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• What is RA?
• What is RA?
• Why me?
• The Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• What is the Cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis? Non-Genetic Factors
• Promising new research on a potential cause of RA
• Could alcohol intake affect the likelihood of developing RA?
• How is it diagnosed?
• Getting the most from your initial consultation with your GP
• Making a Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Laboratory tests used in the diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis
• Seropositive & seronegative
• Imaging techniques in rheumatology
• Have you got The S Factor?
• What happens next?
• The Patient Journey - Initial Hospital Consultation
• What is JIA & AOSD?
• What is JIA?
• What is JIA?
• The Changing Face of JIA
• Still Living with JIA
• A Parent's Story
• My Experience of JIA
• Combination therapy proves more effective than methotrexate alone in new JIA study
• Standards of care for children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
• BSPAR & BSR Position Statement on prescribing of biological therapies in adults with JIA
• What is AOSD?
• What is AOSD?
• My experience with Adult Still's Disease
• Newly diagnosed?
• How will I be treated?
• Standards of care & Guidelines
• NICE RA guidelines Feb 2009
• ARMA Standards of Care for people with Inflammatory Arthritis
• Standards of care for people with musculoskeletal foot health problems
• Standards of care for children and young people with JIA
• NRAS Survey 2006
• The Management of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Meeting the Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist (RCNS)
• Which drugs are used?
• DMARDs list
• Biologics list
• DMARDs used in the Treatment of RA
• Combination therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
• Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Steroids in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Anti-TNFa Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Etanercept (Enbrel)
• Adalimumab (Humira)
• Remicade - Frequently Asked Questions
• Cimzia (certolizumab pegol)
• Golimumab (Simponi)
• An Introduction to Arava (Leflunomide)
• Arava (Leflunomide) - Patient Questions & Answers
• Rituximab (Mabthera)
• Minocycline Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Abatacept (Orencia)
• What is RoActemra/ tocilizumab?
• Who is involved in my care?
• The Team
• The Role of the Specialist Rheumatology Nurse
• Results of the NRAS Survey on the Role of the Rheumatology Nurse Specialist
• The Role of the Podiatrist in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Best foot forward
• Standards of care for people with musculoskeletal foot health problems
• The Role of the Physiotherapist in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• The Role of the Occupational Therapist
• GP, GPwSI, Clinical Assistants - What's in a name?
• Who else can help me?
• Established disease
• Managing your RA
• Getting Established on DMARD Therapy
• Immunisation for people with rheumatoid arthritis
• The DAS28 score
• Ultrasound - can it help me?
• The use of assessment tools to decide upon your risk of cardiovascular disease
• “Tight control” in the management of rheumatoid arthritis – optimising outcomes
• Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Managing fatigue associated with rheumatoid arthritis
• Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis and depression
• Depression and heart problems in rheumatoid arthritis: The way you think about the future is important
• Association between coping and psychological distress in RA
• Managing the Pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Talking about Pain
• Explaining Your Symptoms
• Surgery
• An Overview of Hand Surgery in RA
• Surgery of the Foot & Ankle
• Ankle Fusion (arthrodesis) - A Patient's Perspective
• Elbow Surgery
• Knee Replacement Surgery
• Knee Replacement - A Patient's Perspective
• Hip replacements lasting longer
• Drugs used/ drug updates
• Treatment strategies when methotrexate alone has failed
• The risk of joint infections in those on anti-TNF therapies
• The efficiency of abatacept and tocilizumab
• The SWEFOT Trial
• Golimumab (Simponi) is accepted for restricted use within NHS Scotland
• NICE provisionally agrees the wider use of tocilizumab (RoActemra)
• Hydroxychloroquine could reduce the risks of RA patients developing diabetes
• Head-to-Head Trial Scheduled for Cimzia and Humira
• EULAR: Expanding Research in Intracellular Signalling
• NICE update on Simponi (golimumab)
• NICE update on Orencia (abatacept)
• Comprehensive review of certolizumab pegol
• Impact of abatacept (Orencia) on quality of sleep
• JIA indication and extension of dose range for Metoject
• Tasocitinib efficacy at different dosages
• TRACE RA Trial
• Cimzia linked to improvements in productivity
• Do anti-TNF treatments change the CV risk of people with RA?
