Arthritis foundation is a charitable trust, which provides support and aid for the patients suffering form arthritis. It also conducts research over arthritis it is the largest non-profitable trust working over arthritis. Arthritis foundation is non-profit making private foundation, which exclusively deals with research and development of different treatment options for arthritis. It was found in the year 1948 and since then it has been involved in the number of tasks that are aimed at creating awareness about arthritis, funding the treatment and conducting researches related to arthritis.
Activities done by arthritis foundation include creating awareness about arthritis in the common people and providing guidance to the patients. There are different sections for each type of arthritis. That particular section provides all the information including latest news and updates about that arthritis type. One of frequently visited section is of ankylosing spondylitis. The website of arthritis foundation is one of the largest storehouses of information about arthritis. In addition to this, it also publishes magazines articles in newspapers or other magazines etc. The magazines, which it publishes, are subsidized and therefore they are available cheaply. Moreover, it also conducts some public events as seminars, etc, through which they educate people about new developments on ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis and other arthritis disorders.
The web site is the excellent medium for providing recent developments and updates about ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis foundation has reported that, new drug adalimumab (Humira) is approved for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. The same drug was also approved for reactive arthritis. It also showed that biologic drugs are more effective and can be used for treatment for other types of arthritis other than ankylosing spondylitis. Then recent study showed that antirheumatic drug (DMARD) methotrexate is safe for reducing the effects of ankylosing spondylitis. In addition, it also published that the significance of anti cyclic citrullinated proteins and how it is linked with the arthritis progression. All these recent developments and updates on ankylosing spondylitis are very useful and can lead to great success in fight against ankylosing spondylitis.
It provides good support to the patients suffering from arthritis. The support is provided through their website or through its several branches. Several members and volunteers of arthritis foundation also are available for support and counseling of the patients.
