Katie is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and a medical editor at GoodRx. After medical school, she did her residency training at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program. During this time, she was awarded a grant for her research on gender disparities in cardiovascular disease. She published her research in Academic Emergency Medicine and presented it at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual conference. During residency, she also wrote multiple textbook chapters and published several case studies in heart disease. And she developed an education curriculum for her residency program in biomedical statistics and toxicology. She was the president of the Emergency Medicine Journal Club, which was committed to educating residents about the most up-to-date emergency medicine literature.
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by inflammation that leads to tissue damage in the joints. Research suggests that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the development of rheumatoid arthritis5, as well as correlate with disease severity.
This essential vitamin is vital for optimal immune function.