The Arthritis National Research Foundation believes that communication and education are critical to helping people understand their disease and learn about current research. Some of the organizations listed here can provide additional information which may prove beneficial to you.

Reading

Brewerton, Derrick, M.D., All About Arthritis, Harvard University Press, 1992.

Bucci, Luke, Ph.D., Pain-Free, The Summit Group.

Fransen, Jenny, R.N. and Russell, I. Jon, M.D., (University of Texas), Fibromyalgia Help Book, Smith House Press, 1996.

Fries, James F., M.D. and Lorig, Kate, R.N., The Arthritis Helpbook, Fourth Edition, A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia, Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.

Fries, James F., M.D., Arthritis, A Take Care of Yourself Health Guide (Fourth Edition), Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.

Grelsamer, Ronald P., M.D., The Columbia Presbyterian Osteoarthritis Handbook, Simon & Schuster, 1996.

McIlwain, Harris H., M.D. and Bruce, Debra Fulghum, Stop Osteoarthritis Now, Simon and Schuster, 1996.

McIlwain, Harris H., M.D. and Bruce, Debra Fulghum, The Fibromyalgia Handbook, Henry Holt & Company, 1996.

McIlwain, Harris H., M.D., Winning With Arthritis, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

Scammell, Henry, The Arthritis Breakthrough - The Road Back, M. Evans & Co., Inc., 1993.

Starlangl, Devin, M.D., and Copeland, Mary Ellen, M.S., M.A., Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome - A Survival Manual, New Harbinger Publications, 1996.

Williamson, Miryam Ehrlich, Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive Approach, Walker & Co., 1996.

Medical Reference Sources:

American Medical Association’s Family Medical Guide, Random House.

American Medical Association’s Encyclopedia of Medicine - An A to Z Reference Guide

Johns Hopkins Medical Handbook - The 100 Major Medical Disorders of People Over the Age of 50

Mayo Clinic Family Health Book

American Geriatric Society’s Complete Guide to Aging and Health

Technical Medical References

Immune Disorders - Professional Care Guide, Springhouse Corp.

*Immunological Diseases, 4th edition, volume 2, Editors: Santer, Talmage, Frank, Austen and Clamen, Little Brown and Company, 1988.

*Santer’s Immunologic Diseases, 5th edition, volume 2, M. Frank, K. Austen, H. Clamen and E. Enanue, 1995.

*Rese, N. and MacKay, I., The Auto Immune Diseases, Academic Press, 1985.

*Katz, W., Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Diseases, 2nd Edition, J.B. Lippencott, 1988.

*Employed as texts for classes and used by both Ph.D.’s and M.D.’s for general reference. Available at most medical school university book stores.