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Author: Kelly O'Neill

If I Were Not Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 10 Things I’d Do

Kelly O'Neill 67 Comments ,
What if there were a cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis or you had a genuine remission from living with RA? Like many, this post is inspired by a conversation with another person living with RA – actually, several conversations.  We aren’t dwelling on the negative, just dreaming about what we we’d love to do. I thought sharing...Continue reading      67 Comments » Read more

E-patients’ Role in Healthcare Social Media: Do Doctors Hate Blogs?

Kelly O'Neill 38 Comments , ,
Pew finds 61% of patients are e-patients, not content with the back of the bus Over the last few years, the internet has changed the way that healthcare consumers (patients) interact with providers and manage their own medical care. A Pew survey showed that 61% of patients look online for healthcare information. Sixty percent of them access...Continue reading      38 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Debate

Kelly O'Neill 35 Comments ,
To treat or not to treat RA: that is the question We’ve talked a bit about Diet and RA recently on RA Warrior. There is even a new section of the blog dedicated to RA / food related topics called RA Kitchen after Food Network’s Hell’s Kitchen. Dietary adjustments can be important to those living with...Continue reading      35 Comments » Read more

Methotrexate Injections for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments ,
  Why inject methotrexate for RA? There are 3 main reasons that methotrexate injections may be used instead of oral tablets. Methotrexate side effects may be much less with injectable methotrexate. More methotrexate is absorbed with injections, so often it works better to fight RA. A higher dose can be administered with injectable methotrexate than is tolerable with oral methotrexate.   Is...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis News: Actemra Approved

Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments , , ,
New medicine for unresponsive Rheumatoid Arthritis in the news Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat severe RA in patients who did not respond to TNF blocking medicines like Enbrel and Humira and other disease modifying drugs DMARDs. Associated Press reports: Hal Barron, chief medical officer for Genentech, a division...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior Joins Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics Network

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments
Great news for RA Warrior There was something good in my e-mail box yesterday. I was thrilled to learn that RA Warrior was approved as a new member of Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics. The code was established in 2007 to provide bloggers and readers with clear standards in five specific areas:   Perspective:  The blog author’s...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

Dear Bridget Duffy from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient

Kelly O'Neill 15 Comments , ,
Bridget Duffy at Gel Health 2009 from Gel Conference. Dear Bridget, I was truly stunned when I came across your speech. Your story produces intense reaction from a woman living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. RA is primarily an invisible illness. It can cause a person to be severely disabled quite suddenly and need help from medical professionals desperately....Continue reading      15 Comments » Read more
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