• Does methotrexate have an effect on cardiovascular disease in RA?
• Cimzia approved by NICE
• Ocrelizumab RA programme suspended
• Influenza vaccination after rituximab
• Window of opportunity to treat RA
• Some RA drugs less effective in people who smoke
• People on enbrel stay in work longer
• RoActemra can inhibit joint damage when given with methotrexate
• Encouraging early results with dnaJP1
• Anti-TNF treatment does not increase cancer risk in people with RA
• First UK home infusion of Remicade for RA
• New inovative delivery system for Enbrel
• Arzerra (ofatumumab) in RA
• Development of Lodotra
• New Metoject range
• Simponi for people who had a poor response to other anti-TNF treatments
• RoActemra, a novel biologic treatment launched for RA
• Fostamatininib disodium fails in RA
• Orencia effective in very early stage rheumatoid arthritis
• RoACTEMRA© (tocilizumab) gains licence in Europe for rheumatoid arthritis
• Pamapimod fails in rheumatoid arthritis study
• Metoject ® (methotrexate) available in a higher strength thanks to feedback from patients
• Pilot study shows 90% remission in early rheumatoid arthritis
• Tocilizumab shown to inhibit progression of joint destruction and improves physical function of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• New drug LT-NS001 in clinical trial
• New Cimzia(R) Study Shows Rapid Reduction Of Symptoms And Inhibition Of Joint Damage Progression In RA
• Methotrexate - Optimal dosage and route of administration
• Enbrel® (etanercept) has Efficacy and Safety Data for up to a Decade of Continuous Use
• New study shows Humira® (Adalimumab) can help children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
• Co-proxamol Supplies
• News from EULAR 2008, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology
• Early use of Enbrel® (etanercept) in RA boosts quality of life and cuts absenteeism
• Methotrexate injections delivered to your door
• Methotrexate Survey of NRAS Members
• Drug archive
• NRAS Statement on NICE ACD re switching anti-TNFs
• NRAS statement - NICE use of abatacept (Orencia) Oct 07
• NRAS welcome NICE decision adalimumab (Humira) - Oct 07
• NRAS statement - Nice approves use of Mabthera (rituximab) Jul 07
• Press Release -NICE approves MabThera (rituximab) - Jul 07
• NRAS statement on NICE preliminary guidance on the use of abatacept (Orencia)
• NICE to reassess data for switching anti-TNF following successful appeal
• Why is there is bubble in my Metoject methotrexate injection?
• Methotrexate and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a prospective study
• Maraviroc in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Drug Update from Eular 2007
• Drug updates May 2007
• Rhudex goes into its next stage of research
• Drug Updates September 2006
• Drug updates from April 2006
• New Humira® Pen on its Way
• Metoject, a Pre-filled Methotrexate Syringe Designed Specifically for People with RA is Now Available
• New developments, clinical/research
• What is Clinical Research?
• Getting the patient perspective into clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis
• Impact of smoking as a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis
• Women feel more pain due to rheumatoid arthritis than men according to new research
• Sex hormone linked to the development of rheumatoid arthritis
• Does loss of sleep increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis?
• Serving the South Asian population: patient support and clinical research in Birmingham
• In the new millennium rheumatoid arthritis is milder
• The Arthritis Research Campaign Clinical Study Group (CSG) for Inflammatory Arthritis
• TRACE RA – what is this?
• Is rheumatoid arthritis disappearing?
• Archive Clinical/Research
• Clinical Research December 2007
• The Effect of Etanercept on Fatigue in Patients with recent or Established RA
• Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis reflects pain, not disease activity
• Mental Stress and Heart Disease
• Incidence Of Infusion - Related Reactions In Patients Receiving Infliximab: Recommendations For Administration Guidelines
• Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Study (ERAS)
• Effect of caffeine consumption on efficacy of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis
• Female sex hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Vitamin E and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Possible complications
• The effect of RA on the lungs
• Felty's Syndrome
• Ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis
• Rheumatoid nodules
• Osteoporosis in RA
• Rheumatoid Vasculitis
• Why is life span shortened by Rheumatoid Arthritis?
• Archive treatment complications
• Treatment complications of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Disease Activity Score (DAS)
• DAS Video Downloads
• Living with rheumatoid arthritis
• Case studies
• Female
• My Historic Towns of the Rhine Cruise
• My Very Positive Blog!
