For Severely Ill Children, A Dearth Of Doctors
Wall Street Journal | Business | January 12, 2010, 12:00 A.M. ET
Lower Salaries, Reimbursement Rates Create Shortfall of Specialists; Kenneth’s Seven-Month Wait for an Appointment
A growing shortage of pediatricians trained in specialties such as neurology, gastroenterology, and developmental and behavioral medicine is threatening timely access to care for children, according to pediatric medical groups.
As the [...]
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Upbeat About JRA
Upbeat about JRA is About me Living with JRA as a teenager and growing up and what I have learned.
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Arthritis Ireland: Become A Juvenile Arthritis Mentor
Now, as part of Arthritis Ireland’s Juvenile Arthritis Programme, adults who themselves have/had juvenile arthritis can provide children with arthritis and their families with valuable insight and support. Becoming a JA Mentor allows adults to pass on the benefit of their experiences with arthritis, increasing the confidence of children and their families by helping them [...]
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Must-See JRA Blog
Warren Family – Baileys Blog “The Little Hero!”
Started as a blog Page to show Bailey and how shes doing with JIA – Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (known before as JRA – Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) and Uveitis (In the Eyes from the Arthritis) You’ll see why She’s OUR Little Hero! – WELCOME!
Team to participate in Arthritis Walk [...]
Taking Arthritis To School
“This short book is about 32 pages and describes arthritis so children can understand it. It can be read to classmates to help them understand what their fellow student is going through. Classmates will also learn that their fellow student is just like them despite having juvenile arthritis.”
Read More: http://www.arthriticjoints.com/2009/08/31/going-back-to-school-with-juvenile-arthritis/.
Break-Out: The Complete Lifestyle Guide For Young People With Arthritis
Woman’s shock at arthritis at 20
As a campaign to help more than 1,000 teenage arthritis sufferers in Wales is launched, Arthritis Care volunteer Mary Cowern, 43, from Llanelli, explains what it was like to be diagnosed with the condition when she was only 20-years-old.
“It was a big shock to me. I didn’t realise that young [...]
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FDA: Arthritis Drugs Pose Cancer Risk To Children
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Tuesday added stronger warnings to a group of best-selling drugs used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, saying they can increase the risk of cancer in children and adolescents.
After more than a year of review, Food and Drug Administration scientists said the drugs appear to increase the risk of [...]
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Jennie Garth Talks Daughter’s Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jennie Garth’s husband, Peter Facinelli, may be a worldwide box office star in “Twilight,” but at home he and Jennie were faced with devastating news after one of their daughters was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
Watch the video clip (accesshollywood.com)
For more information on Still’s Disease, please visit the International Still’s Disease Foundation.
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