Arthritis
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints. There are over 100 different forms of arthritis. The most common form, osteoarthritis, is a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age. The major complaint by individuals who have arthritis is joint pain.
Arthritis Stories
In a surprising move, European regulators have disagreed with the FDA on whether or not the rheumatoid arthritis drug Xeljanz is safe and effective.
Researchers found 14 more genes associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, tightening efforts to identify future treatments that could improve the lives of 300,000 children with the disease.
Yao Ming, the baby giraffe named after the basketball great, was put to death. His veterinarian said that the giraffe faced years of untold pain otherwise.
More and more scientific studies are proving the therapeutic uses of medical marijuana. Currently legal in 18 states plus D.C., it may be only a matter of time before medical marijuana is legal everywhere in the country.
Researchers say exercise is just as effective in relieving soreness as a massage.
The largest study of its kind has found that those that show loss of height in old age have less education, do poorer on cognitive tests and are less well off than their taller peers.
A team of Harvard researchers have uncovered new healthy benefits of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish.
The genes that lead to autoimmune inflammatory diseases like MS, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis may have actually benefited our early ancestors– more evidence for the hygiene hypothesis.
For a common knee injury, cheaper physical therapy may be just as effective as costly surgery for fixing damage.
Mindfulness meditation can help people with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and other types of chronic inflammation where psychological stress is known to contribute to pain.- Vitamin D pills don't reduce arthritis pain or cartilage loss in people diagnosed with osteoarthritis.
- Researchers have found the molecular mechanism associated with development of osteoarthritis pain which may lead to better understanding and hopefully newer treatments for the painful condition.