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RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

Sample Size: 1 of Every 100 RA Patients in U.S. Are Members of Our Facebook Page

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Transparent objectives of a patient community As the author of this blog, I’m completely transparent about why I’m here: Stunned at learning what so many RA patients endure, I committed to doing everything possible to change that. The 3 specific goals have been the same for 3.5 years on the About Page, as created during the first...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

Disparity Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients & Doctors over Disease Activity

Kelly Young 42 Comments , ,
Will one more RA disparity study make a difference for patients? Discrepancy & Rheumatoid Arthritis: inseparable as thunder & lightning Discrepancy. A word I probably used three times during the first four decades of my life. And then came Rheumatoid Disease. This word is the shortest explanation for the reason RA Warrior exists. I was stunned by the...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more

Poll Shows Textbooks Wrong on Rheumatoid Arthritis Morning Stiffness

Kelly Young 41 Comments ,
Morning stiffness is like morning sickness Did you ever have a baby? Did you have morning sickness? Was it only in the morning? Were you still pregnant? Everyone recognizes there is a lot of variety to the morning sickness experience. Some have it for a few weeks, some have it for all nine months and others never...Continue reading      41 Comments » Read more

Side Effects and Genes: More Evidence for Listening to Patients

Kelly Young 14 Comments , ,
Some readers say medical terms bug them. Wait! Don’t let the weird words in an abstract make your eyes glaze over. Sometimes there’s important stuff there!  You might still get the general idea if you just read “the whatever” when you get to a word you can’t pronounce. Then look up significant words if you...Continue reading      14 Comments » Read more

Accurately Measuring Rheumatoid Disease Activity

Kelly Young 12 Comments ,
We may be watching the slow evolution of the ability to measure Rheumatoid disease activity (DA) which could obviously revolutionize care for the disease, if handled properly. “Visible” evidence can be a valuable tool in treating a disease that does its damage concealed inside of a body. 2006: Remission imaging study reveals Rheumatoid Arthritis disease activity Remember...Continue reading      12 Comments » Read more

RA News Vol. 8: Predicting TNF Response, Prednisone Increases Remission, New Mayo Clinic Heart Disease Risk Study

Kelly Young 6 Comments , ,
Brief rundown of 3 recent RA news articles that could make big impact 1. Simple urine test may predict who responds to TNF biologics! British researcher Dr. Sabrina Kapoor noted that the metabolites which are a result of the effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) on metabolism should be present in the urine or blood of patients....Continue reading      6 Comments » Read more

Significant Numbers of RA Patients Don’t Receive Recommended Care

Kelly Young 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 Young 17 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      17 Comments » Read more

What about a Clinical Protocol for Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease?

Kelly Young 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 Young 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 Young 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 Young 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
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