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 ...
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 ...
According to researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, women who used an estrogen-containing contraceptive for longer than seven years had a nearly 20% decreased risk of the most common ...
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 ...
Hydrotherapy is a type of water therapy that, combined with medication, can benefit people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... the edge of the pool with one hand for support.