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Laura’s CVS Commercial with Kelly’s CVS and the “a” Word
Once upon a time, a family switched insurance companies. Mother went to Target to pickup groceries methotrexate with a $10 coupon. When she went to the counter to pay, the insurance had “denied”...
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What’s the Big Deal about Rheumatoid Disease?
Just how big of a deal is this disease? I suppose the fact that I’ve written several hundred pages about it is a clue to my opinion. Yet, most of those articles were written with intentional restraint,...
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5 Reasons Rheumatoid Disease Is a Better Term than Rheumatoid Arthritis
The first blog post of this year told how I’ve come to prefer the term Rheumatoid Disease to Rheumatoid Arthritis. The response? Within 2 days in Facebook-land, there were 294 Shares, 583 Likes, and...
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The Confusion of a Smile
If you have RA, you’ll probably just nod your head as I share this private experience. If not, you may just scratch you head: huh? It’s all good, right? Well, mostly… I mean, a lot of living with RA is...
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Consumer Reports Absurd Best Buy Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug List
RESPONSE TO Consumer Reports Health Best Buy Drugs; Evaluating Prescription Drugs Used to Treat the Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Biologics Warrior to Washington: Next week, I’m going to D.C....
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Aftermath of the FDA Vote on Pfizer’s RA JAK Inhibitor, Tofacitinib
After the tofacitinib FDA hearing, the votes are in, false perceptions persist, and patients still need relief. Some estimate that tofacitinib could be approved by the US FDA within a few months after...
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20 Replies to Things Not to Say to a Rheumatoid Patient
Every day, I talk with several Rheumatoid patients, and hear from many more. Today’s post is in response to a request from one dear reader about one of the most popular posts on the blog, 20 Things Not...
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Mind-boggling! – Aftermath of Tofacitinib FDA Hearing Part 2
After the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee (AAC) hearing earlier this month for Pfizer’s new oral treatment for RA, tofacitinib, we looked at the four distinct votes of the AAC and some of the ways...
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The Powerful Health Care Role No One Really Wants: Being a Patient
The valuable knowledge of patients with diseases like RA Today, Katie Beth and I flew home from San Francisco where I spoke three times this week: There was a presentation at about the value of patient...
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Woman’s Day RA Is Destructive, but Phil & Venus Have Cred
In 2009, I first encountered something I called “the PR problem” with RA. For three years, I’ve disagreed with Woman’s Day magazine over whether the Woman’s Day version of RA is correct. On the blog,...
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What RA Is Like: Heavy Armor Hindered Medieval Warriors
Researchers at Leeds in the UK studied how medieval soldiers were affected by the weight of the armor (approximately 40-50 kg or 80-90 lbs). Researchers wore replicas of European armor while monitoring...
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What If Rheumatoid Disease Were Recognized, Properly Funded & Medically...
Just think. What if you told people you have RA and they actually knew what that meant instead of dismissing it? What difference would it make if Rheumatoid Disease had comparable NIH research funding...
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We’re Warriors So Fighting On Is Just What We Do
Blue Button meeting at HHS (ONC)The iPad looking back from the front of the crowded meeting room. #HealthIT4u at ONC@Farzad & @Lygeia (in Walking Gallery jacket) at Blue Button meeting. Kelly and...
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Win a Pentax Camera! While You Spread RA / RD Awareness!
The PRIZES! FIRST Prize: Pentax Optio RS1500 Digital Camera 2 SECOND prizes: one of 2 $25 iTunes Gift Cards The CONTEST! What’s the contest about? For years, people who live with Rheumatoid Disease...
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Invisible Illness Awareness Video
Positively Real: Keeping the Discussion Real without Sugar Coating Everyone with an “invisible illness” owes such a debt to Lisa Copen, founder of Invisible Illness Awareness Week. She has done so much...
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When Eventually Is Now: the Rheumatoid Time Warp
Eventually. Eventually, this could cause trouble. Did you read many articles when you first started learning about Rheumatoid disease? I remember how it started to bug me that things the disease did...
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“You Look Fine” – a Wall of Confusion Surrounding Rheumatoid Disease
If you’ve been diagnosed with “Rheumatoid Arthritis,” then we have a short poll for you of patient experiences with this disease! But first a few words about why this site exists for all of us....
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1st Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day – Groundhog Day 2013
A DAY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AWARENESS: FEBRUARY 2 February 2nd will be the first annual Rheumatoid Awareness Day – CLICK TO READ PRESS RELEASE. Details about how you can get involved in the first...
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FIRST AWARENESS DAY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ESTABLISHED BY RHEUMATOID...
Here’s a copy of the press release that went out over the wires yesterday. We’re being contacted from media across the country. Please feel free to forward it to any journalists you have contact with....
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Awareness Ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Finally
Rheumatoid disease patients distinguish themselves from arthritis or other diseases Note: both the phrases “Rheumatoid Arthritis” and “Rheumatoid Disease” have been used on this page to benefit those...
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