Tag
The coronavirus may initially affect your respiratory tract, but COVID-19 can have serious cardiovascular consequences. Here’s what you need to know to keep your heart healthy.
By CreakyStaff
Although people who are on immunosuppressant medications were not included in clinical trials for the vaccines, we’re going to have more insights soon about how patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions fare after being vaccinated against COVID-19.
By CreakyStaff
“For me, it goes back to trusting science and knowing that this is the only way we’re going to get our life back,” says Brenda Kleinsasser, who lives in the coronavirus hotspot state of North Dakota.
“We tend to shy away from talking about our challenges, especially when we know others out there are doing far worse,” says rheumatoid arthritis patient Eileen Davidson. “But I am a firm believer in self-expression and speaking up about our troubles. We shouldn’t suffer in silence.”
The Global Healthy Living Foundation regularly polls the members of our COVID-19 Patient Support Program to understand the perspectives of chronic illness patients during the pandemic. Here is data about loneliness and how people are coping with it.
When compared with patients taking acetaminophen and/or codeine, those taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were not more likely to become infected with the novel coronavirus.
By CreakyStaff
“I signed up for the shot before I even Googled anything,” says Sarah Islam, a fourth-year medical student on immunosuppressant medications, who was eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
By Dibs Baer
“After nine months of this, I’m finally figuring out truths about my body I never knew before and because of that knowledge, I’ve stopped overreacting,” says rheumatoid arthritis patient Dibs Baer.
By Kelsey Kloss
If you really want to see someone outside of your household in person, this list can help you determine if it may be okay.
By CreakyStaff
In a year of many Ps — a pandemic, protests, and politics — members of the Global Healthy Living Foundation and CreakyJoints community reflected on another: the positive. Here’s what they had to say about the silver linings of a very challenging year.
By 
By 
By 
By 
