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Top Vasculitis-Friendly Travel Tips for the Holidays
- Family
- General Vasculitis
Blog Getting ready to travel? Our community of vasculitis warriors shared their top travel tips to help you face your adventures with extra calm and control! Got a long flight or car ride? Wear compression socks. And don’t forget to get up and move every hour. Elevate your legs to help with leg pain in […]
Painting Her Pain: How One Woman Uses Art to Tell Her Vasculitis Story
- Story
- General Vasculitis
Blog When Dr. Shanali Perera chose to become a rheumatologist, specializing in vasculitis, she thought she’d chosen oneof the last specialties that looks at the entire body. “I thought I’d be like Sherlock Holmes,” she said, investigating the whole body, finding clues to her patients’ puzzles.She had no idea her curiosity for investigation would soon […]
12 Things I’m Grateful For Because of Vasculitis
- General Vasculitis
Blog ‘Tis the season of thankfulness. Although life with vasculitis isn’t always easy, we wanted to know: how has this disease impacted you for the better? We reached out to our community and asked them: “Despite vasculitis, or because of it, what are you grateful for?” Here’s what some of you said: Without vasculitis, I […]
Amgen Successfully Completes Acquisition of ChemoCentryx
- News, Pharmaceutical, Treatment
- General Vasculitis
Blog TAVNEOS® (avacopan), a First-in-Class Medicine for Patients With Severe Active ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, Added to Inflammation Portfolio THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., (Oct. 20, 2022) – Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of ChemoCentryx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCXI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on orally administered therapeutics to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders […]
US FDA approves Regeneron-Sanofi’s Kevzara to treat polymyalgia rheumatica
- News, Pharmaceutical, Treatment
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Blog The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi’s Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in adult patients. Kevzara has been approved as the first and only biologic indicated for PMR adult patients who did not respond to corticosteroids or who cannot tolerate corticosteroid taper. Developed using […]
“We Need Each Other” – The Nourishing Power of Friendship in the Vasculitis Community
- Support Group
- General Vasculitis, Giant Cell Arteritis
Blog Suzanne McLaughlin sat, mostly quiet, as others in that week’s Vasculitis Foundation support group took turns sharing their updates and stories. She kept her unassuming presence until the group neared its close and Dana, the facilitator, said, “Suzanne, I love how you listen intently during groups and take notes. And then you drop your […]
