Thank you for acknowledging the information contained in the article (specifically relating to the statement "Women can be affected by RA as early as in their 30s") was reported as given and is therefore not necessarily entirely accurate. In order to prevent any future issues within the realm of the autoimmune arthritis diseases (i.e., Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Juvenile Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, etc,) we at the International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement (IAAM) would like to offer our services to review any pieces featuring these diseases to ensure the verbiage and information is correct and not misleading, and/or could not be construed as misinformation by the public. We could be helpful to interpret more details and provide links to research/resources in the event a doctor makes a generalized statement, such as the one made in this article, that RA can occur "as early as in the 30's". While the doctor may not realize that his quote will remain "open-ended", we can expand for him, because the doctor knows that RA can begin at any age.
IAAM is committed to bringing awareness and education surrounding autoimmune arthritis diseases to the public eye, and we would love to be a resource for you as, together, we could truly change the world's current perception of the word "athritis" by showing each of these illnesses in their true light.
Thank you!
Tami Brown
Co-Founder
International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement (www.iaamovement.org)
tami@iaamovement.org
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Thank you for acknowledging the information contained in the article (specifically relating to the statement "Women can be affected by RA as early as in their 30s") was reported as given and is therefore not necessarily entirely accurate. In order to prevent any future issues within the realm of the autoimmune arthritis diseases (i.e., Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Juvenile Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, etc,) we at the International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement (IAAM) would like to offer our services to review any pieces featuring these diseases to ensure the verbiage and information is correct and not misleading, and/or could not be construed as misinformation by the public. We could be helpful to interpret more details and provide links to research/resources in the event a doctor makes a generalized statement, such as the one made in this article, that RA can occur "as early as in the 30's". While the doctor may not realize that his quote will remain "open-ended", we can expand for him, because the doctor knows that RA can begin at any age.
IAAM is committed to bringing awareness and education surrounding autoimmune arthritis diseases to the public eye, and we would love to be a resource for you as, together, we could truly change the world's current perception of the word "athritis" by showing each of these illnesses in their true light.
Thank you!
Tami Brown
January 2, 2012 - 11:33amCo-Founder
International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement (www.iaamovement.org)
tami@iaamovement.org
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