear. I didn’t feel ready when I started writing this blog in 2009. There...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more

Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis: 5 Facts

November 23, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 8 Comments Biologics for RA, Biosimilars

Click here to answer a Poll on Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis. New Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis One of the hottest topics in rheumatology today is biosimilars to for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other immune mediated diseases. Dozens of biosimilar medicines are in various stages of development and several are already in use in Europe and Asia. Let’s...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more