How does Antiphospholipid Syndrome affect the body? Whilst APS is a blood clotting disorder, it is also a systemic autoimmune disease.

While it may feel impolite to ask after someone’s ill-health, for those living with chronic conditions never being asked can feel ruder still

When we think of pain, physical pain often comes to mind first. But sometimes, chronic pain isn't the worst part about chronic illness.

Living with chronic illness is heartbreaking. Heartbreak that is repeated again and again as its worst moments are replayed over and over.

Imagine doctors insisting that you are fine, when your body is engulfed in pain. Four fibromyalgia patients tell CNA Insider about their struggles with this invisible illness and how they draw strengt...

“Ankylosing spondylitis”? “Sjögren’s syndrome”? These terms may soon take on an antiquated feel not unlike “shell shock” or “consumption,” as both...

Push through, stay strong, fight back – people often think of resilience as being tough and having grit. But research suggests it’s more about acknowledging the scars as you continue to move forward.

Disabled people are often seen as demanding and controlling - here I look at an example of why this might be, and what is really going on.

When we think of pain, physical pain often comes to mind first. But sometimes, chronic pain isn't the worst part about chronic illness.

A list of useful things to do while on bed rest after surgery to feel truly productive. Part of my knee injury and year long recovery series.

Noise as loud as 85 to 100 decibels over time led to irreversible motor defects and loss of dopamine neurons in a mouse model of pre-symptomatic Parkinson’s disease.

I never expected to lose my mobility, but that is what happened in July of 2014 when my body gave out on me and I could no longer move the way I used to. Year by year, I lost my energy to move and soo...

ESDC programs for persons with disabilities, employers, and those helping to make workplaces more inclusive.

The BBC's James Gallagher investigates the invisible killer all around us.

Revealing so much about my private life and chronic illnesses through my writing actually makes me uncomfortable — but here's why I write anyway.

I think one of the hardest challenges of having a chronic illness is being understood. No matter how loving and supportive and genuinely concerned a person is, they simply cannot understand if they ar...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating disease characterized by painful inflammation and joint deformities. Two rheumatologists share more about RA.

“High-tech digital medication reminders are not what I need when I’m poor and can’t afford medicine.” If big health conferences are going to host “experts” speak…

A comprehensive Antiphospholipid Syndrome diagnosis resource guide from A to Z. Written by an APS patient with over 20 years of lived experiences.

To develop a culturally sensitive Chronic Pain Cognition Scale for Chinese-/Chinese dialect-speaking populations & investigate its psychometric properties.