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Cardiovascular and heart failure risk factors increased in DM/PM patients. How can you decrease your risk? READ MORE HERE: http://www.healio.com/cardiology/hf-transplantation/news/online/%7B37e2855e-35aa-4d08-8fb6-e6089decd834%7D/cv-risk-factors-hf-increased-in-patients-with-polymyositis-dermatomyositis #Dermatomyositis #Polymyositis #DM #PM #Myositis #MyositisSupport #MyositisSupportandUnderstanding #UnderstandingMyositis #StrongerTogether #KnowledgeInAction #TipTuesday #Autoimmune #AutoimmuneDisease #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

One of our latest pages on our web site, UnderstandingMyositis.org, is all about Staying Empowered. Patients with Myositis and other chronic illnesses have many ups and downs - spiritually, socially, emotionally, physically, and mentally. While our body is busy attacking itself, our mind can be somewhere stuck in the middle. Feeling out of control, sad, miserable, angry, etc. The list goes on. But there ARE ways to overcome this. Moving forward is vital to staying positive and somewhat IN control of our lives. #Dermatomyositis #Polymyositis #DM #PM #InclusionBodyMyositis #IBM #Myositis #MyositisSupport #MyositisSupportandUnderstanding #UnderstandingMyositis #StrongerTogether #KnowledgeInAction #StayEmpowered #Empowered #Autoimmune #AutoimmuneDisease #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #StayPositive https://understandingmyositis.org/stay-empowered/

Our very own Lynn Lizarraga, host of our Laughter Yoga sessions, shares her diagnosis story and how laughter has become the best coping skill in her journey with IBM. Her next Laughter Yoga session will take place August 15th, at 1 PM EST. Join us! #InclusionBodyMyositis #IBM #Myositis #MyositisSupport #UnderstandingMyositis #StrongerTogether #KnowledgeInAction