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RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

Significant Numbers of RA Patients Don’t Receive Recommended Care

Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments , ,
Understanding the reality of the disease is only half the battle We are making progress. Although there’s still a long way to go, patients are playing a part of advancements toward more complete understanding of Rheumatoid Arthritis as a disease. We might suppose that once RA is more widely understood to be a systemic disease, it...Continue reading      24 Comments » Read more

It All Comes Out in the Wash: Comparing Different Treatments & Approaches

Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments ,
Four weeks. Not a record for me, but close... When this is published in the morning, I’ll be spending the morning washing and blowing out my hair for the 1st time in about a month. The ends started to take dreadlock form the last few days, somewhat an improvement. But the front looks really bad [deliberately...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

What about a Clinical Protocol for Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease?

Kelly O'Neill 5 Comments ,
This was written in October 2011 as the fourth in the Frying Pan Post series. As most of you know, I’ve been crazy-busy since then, leaving many things on hold. These posts examine crucial ideas that have surfaced over the last couple of years on the blog. The Frying Pan Posts challenge the status quo...Continue reading      5 Comments » Read more

Stand-up MRI and 6 More Useful Things to Know about Imaging

Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments ,
Aren’t X-rays and MRI’s infallible? I used to think that imaging is the one certain thing in medicine. A friend’s broken pelvis taught me differently. It was fractured, whether we had evidence of it or not. I was one of the people who believed in her the whole time, but her treatment would certainly have been...Continue reading      4 Comments » Read more

Sustained Rheumatoid Arthritis Remission Is Rare

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments ,
Headlines can have a curious effect. They’re supposed to make you read a story, but people don’t always read the whole thing. Sometimes they just make you laugh: Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms, Miners Refuse to Work After Death, Woman Improving After Fatal Crash. 1 With medical topics, a headline rarely tells the whole story. Nevertheless,...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

RA Disease in the News, Vol.7: Increased Atrial Fibrillation Risk, Steroids Reduce Citrullination, Self-performed Joint Counts

Kelly O'Neill 9 Comments ,
3 interesting Rheumatoid disease news items I knew you’d want to read! 1. Steroid injections found to reduce citrullination in synovial tissue with Rheumatoid disease Researchers found that steroids applied directly joint tissues had a specific affect on disease activity that methotrexate did not have. Glucocorticoids (dexamethasone) decreased citrullination and PAD (peptidylarginine deiminase, an enzyme commonly produced...Continue reading      9 Comments » Read more

Preclinical Rheumatoid Disease: There Are No Joints in the Lungs

Kelly O'Neill 57 Comments , ,
My mom used to read to me John Godfrey Saxe’s 19th century version of a famous Indian legend, The Blind Men and the Elephant. I’m certain it contributed to my zealous love of evidence. Over the last couple of years, interacting with thousands of people with Rheumatoid disease, I came to the conclusion that only...Continue reading      57 Comments » Read more
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