Sometimes as a patient, we feel we don’t have our best interests being looked after by our doctors. We feel we aren’t really taken care of. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people complain about their treatment, or lack thereof, or how uncomfortable they are with their current… Read More
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and it’s estimated that 13.5 million people in the United States alone suffer from the disease. Patients with COPD suffer chronic bronchitis (coughing and mucous production) or emphysema (collapsing of air sacs due to… Read More
I have not posted in a number of months here on Achieve Clinical. I wish I could say that my absence was prompted by some wonderful breakthrough in medicine, or that my rheumatoid arthritis went into remission and I was off exploring the world from climbing famous mountains to exploring… Read More
Life has been stressful over the last week. I mean the kind of stress that results from Murphy’s Law: whatever can go wrong, will. Sigh . . . sometimes life bites you in the bum.
The funny thing about having rheumatoid arthritis (and many other autoimmune diseases, I assume) is… Read More
In the past few years I’ve found a few differences between me and my non-arthritic friends (those poor suckers). Most of the time I am able to overcome those differences. I might not be the most in-shape person, but I do exercise. I might not be able to run and… Read More
Center Watch, a worldwide network of clinical trials information, performs clinical trials on an extensive list of medical phenomena and conditions in various phases, including rheumatology, obstetrics and gynecology, endocrinology, hematology, otolaryngology, neonatology and pediatrics to maxillofacial surgery. Center Watch boasts a large patient database, numerous support groups and blogs.… Read More
A little while back I started a segment on my blog called “RA Friends”, where I encouraged others with rheumatoid arthritis to open up about their life with RA by answering some commonly wondered upon questions. At least questions that I felt were important for outreach to the newly diagnosed… Read More
There are a lot of people out there who write about their life with arthritis. You can find a number of different blogs by normal, wonderful people who talk about their struggles with RA. How they cope. How they try to help the people around them understand their pain. Often… Read More
Alright, so I already gave you a bit of an introduction to the hypoallergenic elimination diet. If you’d like some more info, here are a few links that I used when going through this process:
Nourishing meals
Whole Life Nutrition
As helpful as these sites were to me, they still… Read More
Over the holidays I got a lot of questions about my diet, because I generally have quite a few restrictions that I follow closely on a daily basis. Although during Thanksgiving all the rules went out the window when delicious pies and cakes were present. As I dug my fork… Read More
