Contact Your Senators Today!
On May 6, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Kit Bond (R-MO), and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2009 (S. 984). The bill expands efforts to prevent, treat, and care for people with arthritis through:
*Enhancing prevention efforts related to arthritis;
*Expanding and strengthening research programs relating to juvenile arthritis;
*Establishing a juvenile arthritis population database to track our kids and monitor their treatments;
*Enhancing support for physician training programs; and
*Establishing a loan repayment program for pediatric rheumatologists to address the country's severe shortage of these critical health professionals.
We need your help to advocate for passage of the Arthritis Act and to address the needs of 46 million adults and 300,000 children with arthritis, the nation's most common cause of disability. Together we can fight the pain and disability of arthritis and make 2009 the year the U.S. Congress takes final action and passes this important legislation. Please contact your Members of Congress now and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 1210/S. 984.
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Ever thought that your 'juvenile arthritis' was not in fact arthritis, but may instead be Lyme Disease? I have a cousin who had been diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, but when she was a baby she'd had that characteristic bullseye rash. Doctors didn't know, since it was Washington State, even though it's been a reportable illness there since 1986. Now she has tested positive for Lyme.
Many doctors who know about Lyme Disease believe "Juvenile Arthritis" is in fact caused by the spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi and say that patients who are given antibiotics often have their "arthritis" clear up completely.
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Its great to read about another fellow arthritis survivor, great work and thank you for all you do for arthritis awareness.
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