RAHelp.org: An Online Self-mangement Program for Adults with RA

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Is your RA becoming a pain - literally? Has rheumatoid arthritis

taken control of your life? If so, self-managment of RA could give

you your life back. Based on research by the Missouri Arthritis

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center at the University of

Missouri-Columbia, this research evaluation of a new online version

of

a proven self-management program seeks to empower people with RA via

the Internet. Pain and stress reduction, interpersonal

relationships,

and fatigue are just a few of the important issues tht RAHelp.org

will

address in this activity. Arthritis health professionals provide

instruction and personalized one-on-one support in addition to online

discussions with other people who have arthritis. Log onto

http://rahelp.org to discover how you can put your life back into

your

own hands and contribute to an important research project that could

enhance the future treatment of arthritis.