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RA Bone Mineral Density is another indicator of invisible illness in RA / RD

RA Bone Mineral Density Predicts Mortality

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RA bone mineral density may be another indicator of the mostly hidden disease activity of rheumatoid disease (RD). Investigators studying patients in Texas have made some landmark observations. RA bone mineral density may be associated with mortality A session at the most recent scientific meeting of the American College of Rheumatology explored how RA bone mineral density...Continue reading      5 Comments » Read more
rheumatoid arthritis problems book

Rheumatoid Arthritis Problems, Anyone?

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Two kinds of rheumatoid arthritis problems There are two kinds of rheumatoid arthritis problems. There are the ones caused directly by the disease—like fatigue, pain, or weakness. And then there are the problems that are caused by those—like not being able to play tennis or break dance anymore—or being chronically late. (Anyone else dealing with RA...Continue reading      12 Comments » Read more
Rheumatoid Arthritis Unmasked: 10 Dangers of Rheumatoid Disease book

Rheumatoid Arthritis Unmasked

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS UNMASKED: 10 DANGERS OF RHEUMATOID DISEASE Ending the confusion that Rheumatoid Disease is a type of arthritis.      WHAT IF...? What if no one confused rheumatoid disease with just arthritis? What if the world understood that people with rheumatoid disease (RD) are not hypochondriacs because they have so many health problems? What if all of the...Continue reading      Make a Comment » Read more
What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain

What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain?

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Why ask what causes rheumatoid arthritis pain? Today we answer a letter from a reader that raises key questions about living with rheumatoid disease (RD). Why is it so painful? Why doesn’t treatment take away pain? Why isn’t the pain dealt with? In part, the answer is found in another question: What causes rheumatoid arthritis pain? Until...Continue reading      22 Comments » Read more
Arthritis Prescreening Like Minority Report

Arthritis Prescreening Like Minority Report

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Arthritis prescreening is like Minority Report with Tom Cruise …Or is it? When I read Dr. Scott’s creative newspaper column, comparing rheumatoid arthritis prescreening to Minority Report, the sci-fi flick about punishing crimes before they happen, I didn’t know where to begin. I love movie analogies – there are a bunch of them on this blog. But Dr. Scott...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more
Rheumatoid Arthritis CRP Levels

Rheumatoid Arthritis CRP Levels

Kelly Young 26 Comments ,
Why look at rheumatoid arthritis CRP levels? C-reactive protein, commonly called CRP, is a protein that can be produced by the liver in response to other immune activity, especially the increase of IL-6. CRP can rise quickly in response to many inflammatory conditions such as infections or injury, helping clear out dying cells or bacteria. Blood tests for...Continue reading      26 Comments » Read more
Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials: 10 Facts

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials: 10 Facts

Kelly Young 3 Comments ,
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

Remaining Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Studying Remaining Pain In part one of this series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease, we learned that “Remaining pain” is a term for joint pain that patients experience despite treatment with DMARDs like methotrexate or Enbrel. Today we discuss a large study about Remaining Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) / rheumatoid disease...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more
Role of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Role of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 25 Comments ,
This is Part 1 in a series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease. What role does pain play in RA diagnosis? In disease assessment? In disease treatment? Let’s start with a history lesson… 2 kinds of medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) In 2009, we discussed the need to both treat rheumatoid disease and...Continue reading      25 Comments » Read more
Curing rheumatoid arthritis in mice and men

Curing Rheumatoid Arthritis in Mice and Men

Kelly Young 6 Comments ,
Are we curing rheumatoid arthritis in mice? This post is in response to a comment from Robert about a new way for curing rheumatoid arthritis. He wrote: “A university in Switzerland has cured RA in mice, as of August 2014. Clinical trials in humans were due to start this year. Not a word since. [Link to...Continue reading      6 Comments » Read more
rheumatoid arthritis mortality news

Rheumatoid Arthritis Mortality

Kelly Young 18 Comments ,
Rheumatoid Arthritis mortality: 40% increased risk Investigators at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) recently found Rheumatoid arthritis mortality to be significantly increased. A 40 percent greater overall risk of death, especially death due to respiratory or cardiovascular causes, is discussed in BWH’s recent press release, Rheumatoid arthritis linked to increased risk of death, which describes...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more
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Can Potassium Reduce Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis / Disease?

Kelly Young 13 Comments ,
Could potassium reduce pain in rheumatoid disease? “Oral Potassium (K+) Reduces Pain in RA: A Randomized Active Control Study of Diet Based K+ Intervention” A poster presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting earlier this month described how potassium may be important in rheumatoid arthritis / disease. Researchers in India randomized 172 people...Continue reading      13 Comments » Read more
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