RA Public Service Announcement Video

March 22, 2019 Kelly Young 1

A video RA Public Service Announcement explains that rheumatoid arthritis is a serious disease, with arthritis as just one symptom. #rheum

Treating RA

Testing the imaware™ RA Test Kit

March 12, 2019 Kelly Young 0

Video of RA Warrior Kelly O’Neill doing an imaware™ RA test kit, giving tips and advice to make the process easier. Kelly reads the report of her results.

Communication and Inspiration

Possible Rheumatoid Arthritis

March 6, 2019 Kelly Young 3

Identifying possible rheumatoid arthritis is one step in a new quest to stop rheumatoid disease from becoming full-blown. Part 2 of RA Runs in Families.

RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

RA Runs in Families

February 28, 2019 Kelly Young 14

Evidence that RA runs in families and discussion of family risk of rheumatoid disease and imaware™ at-home RA test to screen for RA.

Treating RA

RA Surgery — 10 Questions Answered

February 18, 2019 Kelly Young 15

Discussion of RA surgery and questions related to surgery in people with rheumatoid disease, including continuation of medications.

RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Hazy

January 31, 2019 Kelly Young 14

Discussion of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis and the criteria for diagnosis of rheumatoid disease. Study shows seronegative disease is as severe.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumors: 2 Mysteries Solved

August 10, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 32 Comments Methotrexate, Side effects for RA medicine

I thought it was brilliant the other day when a commenter called RA “the ghost disease.” It’s true that many RA myths persist and that researchers don’t yet know exactly how Rheumatoid Arthritis works. Which joints can be affected? Is there a nutritional cure that we are overlooking? Confusion about RA is perpetuated in plenty...Continue reading 32 Comments » Read more

Evidenced-based Medicine or Easy-bake Oven: Tension Between Evidence and Reality

August 5, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 35 Comments Patient reported outcome measure, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

This post was inspired by the article Patient Advocates: Flies in the Ointment of Evidenced Based Care by Jessie Gruman at Health Affairs Blog. Patient advocacy and evidenced-based medicine are both intimately entwined with several matters in rheumatological care, but first a word about flies. Patient advocates probably are flies in the ointment, and there would...Continue reading 35 Comments » Read more

Good News for Us and a Reader’s Take on the Newspaper

August 4, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 8 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Living with chronic illness like RA

We’re so fortunate to have readers who make such amazing contributions. That’s what makes us more of a community than just a website. Isn’t it great the amount of information and encouragement readers provide each other – and me – even by commenting?! This week we reached an extraordinary milestone on our Facebook page. Our membership...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Relief: What Do You Know?

August 1, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 38 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis pain

The topic of pain relief came up last week in the Twitter #rheum chat. A couple of people Tweeted that their rheumatologists don’t give them pain relief meds. I hear that from people sometimes, and I wondered… Whose responsibility is it to provide Rheumatoid Arthritis pain relief? The huge pain study by Strand showed 72% of Rheumatoid...Continue reading 38 Comments » Read more

Excellent Rheumatology Care with a Horrible Rheumatoid Disease

July 29, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 24 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Men with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis spine

RA Warrior is glad to welcome David Biundo to share some male perspective of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Over the last few months David’s rheumatologist has read and re-read his nuclear bone scan and various X-rays and MRI’s in order to carefully monitor the progression of David’s cervical spine Rheumatoid Arthritis. The nuclear bone scan...Continue reading 24 Comments » Read more

Do you have a Rheumatology Care Team?

July 27, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 40 Comments Comprehensive RA Care, Living with chronic illness like RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

What’s a rheumatology care team? When I wrote the About pages for this site, I discussed the team of doctors and medical professionals that a person fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis might gather around him. Like Diabetes, I realized that people with RA could need plenty of monitoring and advice. The other day, I read an article in The...Continue reading 40 Comments » Read more

Fundamental Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetics & Genomics

July 25, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 5 Comments Genetics and RA, Guest post on RA Warrior

RA Genetics 101: Glass half-full or half-empty? Part 3 This is Part 3 of a guest series on RA genetics by Robert West, Jr, PhD. Part 1 provided the introduction to RA genetics and Part 2 described the direct to consumer (DTC) genetics of RA. Here, I describe a dissection of the complexity of the heritable component of...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

More Rheum Adventures on the Road

July 23, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 10 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Happy Saturday, y’all! Yesterday, I drove back from my mom’s ranch up on the Florida Panhandle. It was my first road trip since RA with me as the sole driver. My survival tools were cruise control, healthy snacks, music, and lots of rest stops. For the first half, we stopped for 10-15 minutes after every hour of driving. That...Continue reading 10 Comments » Read more

Direct to Consumer Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

July 22, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 14 Comments Genetics and RA, Guest post on RA Warrior

RA Genetics 101: Glass half-full or half-empty? Part 2 In part 2 of this guest series, I present results of my own genotyping analysis provided by the direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing company 23andMe, specifically with respect to the estimated lifetime risk of acquiring RA. To provide a somewhat balanced perspective, I also show the corresponding results of...Continue reading 14 Comments » Read more

An Introduction to the Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

July 20, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 19 Comments Genetics and RA, Guest post on RA Warrior

RA Genetics 101: Glass half-full or half-empty? Part 1 Please welcome Professor Robert W. West, Jr, PhD as a guest on the subject of Rheumatoid Arthritis and genetics. Professor West uses his expertise in genetics to teach Personalized Medicine and other courses to the doctors of the 21st Century. A recent article on Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) illustrates...Continue reading 19 Comments » Read more

Be Heard via the RPF’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Survey

July 15, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 26 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Rheumatoid Patient Foundation brings you its 1st Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Survey The Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) exists to serve people with RA. Although there have been numerous organizations existing over the years for other rheumatological conditions (such as Sjogren’s syndrome or Fibromyalgia syndrome) and other autoimmune arthritis-type diseases (such as Lupus or Ankylosing Spondylitis), the Rheumatoid...Continue reading 26 Comments » Read more

Will the Next Frontier Be Rituxan?

July 11, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 51 Comments Biologics for RA, Professional patient, Rituxan for Rheumatoid Arthritis

I spent a couple of hours tonight searching for a Rituxan blog post I wrote a couple of weeks ago. Finally, I figured out there’s only one way to make it come out of hiding – write it over again. (Murphy always lurks, but we can outsmart him.) Working my way toward Rituxan You know that life...Continue reading 51 Comments » Read more

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