How Should You Sneeze or Cough When You’re Wearing a Face Mask?
December 4, 2020
These are the new rules of thumb for protecting yourself and others.
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Many People Hospitalized for COVID-19 Have Complications After Being Discharged, Including Readmission and Death
December 4, 2020
Two new studies reveal the extent and nature of health issues that continue to face people after they are discharged from COVID-19 hospitalization.
Continue readingCreakyJoints Launches eRheum.org to Educate Patients on Getting the Most from their Telehealth Appointment
December 4, 2020
Provider Groups Adopt Platform for their Patient Communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Jessica Daitch Phone: 917-816-6712 Email: jdaitch@ghlf.org UPPER NYACK, NY (December 4, 2020) – CreakyJoints®, the digital arthritis community for patients and caregivers worldwide and part of...Continue reading
Gout in the Thumb: Is Your Thumb Pain a Sign of Gout?
December 3, 2020
When you get burning pain in the base of the thumb, it could be from a gout flare. Here are more signs your thumb joint inflammation could be gout and how to treat your thumb pain.
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COVID-19 Patient Support Program Poll Results: Will You Get a Coronavirus Vaccine When Available to You?
December 3, 2020
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 information about whether people plan to get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.
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COVID-19 Patient Support Program Poll Results: Do You Support More Stay-at-Home Orders?
December 3, 2020
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 information about support for more stay-at-home orders amid rising COVID-19 infections.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have a Higher Risk of Dementia, But Biologics Could Help Lower It
December 2, 2020
A study of more than 140,000 Medicare patients with rheumatoid arthritis found that those on any biologic drug were 17 percent less likely than those using only a traditional DMARD to have developed dementia.
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People with Mental Health Conditions Are More Likely to Get COVID-19 — and Vice Versa
December 1, 2020
Important new data suggests that people with a psychiatric diagnosis were more like to contract COVID-19—and at the same time, people who got COVID-19 were more likely to develop a mental health condition afterward.
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The 19 Mental Health Tips Everyone with Chronic Illness Needs to Get Through the COVID-19 Holiday Season
November 30, 2020
The holidays are never easy when you have a chronic illness, but this pandemic year is especially fraught with loneliness and anxiety. Here is advice to help you cope when things less than merry and bright.
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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Baricitinib Is Authorized to Treat Severe COVID-19 (Along with Remdesivir)
November 30, 2020
The targeted therapy, known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, may help people who are hospitalized with COVID-19 recover more quickly when given with the antiviral medication remdesivir.
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