US Author Joel Stratte-McClure is "SwimTrekking for Spondylitis" in Turkey - PR Web (press release)

US Author Joel Stratte-McClure is "SwimTrekking for Spondylitis" in Turkey PR Web (press release) The Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) expects an August 30 swim across the Hellespont, the Turkish strait that separates Europe from Asia, by an American journalist/adventurer/author to increase awareness of the disease of ankylosing spondylitis ...

Terminally ill man appeals for replacement husband for his wife and father for ... - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Terminally ill man appeals for replacement husband for his wife and father for ... Telegraph.co.uk A husband crippled by a severe spine disease has placed an online advert in China for a new husband and father for his wife and children. Liu Li, 39, has been diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a form of arthritis that can fuse the back's vertebrae ...

Award to recognise pioneering advances in rheumatology - Irish Medical Times

Irish Medical Times

Award to recognise pioneering advances in rheumatology Irish Medical Times In 1693, the young Kerry-born physician was the first to publish a clinical description of the debilitating inflammatory disease ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis is predominantly a chronic disease of the axial skeleton and large ...

Scientists discover critical piece to puzzling form of arthritis of the spine - HealthCanal.com

Scientists discover critical piece to puzzling form of arthritis of the spine HealthCanal.com Ankylosing spondylitis and its related diseases involve up to 2.4 million people in the United States. The disease triggers inflammation in joints, particularly the spine and pelvis. In severe cases, it creates a forward-stooped posture. ...