A Shared Decision-Making Tool for Achieving Low Disease Activity and Improving Quality of Life
With this tool, you can have a more informed conversation about treatment options, disease activity, and more. Start planning for a better quality of life today.
Continue readingUnderstanding Remission: Insights from Patients and Rheumatologists
Discover what remission or inactive disease means to patients and how doctors discuss and define remission.
Continue readingWhat Stress Does to My Rheumatoid Arthritis — and How I Deal With It
Patient advocate Eileen Davidson shares how stress impacts her RA and offers tips for coping with stress and chronic illness.
Continue readingCovid Vaccination Linked to Increased Risk of Flares — But So Is Covid Infection
New study suggests COVID vaccination linked to increased flare risk, alongside COVID infection.
Continue readingFDA Says Many CBD Products on the Market Are Not “Drugs” or “Supplements”
Agency announces plans to create new regulatory pathway to vet growing number of CBD products.
Continue readingNew Poll Reveals Most Have Gotten or Plan to Get Second COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Vaccine
In the Global Healthy Living Foundation’s latest COVID-19 Patient Support Program poll, only 12 percent of respondents said they do not plan on getting the latest COVID-19 booster shot.
Continue readingIt’s Okay Not to be Okay
“I’m beginning to realize that in trying to keep my girlfriend, my therapist, my kids, my friends, my family from seeing my pain, I’ve been denying them access to a very real part of myself.”
Continue readingWhen Chronic Illness Triggers Your Anxiety: Why it Happens and How to Cope
Chronic conditions can bring unpredictability and heightened anxiety levels. Here we explore triggers and how to change the channel in your mind through healthy distractions.
Continue readingCan Keeping Uric Acid Levels Down Lead to Stronger Bones in People with Gout?
New research suggests that maintaining lower uric acid levels may help protect against osteoporosis and risk of fractures.
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