Help Distribute EMS DVDs to Your Local First Responders
“Ankylosing Spondylitis: Managing Patients in an Emergency Setting, A Primer for First Responders” provides the education and training to ensure that all emergency first responders, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire and police safety personnel have an opportunity to learn the proper and safe techniques in the care and handling of individuals with spondylitis. Click here to read more about the program and watch the video >>>

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SAVE THE DATES: Upcoming Seminars

• SEMINAR: Portland, OR - Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The seminar will be held at the Hotel Monaco Portland, 506 Southwest Washington Street, Portland, OR 97204.
  
  
• SEMINAR: Atlanta, GA - Saturday, November 6, 2010.

New Support Groups
New Spondylitis Educational Support Groups have been formed in:

• Columbus, OH
  
  
• Kalamazoo, MI

Evidence for prescribing exercise as treatment in pediatric rheumatic diseases
A review posted on ScienceDirect cites evidence for prescribing exercise to juveniles who have rheumatic diseases. Click here to read >>>

UPDATED: House Passes Six-Month SGR Delay
From Medpagetoday.com: "WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted 417 to 1 to pass a bill to delay a 21% cut in Medicare pay for physicians through Nov. 30 and to give doctors a 2.2% raise retroactive to June 1." Click here to read >>>

WebMD: Common Painkillers Raise Heart Death Risk
An article on the WebMD.com website cites a study that indicates "Ibuprofen Increases Stroke Risk; Diclofenac as Risky as Vioxx". Click here to read >>>

Review: New approaches to diagnosis and classification of axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis
From the review's abstract: "The diagnostic delay in AS of several years is mainly attributable to the late appearance of definite sacroiliitis on radiographs. Click here to read >>>

James T. Rosenbaum, MD, Chair of the SAA Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Will Receive the 2011 Friedenwald Award, Presented by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Dr. Rosenbaum will be honored for his contribution to understanding and treating inflammation within the eye known as uveitis, a leading cause of blindness. Uveitis is common in those with ankylosing spondylitis. Click here to read >>>

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. Click here to learn how you can help >>>