Assistive Devices: Living Better With Arthritis
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Assistive Devices: Living Better With Arthritis

If you’re living with arthritis, certain assistive devices and changes around your home can help you tackle everyday chores with less pain and move around more easily and safely.“When you have to do the same task every day or very frequently, the small changes or tools that allow independence become significant,” says Carole Dodge, an… […]

What We Learned From Pain of Ankylosing Spondylitis
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What We Learned From Pain of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) came for Lovaine Cohen with speed and force.Cohen was in her 20s when she gave birth to her first child, a daughter. After she became a mother, Cohen’s lower back began to hurt. Soon, she couldn’t walk without a limp. Eventually, Cohen needed a cane to get around.Then at age 31, after… […]

Life With RA: You Are Your Best Advocate
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Life With RA: You Are Your Best Advocate

For the first decade of her life, Saada Branker enjoyed a normal, active childhood in Montreal. But after a year of unexplained pain in her shoulders, hands, and feet, her doctor diagnosed her with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, now called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), when she was 12.That news 40 years ago surprised Branker’s parents.… […]

FEC asked to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates in Virginia, other states
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FEC asked to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates in Virginia, other states

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive group that recruited retired and disabled supporters of Donald Trump to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts was accused of violating campaign finance law in a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. […]

Rare polar bear showed up on Iceland shores. Police shot it…
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Rare polar bear showed up on Iceland shores. Police shot it…

By BRIAN MELLEY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LONDON (AP) — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted […]

In-person voting begins…
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In-person voting begins…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil. Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a dozen more […]

California fire agency employee arrested on suspicion of starting 5 blazes
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California fire agency employee arrested on suspicion of starting 5 blazes

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested Friday on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks, officials said. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested at the Howard Forest Fire Station in Healdsburg […]

Packers’ Jaire Alexander scores on INT of Titans’ Will Levis
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Packers’ Jaire Alexander scores on INT of Titans’ Will Levis

Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterSep 22, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him […]

‘Resilient’ Buffaloes win in OT after Hail Mary
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‘Resilient’ Buffaloes win in OT after Hail Mary

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 22, 2024, 02:04 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. When Colorado lined up for the final play of regulation Saturday night against Baylorthe plan called for Travis Hunterthe Buffaloes’ do-it-all star, to serve as … a decoy? Colorado needed a Hail Mary […]