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eSUN - January 2012 - SAA's a Top Ranked Charity, New Issue of Spondylitis Plus, News & More...

SAA Is A Top 10 American Charity!

SAA Is A Top 10 American Charity!

MSN.com has posted a story on the top 10 ranked charities in all of America according to the leading nonprofit watchdog website, Charity Navigator. The Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) was ranked 9th in the USA overall!

Click here to read the story and view the rankings >>>

Winter 2011 Issue of Spondylitis Plus

Winter 2011 Issue of Spondylitis Plus

The Winter 2011 issue of Spondylitis Plus is now available online. Click here to read the featured article, "Does the Microbiome Cause Ankylosing Spondylitis" by James Rosenbaum, MD.

SAA Members - click here to download the entire issue >>>

News

News

SAA: In Top 10 Charities In ALL Of America

MSN.com has posted a story on the top 10 ranked charities in all of America according to the leading nonprofit ranking website, Charity Navigator. The Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) was ranked 9th in the USA overall.
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Smoking And Risk Of Incident Psoriatic Arthritis In US Women

Smoking has been long shown to increase disease severity in ankylosing spondylitis. A new study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases looks at another one of the spondyloarthropathies and smoking: psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
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Presentation From SAA's Chicago Spondylitis Educational Seminar On November 5, 2011

Dr. Walsh is the Director of Spondyloarthritis Clinics at the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, is the founder of the Utah Psoriatic Arthritis Initiative, and is the Principal Investigator for the Program to Understand the Longterm Outcomes in Spondyloarthritis (PULSAR) registry.
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Press Release: UTHealth Inaugurates New Center For Autoimmune And Inflammatory Diseases Research

A new center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has been created to research a number of conditions, including ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
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Upcoming Support Group Meetings

Upcoming Support Group Meetings

SAA sponsors Spondylitis Educational Support Groups all over the country! Below are some upcoming meetings.
click here to view the full support group listing >>>

Meetings this Saturday, January 14th:

Meetings Saturday, January 21st:

Help Support SAA!

Help Support SAA!

You can help support our mission to be a leader in the quest to cure ankylosing spondylitis and related diseases, and to empower those affected to live life to the fullest by joining SAA, making a donation, or donating a vehicle.

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