Tag: Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation Conference
Last month I attended a half-day conference about arthritis and chronic illness, put on by the Arthritis Foundation. Before the event got started there were information booths covering everything from gout to magazines. Dr. Stanford Peng started off the presentations by discussing arthritis research, in great detail. He covered the types of arthritis, medicines and [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2011 under Organizations.
Tags: Arthritis, Arthritis Foundation, Books, Dr. Stanford Peng, Dr. Steve Overman, Research
Comments: 4
Fibro Feelings – Popcorn Please
What is Fibro Feelings? The main highlight of this week was that I got to start reincorporating foods into my diet! For each food item you do a challenge that is basically eating that food 3 times a day and then seeing how you react. I passed my food challenges for rice, organic citrus fruits [...]
Posted: July 14th, 2011 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Arthritis, Dr. Kevin White, Elimination Diet, Food, Shoe Rack, Twitter
Comments: 2
Two Exciting News Reports
Two recent news stories published in Science Translational Medicine caught my attention and got me excited. The reason they got me excited is because each story has the possibility of opening the door to new medical research and understanding. The first report was on a discovery made after doing DNA sequencing on two twins who’ve [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2011 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: Arthritis, CXCL5, DNA Sequencing, Dopa-responsive dystonia, Pain, Research, Science Translational Medicine, Sunburn
Comments: 2