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Article Projects made possible by gifts in Wills Did you know that 2 out of 5 calls to our helpline would go unanswered without gifts in Wills? These gifts have helped NRAS: This digital learning platform is designed to build the knowledge, skills and understanding around the supported self-management of RA with the purpose to improve long-term health outcomes of patients with RA. Modules […]
Article Play the NRAS lottery The NRAS Lottery You can play the NRAS Lottery for as little as £1 a week, and of that 50p goes directly to improving the lives of those with RA. Of the remaining 50p, a small amount goes to support Unity’s running costs, and the rest contributes to the lottery prize fund. How it works For just £1 per week, […]
Article NRAS Lottery – rules and our gambling policy Our Lottery provider’s rules can be found here. If you wish to exclude yourself from our lottery, you can download a self-exclusion form here. For information about gambling responsibly, please visit Gamble Aware.
Article Become a friend of NRAS By becoming a Friend of NRAS and giving a regular gift you will be supporting adults in the UK living with this disease. Perhaps you are someone who has benefited from our services and feel you want to give back, or your relative/loved one has RA and you are looking for a way of showing your support? Monthly gifts by Direct Debit […]
Article NSAIDs explained Anti-inflammatories work in two ways: to relieve pain; and to reduce inflammation (swelling, redness, heat and pain) To reduce pain, the effect from the prescribed NSAID dose taken with or after food may be felt after the first dose. It can take a week to achieve complete pain relief To reduce inflammation (the swelling in […]
Article Cannabis for pain? Hype or hope? Taken from NRAS magazine, 2018 While at the European League Against Rheumatism congress in Madrid in June Iain, our Head of RA Services and I attended a lecture on the topic of cannabis and cannabis-based derivatives such as CBD cannabidiol. The use of cannabis-based products to treat pain in RA is a topic that comes up regularly in […]
Article Cardiovascular risk and RA Guidelines in RA / Cardiovascular Risk During the 2nd Excellence in Rheumatology Conference in Madrid at the end of January 2012, NRAS founder and then CEO Ailsa interviewed Professor of Rheumatology, Ian Bruce (MD FRCP) about questions raised during the patient workshops (about implementation of guidelines and cardiovascular risk) which ran concurrently with the scientific programme and […]