Spring 2008

ACTION ITEMS

Reporting adverse drug reactions is your responsibility

Receiving a diagnosis of arthritis could mean that medications will be prescribed and taken. We would like to believe that these meds are completely safe when they are approved for use in Canada but unfortunately, this is not always the case. read more | comments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Arthritis: Your stories, our initiatives, and the scholarship program

People with arthritis have many things in common but the one that stands out the most is their desire to live life to the fullest. read more | comments

COMMENT AND PERSPECTIVE

Access To Success: The Second Annual UCBeyond Scholarship Program

UCB Pharma Canada is pleased to announce the return of the UCBeyond Crohn's Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis Scholarship Program, the first and only scholarships of their kind in Canada. read more | comments

Working smart: Model behaviour

Creative thinking is making a difference in addressing concerns arthritis patients have about access to, and training of, health care professionals. read more | comments

Progressive Licensing:  The time has come

Don’t believe those who say the Progressive Licensing Framework will put the health of Canadians at risk. We have been exposed to great risks over the past four decades with an out-dated system put into place pre-internet, in the day when information took over a week to go across the country via Canada Post; most Canadians shared their telephone service with three other families and a black and white console television set was the norm. read more | comments

KTE: Ensuring health research leads to best medical outcomes

Obtaining a good education - an important goal for most Canadians - is hard enough to attain without dealing with a chronic illness. With the objective of making education an achievable goal for students living with Crohn's Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis, UCB Pharma Canada is committed to offering the UCBeyond Scholarship Program again in 2008. read more | comments

Inside the briefcase: Take a look

• Last Summer CAPA member Sue Werner reported from Manitoba on a private members’ bill tabled in the Legislature on June 12th. This Winter she was pleased to report that the Apology Act was passed into legislation on February 6th.

• Many countries provide free access to The Cochrane Library for their citizens; however, in Canada a patchwork of subscriptions across the country leaves most professional and lay people excluded from full access to this internationally recognized library. Please join Cochrane’s request for funding by signing their petition by May 8, 2008.

TELLING IT LIKE IT IS

Turning the table on Fibromyalgia

Nicole St-Laurent-Ward credits her family, a broad range of medical professionals, a solid support system and planning ahead to her success in managing Fibromyalgia. read more | comments