Fatherhood, Philosophy, Uncertainty, and Rheumatoid Arthritis....” - Carl Sagan We had to speak loudly to be heard above the hustle and bustle of the busy downtown bar.... By Michael Booth6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Understanding Vaccine Recommendations...After all, childhood vaccines can wear off over time. As people age, they also may be more at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases.... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Pain Wants...Pain also tells you to be late for work, forget to brush your teeth, get lost driving somewhere you've been to a million times, wear mismatched socks,... By Angela Lundberg5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments9 comments
That Thing No One Talks About...In order to weed out any potentially useful information or advice you have to wade through multiple paragraphs of horrendous facts and statistics about... By Mariah Z. Leach5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
What it is that Grips Us: A Series on Depression and RA.... — Aleksandra Solzhenitsyn, The Cancer Ward Plastic medical tubing hung in spider webs, crisscrossing the gap between the hospital bed where my father... By Michael Booth5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
How She Keeps Living with RA...Invariably, sooner or later, you do wind up having to reveal your disease, your disability, and then it quickly becomes quite visible and open for judgment... By Angela Lundberg5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Early Morning Exercise for the Late Nighter...If there were no alarm clocks or responsibilities in my life, I would quickly gravitate to falling asleep in the odd hours of the early morning, and waking... By Michael Booth5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
What's up Doc?...Of course, during the early stages of RA, when fear, pain and lack of disease control were at their peak, I requested to be seen much more often than... By Nan Hart5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What it is That Grips Us (Part 3)...In the second part of this series, various statistics on the prevalence rate of depression for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis were cited.... By Michael Booth5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Will it Get Worse?...It’s a word I hate with all my heart even though I know it’s pretty much right on, because it’s often used along with words that casually, cruelly minimize... By Wren6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Addressing Despair Through CBT...Because I expected side effects, many times I began to perceive them when they were just normal bodily sensations.... By Michael Booth6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Statistics: Who Gets Rheumatoid Arthritis?...About 70 percent of people with RA were not working or were retired. Education level is also linked to RA.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Social and Economic Impact of RA...One study estimated that as many as one-third of people with RA are forced to stop working within 10 years of being diagnosed.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Lifestyle, medical, hormones & other risk factors...One Swedish study found that men who were exposed to high levels of silica dust were at about three times more likely to develop RA than the general... By Editorial Team 6 min readBookmark for later
RA in the Workplace...One study estimated that as many as one-third of people with RA are forced to stop working within 10 years of being diagnosed.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome and RA...These glands are called lacrimal glands (from the Latin word lacrima for tears) and salivary (meaning saliva-producing) glands.... By Editorial Team 2 min readBookmark for later
RA and Menopause...Sweden that examined associations between reproductive factors and RA found that women who went through menopause early (at or below the age of 45 years) were... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Contact Us...We’re here to help. Please email us at contact@rheumatoidarthritis.net. Please note that our team hours are Monday-Friday 8:30AM - 5:30PM EST.... By Editorial Team 1 min readBookmark for later
RA and the Autoimmune Response...In RA, the immune system malfunctions and attacks healthy joint tissue as if it were a foreign invader.... By Editorial Team 4 min readBookmark for later
