Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Laporte was diagnosed with knee arthritis 15 years ago. For years, she kept the pain under control with steroid injections and physical therapy, but when she began ...

The higher rates of arthritis in women are due to hormonal changes genetics and lifestyle Heres how these factors increase ...

Articular cartilage allows our joints to glide and move without pain. There are three main kinds of knee arthritis: Knee arthritis usually develops slowly, with pain increasing over time ...

Joint pain, while common, shouldn't be ignored, especially when it becomes persistent. Although not all joint pain signals ...

Types include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and some thyroid conditions. Your immune system has the job of protecting you from diseases and infections. When it senses these germs ...

Unlike adult rheumatoid arthritis, which is ongoing (chronic) and lasts a lifetime, children often outgrow JIA. But the disease can affect bone development in a growing child. There are several types ...

Rheumatoid arthritis has two types of risk factors: modifiable and non-modifiable. Non-modifiable risks (those you can’t change) include age, gender, and genetics. While you can’t alter your genes, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that mainly targets the joints but also causes inflammation and injury throughout the body. There are few studies to date suggesting any benefit to ...

Glendale is the first city in California to give all of its firefighters a cutting-edge screening test that can detect 50 ...