• My Flying Scholarship
• My experiences on tocilizumab
• My experience of working with RA
• My Story: By Loretta Sophia Fletcher
• Gardening with RA... yes you can!
• The Natural Approach
• RA, my journey
• A turning point in my life
• Taplow Revisited
• My life with RA
• My experience with anti-TNF therapy
• Yiota's poem
• Canine Partners - Norah's Story
• Wendy's Story
• Driving is my passion, my car is my legs
• My Nirvana Experience
• My long haul flights with etanercept
• My Story 2
• Living with RA but "I'm Fine"
• My Story
• MabThera - a patient’s diary
• My experience of rituximab (Mabthera) infusions
• My Rollercoaster RA Ride
• Thanks to Humira
• Stem Cell Transplant - A Personal Diary
• What is it like to have rheumatoid arthritis?
• Flying Scholarship for the Disabled
• Carolyn's Story
• My RA Story... So Far
• “I can walk again!”
• Canine Partners - Opening Doors to Independence
• Fiona Duncan
• Louise Clifford
• Ruth Hollingsworth
• Sarah Gibson
• Lynda Sisson
• Sue Stone
• Helen Maxwell
• Evelyn Turner
• Angie Hollis
• Male
• My story
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy
• Brian's story
• The impact of rheumatic diseases on family life
• One man's story of how RA has given him a new direction in life
• Driven to Distraction By Pain
• Stuart Lidbury
• Stene Prize Competition 2012
• Computers & rheumatoid
• Rheumatoid Arthritis & Computing
• Employment / Benefits
• Claiming Carer's Allowance
• Overcoming problems at work
• Guide to the Equality Act 2010
• Promoting Mental Wellbeing at Work
• European Fit for Work report
• Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population
• Your employment and rheumatoid arthritis
• When an employee has rheumatoid arthritis
• Report calls for more help for rheumatoid arthritis patients in the workplace
• NRAS member speaks at an NRAS event to raise awareness of working with RA
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Disability Living Allowance
• From sick to fit – The new statement of fitness for work
• Lifestyle
• Diet & alternative therapies
• Diet & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Olive Oil & Diet & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Seasonal Eating
• Guidelines to Help Improve your Diet & Lifestyle
• Top Tips About Diet
• The big business of complementary therapies
• Exercise
• Exercise & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Tai Chi for Arthritis
• Tai Chi & auricular acupressure
• Innovation in exercise
• Reduced pain with strength training
• Exercise then Reee…lax!
• Yoga can help some people with rheumatoid arthritis
• Advanced exercise programme for patients with Inflammatory Joint Disease
• Effectiveness & safety of intensive land-based exercise in patients with RA
• Smoking
• Smoking & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• New RA and Smoking Campaign
• Sleep
• Sleep Improvement Strategies
• Guide to getting a good night's sleep
• Relationships / Pregnancy
• The Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Sexual Activity & Relationships
• Sex & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Breast-feeding & Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis & Pregnancy
• Pregnancy, Birth and Caring for a Small Baby Whilst Coping with RA
• Coping with your baby when you have RA
• Tips for Mums
• Pregnancy and RA: Meta-analysis of 120 Research Studies
• Useful tips
• Useful Tips
• The 12 Tips of Christmas
• NRAS Video for Early Diagnosis
• The Inflammatory Arthritis Patient Information Pathway
• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• FAQs
• Claiming VAT relief
• Exercise and rheumatoid arthritis
• Managing a flare
• Finding footwear
• Travelling abroad
• RA and the seasonal flu vaccine
• What is ESA?
• CCP Test
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• Return to work
• Swine flu
• Sign-up for enews

• Helpline
• Volunteer network
• Speak to someone living with RA, like you
• Volunteer
• Upcoming Events & Meetings
• NRAS Groups in your area
• North of England
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• East of England
• South West of England
• East & West Midlands
• Scotland
• Wales
• Northern Ireland
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• Membership
• How to Join NRAS
• Benefits of Membership
• Members Comments
• NRAS Members Magazine
• Health Professional Membership
• Publications
• RA Self-Management Programme
• RA Self Management Programme - PATIENT leaflet
• RA Self Management Programme - HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL leaflet
• Links and Directories
• Recommended reading suggested by NRAS members
• Living a Full life with RA
• Charities
• Rheumatology Sites
• UK Health Organisations
• Practical Help
• Help with Pain
• Drug Information
• Children, Carers and Families
• Benefits and Disabilities
• Employment
• For the employee
• For the employer
• NRAS Groups
• International Links
• Holiday & Transportation
• Miscellaneous
• Further Reading & Journals

• Make a donation
• What is Gift Aid?
