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Andrea Lytle Peet was thirty-three years old—an urban planner living in D.C., newly married, and a triathlete—when she received the death sentence of an ALS diagnosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). After grappling with the fact that she will likely become paralyzed and die within two to five years, Andrea experienced an unexpected spark that changes her outlook in the most magnificent way.

Joy is stamped on coffee mugs, sewn onto decorative pillows, even displayed on dish soap bottles. But what if there is a deeper power and purpose to this mighty virtue? Through vulnerable storytelling, a difficult diagnosis, and a good dose of humor, Margaret Feinberg reveals how joy is more than whimsy. It's the weapon you can use to fight life's battles.

Our new audio guides, “Fight Back Against Inflammation,” produced by the by the nonprofit CreakyJoints and the Global Healthy Living Foundation and made possible with support from UCB, focus on the critical topic of inflammation and its impact on psoriatic arthritis (PsA) as well as other types of inflammatory arthritis like axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). Inflammation is a subject close to our hearts because, when left unchecked, it can bring about a myriad of challenges for our patient community – from joint pain and fatigue to lost days, gaps in memory, and lack of mobility. Join us ...

The first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools—and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equality The U.S. has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized world. A comprehensive sex...