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Archived News Items April, 2011

FDA Drug Safety Communication About Safety Review Update On Reports Of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma In Adolescents And Young Adults Receiving Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers, Azathioprine And/Or Mercaptopurine

Kids With Rheumatic Diseases Should Still Get All Their Vaccinations

Spondylitis Awareness Video Contest 2011!

Spondylitis Awareness Month: Walk for Zach and Arthritis

Video: SAA Medical Board Member, Dr. Robert D. Inman Discusses AS & Treatment

Reminder: Tylenol Recall

MRI Findings Can Predict New Bone Formations in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Over 50 Million People have Arthritis in the US

Review SAA at Greatnonprofits.org

SAA Member Maya Klauber to Walk for Spondylitis Awareness

SAA Members Launch "Hope & Apples" to Raise AS Awareness

GASP! - The Global Ankylosing Spondylitis Project - AS Awareness Month 2011

Archived News Items March, 2011

Treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis with Orencia (abatacept)

Study: Services for people with ankylosing spondylitis

AS Research Study Announcement

ADMA in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Spondylitis and SAA on ABC News

Archived News Items February, 2011

Bone mineral density and body composition in postmenopausal women with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Efficacy of etanercept on rheumatic signs and pulmonary function tests in advanced ankylosing spondylitis

ADVOCACY ALERT: Spondylitis research funding is in jeopardy!

Is it safe to conceive while either the man or woman is taking methotrexate?

Work Disability in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Archived News Items January, 2011

Clinical efficacy and safety of etanercept versus sulfasalazine in ankylosing spondylitis patients

Risks of NSAIDs backed in new study

The formation of autoantibodies and antibodies to TNF-a blocking agents in relation to clinical response in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Henri & The Bee Supports SAA

Thank You To Those Who Participated In A Recent Research Survey

Enthesitis and its relationships with disease parameters in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Archived News Items December, 2010

FOLLOW-UP: Axial Spondyloarthritis Seen in 1 in 5 Young Adults With Chronic Back Pain

Efficacy in current practice of switching between anti-tumour necrosis factor-a agents in spondyloarthropathies

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

Diet, disease activity, and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis/axial spondyloarthritis

Archived News Items November, 2010

House Passes Extension to Delay Medicare Cuts

Striking prevalence of Axial Spondyloarthritis in primary care patients with chronic low back pain; a cross-sectional study

Bone mineral density in young males with ankylosing spondylitis

Both structural damage and inflammation of the spine contribute to impairment of spinal mobility in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

A strong familiality of ankylosing spondylitis through several generations

Archived News Items October, 2010

Sandoz Recalls Methotrexate

SAA Congratulates Rico Brogna On His Promotion To Director, Player Development For The Arizona Diamondbacks

Launch of the 1st Master's Degree in Spondyloarthritis

Psychological Status and Patient-Assessed Health Instruments in Ankylosing Spondylitis

SAA invites you to participate in a research effort in ankylosing spondylitis

Spondyloarthritis in women: differences in disease onset, clinical presentation, and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity and Functional indices (BASDAI and BASFI) between men and women with spondyloarthritides

Update on Biologic Therapy in the Management of Axial Spondyloarthritis

PRESS RELEASE: 3rd Annual Banding Together Internet Benefit Concert For Spondylitis Oct. 15th - 17th on BlowUpRadio.com & ThePenguinRocks.com

Archived News Items September, 2010

Alternative Treatment: Daily Dose of Ginger May Act as Pain Reliever

In 2010, How Should Ankylosing Spondylitis Be Treated?

Determinants of Early Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis

ADVOCACY ACTION ALERT! Countdown to the Arthritis Prevention Control and Cure Act

Health Reforms Take Effect This Month!

UTHealth scientists zeroing in on genes tied to two immune disorders

Low bone mineral density is related to male gender and decreased functional capacity in early spondylarthropathies

Archived News Items August, 2010

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Autoimmune Diseases

The diagnostic utility of MRI in spondyloarthritis: An international multicentre evaluation of 187 subjects

Probiotic Therapy for the Treatment of Spondyloarthritis

Comparison of a high sensitivity and standard C reactive protein measurement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.

