Sunday November 29, 2009
Your parenting skills and your ability to parent may have been tested if you live with arthritis pain. Physical limitations can interfere with your energy level and ability to share certain activities with your kids, for example. Not only that -- your patience, ability to discipline, and ability to cope with issues such as sibling conflict may be shortchanged.
Can you relate? Have you had this experience? If arthritis has impacted your parenting, share your story.
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Friday November 27, 2009
Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the judges on the popular show Dancing With the Stars, was scheduled to have surgery for spinal stenosis this week, according to a report in People magazine. The surgical procedure was being performed to relieve pressure and stiffness in Inaba's neck. Her celebrity, due to the popularity of the show, is bringing awareness to the condition.
With spinal stenosis, the spinal canal narrows, putting pressure on the nerves and spinal cord. The condition can be caused by arthritis, Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans), or injury. Learn more about the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of spinal stenosis.
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Wednesday November 25, 2009
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 46.4 million adults in the United States have doctor-diagnosed arthritis. That's a large number -- and it's growing as the population ages. What causes so many people to develop arthritis? Is arthritis contagious? Is arthritis a disease that can be transmitted from person to person?
The short answer is no -- it's not contagious. You will do better learning about risk factors for arthritis when considering why so many people develop the condition. Learn more in Is Arthritis Contagious?
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Sunday November 22, 2009
Researchers from South Carolina have studied the effect of systemic lupus erythematosus on employment. According to the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Rheumatology, 51 patients and 26 controls who were working the year before diagnosis were no longer working at followup (a median of 4 years after diagnosis). Ninety-two percent of patients compared with 40% of controls who were no longer working indicated that they had stopped working because of their health.
College graduates were less likely to quit their jobs due to health compared to patients who did not graduate from college. Lupus patients with arthritis were 3 times more likely to have quit their jobs due to health reasons compared to those who didn't have arthritis.
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