• The NRAS Games
• The NRAS Games
• Runs
• Swims
• Challenges
• Walks
• Tea for '12
• Fun Games Day & The NRAS Quiz
• Round The Isles For Rheumatoid
• What people are doing for NRAS in 2012
• Become a friend of NRAS
• Get involved
• Runs
• Swims
• Challenges
• Raise funds in your community
• What people have done so far
• Hadrian's Wall Trek
• Bungee Jumping
• Abseiling
• Mount Kilimanjaro Trek
• Yorkshire Three Peaks
• Forthcoming Events
• NRAS Asian Fusion Evening
• Online Giving & JustTextGiving
• Remember us in your Will
• How to leave a gift in your Will
• Esther, Roger and Donna's Stories
• NRAS online
• Give As You Live
• The Giving Machine
• Give a Car
• Everyclick
• Ethictrade Online Shop
• EBay for Charity
• Recycle for NRAS
• Social Networking
• NRAS Shop
• How your money helps
• Other ways to help
• Give through your salary
• Charity of the Year
• Matched Funding
• Collection boxes

• Our latest campaigns
• The New Health Reforms
• World Arthritis Day (WAD)
• Free Prescriptions
• Working with Parliamentarians & the DoH
• Publications
• The Year of RA: One Year On
• NRAS One Year On Survey
• 10 Key Standards of Care
• RCN Clinical nurse specialists: adding value to care
• RA and Work
• ARMA Musculoskeletal Map of England
• National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• How can I get involved?
• The Devolved Nations
• How does Campaigning help you?
• The Futures Project
• National conferences
• Media Centre
• NRAS supports anti ‘Bedroom Tax’ amendment in the Welfare Reform Bill
• NRAS urges Government to reform the social care system
• NRAS sign open letter calling for Government to clarify social care bill wording
• Open letter to the Prime Minister discussing the state of social care in England.
• NRAS welcomes final NICE guidance on RoActemra® (Tocilizumab) for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA)
• NRAS welcomes the publication of Professor Harrington’s second independent review on the Work Capability Assessment in 2011
• NRAS Mark Third Healthcare Champions Award Success
• World Arthritis Day Webchat - Questions and Answers Published
• New RA and Physiotherapy report published by NRAS and CSP
• PAUL BURSTOW MP - WORLD ARTHRITIS DAY: WEBCHAT WITH NRAS AND CSP
• NRAS response to Professor Harrington’s Year 2 Review on the Work Capability Assessment
• New Arthritis Research UK questionnaire on Personal Health Budgets
• NRAS response to Work and Pensions Select Committee report on reassessment of incapacity benefit
• Negative NICE Announcement for Abatacept
• NRAS welcomes NICE guidance on Golimumab (Simponi)
• DBC responds to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Consultation
• Listen Up - Health & Social Care Bill
• NICE Recommends Simponi (golimumab) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
• Commissioning for Quality in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CQRA)
• The Budget
• Open letter to the Prime Minister discussing the state of social care in England
• NRAS welcomes final NICE guidance on RoActemra - widening access to Biologic Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• NICE issues Final Guidance on biologic therapy options post TNF failure
• NICE on Abatacept post DMARD failure
• New data reveal first predictive biomarkers to tailor rheumatoid arthritis therapy
• 80% of rheumatoid arthritis patients in Scotland say fatigue is biggest barrier to employment
• Susan Dixon's story
• NICE Negative on Tocilizumab
• Disappointment at NICE's switching decision
• Media Centre archive
• NICE preliminary guidance on Certolizumab (Cimzia) A 'Minded' No
• NRAS welcomes NICE guidance on RoActemra
• NICE recommends 2nd Anti-TNF and Abatacept as treatment options for RA following failure of a first Anti-TNF
• Public Accounts Committee Press Release
• 'Who Sees What?'
