Topeka teen doesn't let arthritis hold her back
Elmer Robinson, director of The First Tee of Shawnee County, works with Topeka teenager Joie Francis to help her improve her golf game last week at the Forbes Golf Course. Joie, 14, who has juvenile arthritis, has participated two years in thegolf program.
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Schoep, the Arthritic Dog Made Famous in Viral Photo, Dies at Age 20
As the Pioneer Press reports, Unger, of Bayfield, Wisc., began taking his then 19-year-old pet into the water to help soothe the dog's joint pain from arthritis. The buoyancy of the water, he found, helped lull Schoep to sleep. Unger's friend Hudson …
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FDA Questions Humira Spinal Arthritis Study
However, the 192-patient study enrolled a subgroup of patients with radiographic evidence of spondyloarthritis — defined as having fulfilled modified New York Criteria for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), reviewers told members of the FDA's Arthritis …
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Answers About Rheumatoid Arthritis, Part 1
Dr. Bykerk, a rheumatologist who has practiced for more than 20 years, is the director of research at the Inflammatory Arthritis Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan and a researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her focus is the …
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FDA Approves Intravenous Simponi for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved golimumab (Simponi Aria, Janssen Biotech, Inc), intravenous (IV) formulation in combination with methotrexate, for the treatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the …
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IV Simponi Aria OK'd for Arthritis
The Food and Drug Administration has approved an intravenous formulation of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor golimumab (Simponi Aria) for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, according to manufacturer Janssen Biotech.
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Arthritis NZ Picton
Image by Trevor Dennis
Angie (from Arthritis Marlborough’s office in Blenheim) posing behind the Peugeot 308XPS raffle prize on Picton Foreshore.
Strobist: A single 580EX on the front of the vehicle fired by an ST-E2 (I was amazed it worked in all that sunshine!) A 5′x4′ silver reflector camera left, and a 80cm gold reflector on Angie’s face.
A few liberties with Photoshop shuffling picture elements into better positions, and cloning out one or two anomalies. Lots of curves, dodge & burn etc.
Bugger! Just noticed an anomalous shadow. 
