Rheum Disease in the Media Archives | Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior

5 Rheumatoid Arthritis – RA Flare Facts

February 1, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 91 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheum Disease in the Media, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

RA Flare – fact or fiction? If you want to laugh out loud, just Google RA Flare. No, not right now. Finish this first. Anyway, the topic of RA flare produces some very silly and contradictory discussions. For example Web MD offers How to Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares. If only. So today we approach one of the most...Continue reading 91 Comments » Read more

The Best Rheumatoid Arthritis News Story I’ve Ever Seen

February 5, 2013April 20, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 30 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Click now to hear the news story as it aired February 4, 2013 on KPCC, the local NPR affiliate in South Central Los Angeles. Honest rheumatoid arthritis news story on NPR station Jose Martinez KPCC interview Jose Martinez, writer for OnCentral: Reporting on health and quality of life in South LA, first contacted me a couple of...Continue reading 30 Comments » Read more

Patients Confront USA Today: More Media Mess on Rheumatoid Disease

December 27, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Woman's Day problem

We fight the battle against Rheumatoid disease on several fronts including scientific research, improving clinical care, supporting patients and caregivers in their search for information and support, and creating general public awareness that will contribute to all of the above. Our main weapon has always been the truth. The logo is a spear – made...Continue reading 10 Comments » Read more

When Eventually Is Now: the Rheumatoid Time Warp

November 28, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Eventually. Eventually, this could cause trouble. Did you read many articles when you first started learning about Rheumatoid disease? I remember how it started to bug me that things the disease did suddenly were all supposed to not happen until “eventually.” It must be to be one of those favored misconceptions that the medical media won’t...Continue reading 42 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness: Sugar Coat Cookies Please, Not a Disease

August 15, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 72 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Woman's Day problem

Why the sugar coating of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the media? Do you remember the insistence of Woman’s Day editors that patients were wrong and their article on Rheumatoid Arthritis was correct? The author later recanted, but the editor dug in repeatedly. That was three years ago and my first taste of the dogged commitment in the...Continue reading 72 Comments » Read more

Kim Kardashian, Magazines, & a Trendy Practice that Bugs Me

August 8, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 27 Comments Humor with RA, Professional patient, Rheum Disease in the Media

One perk of having a blog is that you have a place to blow off steam sometimes. Remember when I got robbed and the thieves found their bliss at Target, who tried to pin the bill on me? I always say RAW is my front porch. Where we can just hang out. Or tell it...Continue reading 27 Comments » Read more

Confusion & Blame Surround Methotrexate Shortages & Recalls

July 25, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 41 Comments Methotrexate, Rheum Disease in the Media

U.S. caught off guard by methotrexate shortage Shortages of injectable methotrexate began in 2010 and some sources say may continue through 2014. Many have been surprised that shortages of such inexpensive generic drugs could take Americans by surprise and continue for such an indefinite period. Finger-pointing at the FDA and drug companies is probably the one...Continue reading 41 Comments » Read more