At the supermarket, shop for foods high in antioxidants, fiber, and heart-healthy fats that can help reduce inflammation and ...

Patients with psoriasis who have elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) may be at higher future risk for developing psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This is a key finding from a ...

For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. "My children could not hug me," she says. "I couldn't hold my husband's hand." Milam also ...

A sweeping analysis of nearly 10,000 patients reveals that knee braces, hydrotherapy, and exercise stand out as the most effective non-drug therapies for knee osteoarthritis. Unlike common pain ...

People with rheumatoid arthritis usually depend on drugs to control pain in their joints. But this summer, the Food and Drug Administration approved a different sort of treatment. It's a device that ...

Microsoft Edge has a sidebar feature. From this sidebar, users can access several tools, including OneNote, the popular note-taking application. Adding OneNote was a great idea because it allows Edge ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is often difficult to treat, and patients rely on immunosuppressant drugs. Now, a new implanted device promises to offer treatment without medication. SetPoint Medical For years, ...

The device stimulates the vagus nerve, signaling the body to tamp down the inflammation that contributes to the disease. An example of the vagus nerve stimulation implant at the Northwell Center for ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have not responded to first-line methotrexate therapy should be started on a biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying ...

The hands contain 27 bones and over 30 muscles, making them particularly vulnerable to arthritis pain and stiffness. When the cartilage between joints breaks down, the resulting inflammation creates ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes your body’s immune system to attack its own tissues. It causes inflammation in joints and other areas, which can lead to pain, stiffness, ...

Rheumatoid factor (RF) is a type of antibody, an immune system protein that helps the body fight foreign substances like bacteria and viruses, called antigens. Antibodies, also known as ...