by Kelly O'Neill, RA Warrior New ACR guidance during COVID-19 The precise risks with COVID-19 for people with autoimmune diseases or who take immune suppressant treatments are not yet known.…
To our RPF family, We are in an unprecedented time that can be very stressful and scary for us all, whether we have an autoimmune disease or not. We are…
By Shannon Young, Executive Director of the Rheumatoid Patient Foundation When your doctor calls at 6 p.m. on a Friday, it’s either really good news, or really bad news. Eight…
Here at RPF, one of the taglines you’ll often hear us use is, “together, we can do more.” We firmly believe that by working together – as patients, caregivers, researchers,…
By Kelly O'Neill Young, RPF Founder & President I’ve been a passionate advocate of early RA diagnosis for over a decade. One of the first articles I wrote for a medical website urged doctors to diagnose…
By Kathryne Marks Why are biomarkers important? Looking for certain markers in a blood sample is a method that is helpful in the diagnosis many conditions, including Rheumatoid Disease (RD) and other…