People often think of stress relief as yoga or journaling — but our patient community shared that their furry friends are perhaps the best remedy for managing the emotional and physical ups and downs of living with a chronic illness.
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Study paves the way for more personalized treatment for patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
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You may have a sense of being left behind as the rest of the world returns to normal activities, but connecting with other immunocompromised patients may help you feel less alone.
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Painsomnia. Medication hangovers. Out-of-nowhere symptoms. Eileen Davidson may not have the solutions for these RA frustrations and more — but she hopes sharing them validates what you’re feeling too.
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Researchers linked two substances found in the heart to likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke for patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, yet more research is needed.
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“I hope my story humanizes the experience of having COVID for people,” says disability advocate Tinu Abayomi-Paul, who lives with multiple chronic conditions and cancer. “Those of us at high risk aren’t abstract people you’ve never met. We’re people you know and love, and we might die because you won’t wear a mask.”
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While researchers find pausing methotrexate for two weeks resulted in more protection from the COVID vaccine, it also led to increased disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Do seasonal allergies seem to bring sneezing and sniffling as well as body aches, joint pain, and fatigue? Here are some possible reasons why — and how to best manage these symptoms.
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The American Rheumatology Association offers new medication guidelines aimed to better balance the risk of flares and infection for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery.
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