Pictured: Dr. Zaher Nahle lecturing at UCSD’s Women's Conference for International Women's Day Dr. Nahle, the Arthritis National Research Foundation's incoming Executive Director, was invited to lecture on chronic illnesses and arthritis challenges alongside a panel of experts last Thursday, March 8. The event was the...
New insights into the workings of genes are bringing hope for a revolution in scleroderma research and scleroderma treatment. Scleroderma (also called systemic sclerosis) stiffens connective tissue and decreases blood vessel formation throughout the body, scarring the skin and triggering potentially lethal damage to vital...
Long Beach, CALIFORNIA (March 7, 2018) – Today the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF, CureArthritis.org) announced the appointment of Zaher Nahle, PhD, MPA, as its new Executive Director (ED). This is the outcome of a rigorous, nation-wide search examining many extraordinary candidates. A statement from the...
MARCH 2018 - Helene Belisle, Executive Director of the Arthritis National Research Foundation, is retiring after 22 years at the helm of the Foundation. The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) is recognized in the scientific world, the arthritis patient community and by independent rating organizations...
Remember when you were younger and someone would ask you, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” A typical response would be an astronaut, cowboy, policeman, actress, teacher or princess. However, for me, because of my chronic illness, my response was a...
For Erik Vick, an author and self-described “chainsaw-wielding Viking”, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is just another villain to defeat. This beast he battles has tried to take many things away from him, but writing and humor are two things he refuses to give up without a...
New tissue engineering techniques may completely change how we treat osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a disabling disease that gradually destroys articular cartilage, which helps bones move smoothly and easily within joints. As the cartilage layer thins, bones rub against each other, causing swelling, stiffness and...
Jim Nollsch and Hayden Fisher have been named as the newest additions to the Cure Arthritis Ambassadors. Jim Nollsch and Hayden Fisher are the co-founders of the Blue Sky Cup, an annual event in Vail, Colorado, where teams compete to ski up to 40,000 vertical...
Rheumatoid arthritis is currently an incurable disease that is very difficult to manage. I have no doubt that my story is not unique. In my 24 years of living with arthritis I have never experienced such improved changes in my disease activity as I have...
Early in her career, pediatric rheumatologist, Tiphanie Vogel, MD, PhD, cared for a seven-year-old boy with a rare form of juvenile arthritis (JA). She discovered that her young patient had a specific genetic mutation that damages multiple organs and severely affects the joints. Dr. Vogel, an...