Recommended Books on Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Everything Health Guide to Arthritis Are you tired of battling joint pain, stiffness, and soreness? With The Everything® Health Guide to Arthritis, you'll learn to manage your pain and enjoy being more active. Carol Eustice, who has lived with arthritis for more than thirty years, gives you the strength and knowledge you need to:
- Work with your doctor to manage pain
- Explore alternative treatment options
- Stay healthy and active with proper diet
- Protect your joints
- Use exercise to improve range of motion
With this helpful guide, you're just steps away from moving easier, feeling better, and improving your quality of life. Carol Eustice has been the About.com Guide to Arthritis since 1997. She started the first online Rheumatoid Arthritis chatroom on America Online in 1995 and is a former Registered Medical Technologist with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She has lived with rheumatoid arthritis for more than thirty years and her husband was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis nearly twenty years ago. She lives in Las Vegas. Technical Reviewer: Scott J. Zashin, M.D. is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Division of Rheumatology, in Dallas. He is also an attending physician at Presbyterian Hospitals of Dallas and Plano and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and Rheumatology. He lives in Dallas.
What To Do When The Doctor Says It's Rheumatoid Arthritis: Stop Your Pain, Become More Active, and Learn How to Talk to Your Doctors Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, incurable connective-tissue disease that attacks the hands, feet, and joints and may lead to deformities and permanent disabilities. This book, written by a doctor and health journalist will offer comprehensive medical advice and lifestyle information for the nearly three million Americans who suffer from this disease.
The book uses mind-body techniques and alternative medicine to cope with the pain and discomfort, including information on: - Pain relief
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Managing your relationship with your doctors
Conquering Arthritis: What Doctors Don't Tell You Because They Don't Know: 9 Secrets I Learned the Hard Way This book provides hard-earned, practical, detailed information that is critical for successful healing of arthritis, but that has never before been collected in one book. Without this information many people with arthritis will not get well.
The information is organized into a well-researched, easy-to-follow plan for getting well again and includes case histories of people with dramatic and lasting recoveries. It focuses not just on coping with the symptoms of arthritis, but on correcting its underlying causes using proven alternative medicine and pain management techniques. Anyone who is serious about healing from arthritis needs this book.
Arthritis Without Pain: The Miracle of TNF Blockers Arthritis Without Pain is a timely publication about a long-awaited breakthrough for arthritis pain — a category of drugs called TNF blockers.
The miracle of TNF blockers is this: they work. Nearly two of every three patients who try these medications get lasting relief from joint pain and inflammation. Known as biologic DMARDs, these high-tech drugs inhibit the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a protein that contributes to joint damage associated with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Without Pain examines the science behind the TNF blockers Enbrel®, Remicade® and Humira™, offers practical advice for their use, and explores the real-life experience of patients who take them. Written by noted Dallas rheumatologist Scott J. Zashin, M.D., in collaboration with healthcare writer Laurie Hesser, Arthritis Without Pain gives patients the knowledge to take charge of their arthritis, move past the pain, and get back to a more active life. • Learn about TNF blockers and how they work • Compare TNF blockers with methotrexate and other arthritis drugs • Take a five-minute self-test to see if you are a candidate for anti-TNF therapy • Understand the differences between Enbrel®, Remicade® and Humira™ • Know what to ask before therapy and what to expect during therapy • Gain insight into how biologic drugs are manufactured and why they need special handling • Learn how uninsured/underinsured patients may still have access to these medications • Read about other patients’ experiences with these life-changing drugs With the latest information on types of arthritis, standard treatments, lab tests and clinical trials, Arthritis Without Pain is a comprehensive guide to TNF blockers and the state of arthritis treatment today.
The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Good Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2nd Edition Everything you need to know to fight RA is in this book--powerful new drugs, new surgical techniques, easy exercises to restore flexibility and alternative therapies to ease your symptoms.
Keeping A Secret: A Story About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Why can't Jennifer play soccer or jump rope? Any child with a chronic disease will relate to this young girl coming to terms with her diagnosis and treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and the manner in which she shares this news with her friends.
Conquering Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Latest Breakthroughs and Treatments As a biologist with over thirty years of experience teaching a wide range of complex biomedical subjects and a person who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) himself, Dr Thomas F Lee is ideally suited to write a book that addresses the vital questions about the nature of the disease and the rationale behind its treatment. This is the only book that explains in layperson's terms the newest available therapies and the latest advances in our understanding of this often debilitating disease. These new insights have led to many molecular-based approaches already in clinical trial, and many more are waiting in the wings. All of these exciting developments are the result of the ongoing biotechnological revolution and a new understanding of the immune system aided by genetic research. Millions of people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a debilitating auto-immune disease that ravages the delicate lining of the joints. As in other auto-immune diseases, instead of defending against foreign invaders, the immune system inexplicably attacks healthy tissue. RA causes systemic effects as well; not only are joints painful, through the destruction of bone and cartilage, but there is often accompanying fatigue, decreased appetite, depression, and muscle pain.
Conquering Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Latest Breakthroughs and Treatments As a biologist with over thirty years of experience teaching a wide range of complex biomedical subjects and a person who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) himself, Dr Thomas F Lee is ideally suited to write a book that addresses the vital questions about the nature of the disease and the rationale behind its treatment. This is the only book that explains in layperson's terms the newest available therapies and the latest advances in our understanding of this often debilitating disease. These new insights have led to many molecular-based approaches already in clinical trial, and many more are waiting in the wings. All of these exciting developments are the result of the ongoing biotechnological revolution and a new understanding of the immune system aided by genetic research. Millions of people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a debilitating auto-immune disease that ravages the delicate lining of the joints. As in other auto-immune diseases, instead of defending against foreign invaders, the immune system inexplicably attacks healthy tissue. RA causes systemic effects as well; not only are joints painful, through the destruction of bone and cartilage, but there is often accompanying fatigue, decreased appetite, depression, and muscle pain.
Nicole's Story: A Book About a Girl With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Meeting the Challenge) An eight-year-old girl talks about what her life is like with the disease of JRA or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Raising A Child With Arthritis: A Parent's Guide An authoritative guide parents can use to help them confidently take charge when raising a child with arthritis.
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