TMA research fellow revives lost technology

The path of discovery is not often a straight line. Most times it winds around from one question to another. Sometimes the trail just stops until someone else with a vision comes along and imagines where that dead end can go. When Dr. Julio Huapaya arrived at the NIH for a fellowship in pulmonary and…

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Patients make a difference in myositis research

Patients and patient organizations play a pivotal role in myositis research. Those who live with the disease are, in fact, the experts on myositis, and increasingly they are actively involved in academic research, national and international myositis research organizations, industry-sponsored patient advisory councils, and government supported research initiatives. The value of this expert insight is…

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Patient reported quality of life study results

No one needs to tell someone with myositis that the disease brings with it a great many physical, mental, and financial challenges. The debilitating symptoms significantly affect one’s quality of life (QoL), yet the impact of these burdens has not been documented in the literature. Until now. Recently, a team of researchers, led by TMA…

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Using food to help your body heal

By Kim Murray RD, LDN Inflammation is your body’s natural way of protecting itself. If you scrape your knee, for example, the redness and swelling you see on the skin around the cut are signs that your immune system is working to heal the injury. But when low level inflammation doesn’t go away and becomes…

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TMA Hosts Patient Stories on Rare Disease Day

Rare Disease Day Summit highlights myositis and the 7000 other rare diseases affecting one in ten Americans COLUMBIA, MD, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Myositis Association (TMA), in collaboration with the Myositis International Health and Research Collaborative Alliance (MIHRA) and Nori’s Fight, will host, We Care for Rare Summit: Celebrating Myositis Science…

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