• 'Shaping the Future of Care Together' Government report on reforming care & support system
• Gordon Brown receives prescription promise ‘wake-up call’
• NICE Approves New Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis
• NRAS Press Release on National Audit Office Report on RA
• Size of vital highland medical facility to be reduced by a third
• NICE have once again said ‘no’ to the use of Tocilizumab in the NHS
• Impact on the Family Survey 2012

• About NRAS
• The NRAS Team
• NRAS Medical Advisors
• Consultant Rheumatologists
• Professor David GI Scott
• Dr Andrew Bamji
• Dr Deborah Bax
• Dr Robin Butler
• Dr Andrew Cairns
• Professor Kuntal Chakravarty
• Dr Christopher Deighton
• Dr Marwan Bukhari
• Dr Charles Hutton
• Dr Christopher Kelsey
• Dr Patrick Kiely
• Professor Peter Maddison
• Professor Iain McInnes
• Dr Gulam Patel
• Dr Philip Platt
• Dr Richard Reece
• Dr Stefan Siebert
• Professor Peter C Taylor
• Dr Richard Watts
• Dr David Marshall
• Dr Lesley Kay
• Paediatric Consultants
• Dr Gavin Cleary
• Dr Janet Gardner-Medwin
• Dr Janet McDonagh
• Dr Clarissa Pilkington
• Dr Athimalaipet Ramanan
• Professor Tauny Southwood
• Dr Helen Venning
• Dr Susan Wyatt
• Allied Health Professionals
• Dr Alison Hammond
• Cathy Cameron
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• Welcome to Workwise
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• The Volunteer Network
• Health Professional Membership
• Rheumatology in Practice
• Patients In Focus Awards 2012: Applications Now Open
• Spotlight on a Rheumatology Team
• Queen's Hospital Foundation Trust, Burton
• West Sussex Hospital
• 4 West Kennedy Clinical Trials Unit, Charing Cross
• Pennine MSK Partnership
• Bolton
• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Charing Cross Hospital
• Nottingham University Hospital
• Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent
• Cannock Rheumatology Unit
• Royal Lancaster Infirmary
• Fife Rheumatic Disease Unit
• Patients in Focus - 2011 winning entry
• Patients in Focus - 2011 runner up
• Patients in Focus - 2010 winning entry
• RCN Survey on the performance and activity of rheumatology nurses
• Patients in Focus 2009 Small Unit Winner
• Tips for Mums
• The experience of running a Silver Ring Splint workshop with the team at NRAS in 2008
• Patients in Focus 2008 Small Unit Winner
• Patients in Focus 2008 Large Unit Winner
• Patients in Focus 2008 Innovation Category Winner
• Stobhill Education Classes
• The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Mapping Project
• Mapping the Patient's Journey
• Patient in Focus Award 2007 - Small Unit Winner
• Patients in Focus Awards 2007 - Large Unit Winner
• Patients in Focus Awards 2007 - Innovation Winner
• Patients in Focus Winner 2006
• Patients in Focus Award 2006 Update
• Patients in Focus Award 2005
• Silver Ring Splints - A Patient's Perspective
• Audit of the Rheumatology Day Case Unit
• Patients in Focus - Winning entry 2004
• Patients in Focus - Runner Up 2004
• Events diary for healthcare professionals

• How to find us

• NRAS supports 'Ask for Evidence' campaign to put a stop to misleading claims about science and medicine
• NRAS bids for Natwest CommunityForce funding
• NRAS response to Professor Harrington’s Year 2 Review on the Work Capability Assessment
• Hardest Hit Day of Action - 22nd October 2011
• NRAS joint response to Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on the Disability Living Allowance
• NRAS delighted with proposed inclusion of Rheumatoid Arthritis as part of a library of topics to be selected for development into Quality Standards.
• Research study - RA & Pregnancy
• The Yellow Card Scheme
• Events diary
• Evaluation study of Staying positive Pilot workshops
• Effort Survey
• Volunteers with arthritis wanted for research study
• NRAS welcomes the publication of Professor Harrington’s second independent review on the Work Capability Assessment in 2011
• Paul Burstow MP responds to questions unanswered in the World arthritis Day web chat
• 2nd North East Rheumatology Patient Conference, at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle (24th March 2012)