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Is it Lupus? Rheumatoid Arthritis? How to Tell the Difference

By: Stephanie Varney | 2010-04-01 | Health & Fitness
Is it lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or something else? The symptoms are often not clear. Here's how to tell the difference. read more

About Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

By: C. Dillon | 2010-03-30 | Health & Fitness
Approximately 1.3 million adults were living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes the body to produce chemicals which attack its own tissues rather than protecting them. RA can flare when the immune system responds incorrectly to an infection or another external factor, causing the lining and other tissues around joints to become inflamed. read more

Arava for rheumatoid arthritis

By: Mike Bordon | 2010-10-12 | Medicine
Arava (Leflunomide) positively affects the immune system minimizing puffiness and inflammation in the body. The drug is effective for symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Arava (Leflunomide) is good to decrease joint damage and progress physical functioning. read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: roger jakson | 2010-12-17 | Alternative Medicine
Rheumatoid osteo-arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease characterized by persistent symmetric irritation of multiple peripheral joints. It's a single from the most typical inflammatory rheumatic diseases and is characterized by the improvement of the chronic inflammatory proliferation of the synovial linings of diarthrodial joints, read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Sean S. Coffey | 2012-04-17 | Wellness
Many people who want to know how to prevent arthritis often ask, it they can lower the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. Because the exact cause of this condition is unknown, there are no specific guidelines to preventing this particular condition. read more

Tips For People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Irene Fowler-Sharpe | 2011-03-10 | Alternative Medicine
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis can be daunting at times especially in the workplace, driving your car, and doing household chores. In the office there are several things you can do to make life at work more comfortable for you... read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine and Treatment

By: Lucy Dorilas | 2010-03-27 | Health & Fitness
Rheumatoid arthritis is a problem that mostly affects women. It hampers physical activity and movement, and it also affects the general health of those affected. It can cause serious weight loss, fatigue and anemia. The last 40 years of research has brought us many a form of rheumatoid arthritis medicine, and this article seeks to give an overview of some of the most common treatments given to those affected. read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis And Your Feet

By: Benjamin Marble | 2010-09-27 | Health & Fitness
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects any joint of the body and the feet has many of them. Dr. Marble outlines symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this common podiatric complaint. read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms and Treatment

By: YashSingh | 2013-01-25 | Back Pain
Rheumatoid Arthritis or RA is mainly a chronic joint disease and causes damages in almost all joints of a patient. It is such a systematic disease that it invariably affects internal organs of our body. read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Causes and Cures

By: Anand | 2012-05-07 | Health & Fitness
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks flexible joints. read more

Natural Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Alan King Jr | 2010-03-31 | Health & Fitness
If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you may want to avoid anti-inflammatory drugs that can do damage to your organs and have other negative side effects. This is a crippling auto-immune disease, but you can use natural treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Those who have this condition have done well by eating healthy, exercising and taking supplements to help their immune system. read more

Parenting With Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Angela Lown | 2010-04-01 | Health & Fitness
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects around 0.8% of the UK population. The majority of those affected will be female and most will be diagnosed between the ages of 30 and 50. Given these figures, it is no wonder that the question of how to parent with Rheumatoid Arthritis often comes up. Here is our quick guide to parenting with RA. read more

Exercising With Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Walter Chase | 2011-06-17 | Supplements
Rheumatoid arthritis ended my normal exercise routine. I was running 10 Kilometers (10K) daily and was good shape. Then when I turned 55 years of age, I went for a 10K run and the next day I could hardly walk. The doctor told me I had rheumatoid arthritis and I should take some pills with COX-2 inhibitors. They did a good job and allowed me to continue running. Then, COX-2 was linked to hear read more

Arthritis

By: Winston P. McDonald | 2010-09-24 | Wellness
I'll bet you don't know that there are over 100 different forms of arthritis; the most common being, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia, in that order. In the course of this text, we will take a brief look at some of the many other forms of arthritis that exist... read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Antioxidants

By: Greg L Stone | 2010-03-28 | Health & Fitness
Antioxidants are truly the secret to your good health. The most important thing is to find a way to get your daily supply of them without spending a fortune. read more