Professional Golfer Phil Mickelson Diagnosed with Spondyloarthropathy

Classification of juvenile spondyloarthritis: enthesitis-related arthritis and beyond

Archived News Items July, 2010

Reactive Arthritis and Other Musculoskeletal Sequelae Following an Outbreak of Salmonella hadar in Castellon, Spain

Early axial spondyloarthritis

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Launches HealthCare.gov

Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) Launches Public Service Announcements to Hasten Arthritis Diagnosis

Q&A with Dr. Matthew Brown

Archived News Items June, 2010

Evidence for prescribing exercise as treatment in pediatric rheumatic diseases

UPDATED: House Passes Six-Month SGR Delay

WebMD: Common Painkillers Raise Heart Death Risk

Review: New approaches to diagnosis and classification of axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis

James T. Rosenbaum, MD, Chair of the SAA Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Will Receive the 2011 Friedenwald Award, Presented by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Archived News Items May, 2010

Total hip arthroplasty in patients with chronic autoimmune inflammatory arthropathies

Working status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register

Impact of ankylosing spondylitis on sick leave, presenteeism and unpaid productivity, and estimation of the societal cost

Postural stability in ankylosing spondylitis

FDA Approves Vimovo For Ankylosing Spondylitis

Antibiotic Treatment For Reactive Arthritis

Archived News Items April, 2010

Periodontal disease in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

National Volunteer Week: Saluting SAA Volunteers

Analysis of uveitis rates across all etanercept ankylosing spondylitis clinical trials

Sexual functions in ankylosing spondylitis

Health Insurance Reform At A Glance: Implementation Timeline

Archived News Items March, 2010

The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Activity and Function Indices (BASDAI and BASFI) and their correlation with main symptoms experienced by patients with spondyloarthritis

SPONDYLITIS AWARENESS VIDEO CONTEST - $1000 Grand Prize!

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The evolution of the bill and summary of the Reconciliation Package

Visual Assessment of the Spine Bruckel Instrument, a Novel Status Tool to Reflect Appearance of the Spine in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Frequency and characteristics of disease flares in ankylosing spondylitis

Are swimming or aerobic exercise better than conventional exercise in ankylosing spondylitis patients? A randomized controlled study

Archived News Items February, 2010

Paper: Hip involvement in ankylosing spondylitis and poor function but successful outcome with early total hip replacement

The Effect of Social Deprivation on Ankylosing Spondylitis Severity

SAA Joins NHC To "Put Patients First"

Experts look at the pros and cons of alternative arthritis therapies

Archived News Items January, 2010

Discovery! Two More Genes Related To Ankylosing Spondylitis Found

Autoimmune Disease Clusters

The majority of patients receiving anti-TNF therapy for AS during routine care demonstrated an improvement in disease activity

"Bach To Health" - Eric Roter, M.D. Supports SAA With Music

Archived News Items December, 2009

SAA Receives Oprah's "High Marks" Pick In The Field Of Arthritis

Inflammatory bowel disease serologies in ankylosing spondylitis patients: a pilot study

Archived News Items November, 2009

Rates of Spondyloarthritis in a Chinese Han Population

Imaging In Ankylosing Spondylitis: Sonography

Association of ERAP1, but not IL23R, with ankylosing spondylitis in a Han Chinese population

Outcome of active disease in ankylosing spondylitis: A prospective study

Archived News Items October, 2009

The colon in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and in normal controls

The relationship between disease-related characteristics and conduction disturbances in ankylosing spondylitis

Guidelines Issued for Cardiovascular Risk Management in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis

UPCOMING BENEFIT CONCERT

H1N1 & Vaccination Information

SAA News: Matching Gifts

Archived News Items September, 2009

Golimumab And The Treatment Of Spondyloarthritis

Work disability in ankylosing spondylitis: Differences among working and work-disabled patients

The effectiveness of exercise therapy for ankylosing spondylitis: A review

Archived News Items August, 2009

The relation between osteoporosis and vitamin D levels and disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis

Switching biologic agents for uveitis

The genetic background of ankylosing spondylitis

Golimumab: A novel human anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis

Progress in spondylarthritis. Spondyloarthritis: Lessons from imaging