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Yup, another post about pain in our canine friends. I know I’m pushing the boundaries of the blog but it is about pain and how it affects us as well.
I’ve written about my 9 and a half year old greyhound, Dee. She’s been having a lot of trouble with her right hind leg because […]
If you’ve been putting off having a hip replacement because you’re uncertain or afraid, here’s some new information that may help you make up your mind.
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, seniors who had arthritis in their hip and received a total hip replacement saw significant changes […]
I like to see what posts bring the most traffic here - what people are interested in reading. Sometimes, I think I’ve got a post that will be incredibly interesting and everyone will want to “Stumble” (use stumbleupon.com to spread the news) and then very few people read it. Other times, I think it’s an […]
If you know of a child with arthritis or you know people who could use some help understanding what it is like to be a child with the disease, the Arthritis Foundation offers a free book called Arthritis in Children. According to their web site, the book helps you to “Learn about different forms […]
It can happen to any child, at any age: Juvenile Arthritis. It’s hard to imagine that a child can experience the same kind of chronic pain and disability that we imagine is only for the elderly, but it’s true.
On the other hand, many with JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) are able to […]
According to a press release issued by BMJ - British Medical Journal, Heavy birthweight babies twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, “Heavy birthweight female babies are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood as their average birthweight peers, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.”
The […]
And now… please put your hands together for…. the CREAKY JOINTS!!!!!
Ok, maybe Creaky Joints isn’t the follow-up to the aging Rolling Stones, but it is a great website for people who do have creaky joints and do have chronic pain.
I received an email today from someone who works with CreakyJoints.org. She wrote, […]
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According to an article on CTV.ca, people in Canada with arthritis are not taking their medications: Arthritis patients don’t take medicine, survey says.
In fact, almost 90% of patients aren’t taking the medications as prescribed. It doesn’t make […]
As we get closer to the Olympics, cyclist Kristin Armstrong is continuing her ride to Beijing. We’ve been following Kristin because she is a great example of how some people are able to live with a disease like osteoarthritis. While not everyone can manage to achieve the level of athleticism that she has when […]
Ok folks, another study on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs); what are we going to make of it?
According to a press release issued by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), “At least 50% of recent onset rheumatoid arthritis patients achieve remission (a state free of signs and symptoms) […]
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