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arthritis champions scholarship
Thursday, January 16 |Arthritis Foundation

The Arthritis Champions Scholarship is OPEN!

The Arthritis Foundation is proud to announce that the 2020-2021Arthritis Champions Scholarship application process is open! The Arthritis Champions Scholarship is generously funded by Dr. & Mrs. Walter J. Winterhoff and Dr. Smriti Bardhan.

The scholarship is awarded annually to deserving students with arthritis or a related rheumatic disease who:

  • Impact the arthritis community, serving as positive role models and leaders
  • Live their best life, while empowering others to do the same

自2010年以来，关节炎冠军奖学金已资助42名大学生，共发放50万美元的奖学金。自从三年前扩大到全国范围以来，已经收到了近800份申请。每个合格的申请都由全国各地的领导志愿者匿名审查。应用包括论文涵盖挑战和成就，尽管关节炎，未来的目标和关节炎社区参与和影响。获得关节炎冠军奖学金的学生不仅努力过最好的生活，尽管有关节炎，也让其他人分享类似的经历。

Eligible Scholarship Applicants:

  • Have doctor-diagnosed arthritis or a related rheumatic disease
  • Have and maintain a 2.5 or higher GPA (unweighted)
  • Are a United States citizen or legal and permanent resident of the U.S.
  • Have been accepted to an accredited undergraduate program, graduate program or medical school in the U.S.
  • Are enrolled full-time each semester
  • Are an engaged Arthritis Foundation advocate, fundraiser, participant, volunteer and/or supporter

Not all eligible applicants will be selected as scholarship recipients.

No member of Arthritis Foundation staff, the national board of directors or Arthritis Champions Scholarship committee, or their immediate family, shall be eligible for a scholarship award.

Get additional general scholarship details and the online application here:arthritis.org/scholarship

If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Ziegler atjziegler@arthritis.orgor 470-481-4921.

readers tips information and tools
Tuesday, October 23 |Arthritis Foundation

You Said It: Your Go-To Source of Information

Some days you experience a symptom and wonder if it’s part of your arthritis. Sometimes an arthritis-related question pops into your head. You may not want to wait until your next doctor appointment to ask. So, we asked our readers and followers, “What or who is your go-to source for everyday or spur of the moment arthritis questions?”

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telling your loved ones you have arthritis
周一,October 8 |Arthritis Foundation

How to Share Your Feelings About Arthritis with Loved Ones

If you feel that your friends and family don’t understand how arthritis really affects you, you’re not alone. Not only arearthritis symptomsoften invisible, but they can come and go. Some days, you may feel great and energetic; other days, you might be too tired or sore to be active. People who don’t have a chronic condition may not get how different your experience can be from one day to the next, says rheumatologist J. Michael Finley, DO, an associate professor of internal medicine at Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California.

Use these tips to help friends and family understand what you’re dealing with – and possiblyimprove your relationships.

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Helping Your Partner Cope with Arthritis
周一,March 20 |Arthritis Foundation

Help Your Partner Cope with Your Arthritis

你的伴侣是否通过封锁他或她的沮丧和恐惧来应对你关节炎的起伏?他或她是否试图通过微观管理来解决问题?了解你的伴侣的应对方式可以让你们都更快乐、更健康。

Understanding what’s behind your partner’s behavior can be an important step toward a stronger relationship, says Nancy Ruddy, PhD, a clinical psychologist at McCann Health in Mountain Lakes, N.J.
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Support Groups for Arthritis
周一,August 10 |Arthritis Today Magazine

Support Groups Can Help You Cope With Arthritis

Support groups have been beneficial to many people living with chronic diseases such asrheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies show arthritis support groups can improve mood, provide better coping skills, decrease pain and provide relief from negative emotions, such as fear, resentment and hopelessness, according to Vicki Helgeson, PhD, of Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, who has studied the impact of support groups for more than a decade.

However, support groups sometimes get a bad rap because some can become a ceaseless cycle of negativity in which members continuously vent, but do not learn to cope and accept their illness.

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