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Rheumatoid Arthritis : Health & Medical
Endocrine to Rheumatism: Do Gut Hormones Play Roles in RA?
What roles do gut hormones play in rheumatoid arthritis?
Learn to Manage Your Gout Between Flares
A gout flare can be painful when it strikes. Learn to manage your gout between flares with diet and lifestyle strategies combined with guidance from your doctor.
Gout Symptoms - Are You Experiencing the Uncomfortable Condition of Gout?
Gout symptoms are very uncomfortable, and can cause a person a great deal of pain. This article is going to talk about gouty arthritis and the symptoms associated with this condition.
Ways to Crack Your Knuckles
Knuckle cracking is satisfying and gratifying to those who enjoy it, and aggravating and disgusting to those who don't. If you're interested in being a creative knuckle cracker, you can learn multiple ways of going about it. People have different opinions about the health effects of cracking your kn
Symptoms of Numb Hands
Numbness in the hands can be a symptom of a more serious problem, like poor circulation or carpal tunnel syndrome. Talk to your doctor if you have any of these types of numbness in your hands for more than a few days.
Simple Lifestyle Changes to Avoid Bones from Cracking
Bone cracking can occur in almost any joint. This is true and is not meant to scare you. The intention is only to make you aware of the risk that you stand and how you can avoid this by taking a few simple precautionary measures.
Home Remedies For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints and certain organs of the body. When a person has this progressive and painful disease, he or she will find it difficult to move and go about their normal life. Anyone can get rheumatoid arthritis but it has been seen tha
Pain: My Constant Companion
In my five decades, pain has been my constant companion. Different kinds of pain. Physical, emotional, mental, situational... how many kinds of pain are there, anyway? I'm not complaining. Having pain in life also allows a person to see the opposite side of it. Health, happiness, joy, and growt
Arthritis Pain Relief - 5 Steps
Arthritis pain relief toady is sought through a number of treatments, where ten years ago these were simply unheard of, or were undergoing clinical trials and tests to ascertain their credibility and potential effectiveness for providing pain relief to aching joints and to relieve stiffness in the l
Diet for Gouty Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis and gout are two forms of arthritis. Osteoarthritis is a result of the normal breakdown of joints as you age. Gout is a form of arthritis triggered by excess amounts of uric acid, a byproduct of purines, which are found in certain foods. Both of these conditions promote inflammation,
Actions That Can Increase Arthritis Pain
There are actions that will increase your arthritis pain, contrary to your goal of reducing pain.
Home Remedies for Arthritis - Cure Arthritis at Home
There are many ways to treat arthritis. Many people control arthritis pain with medications. However, there are many who do not wish to risk the side effects and drug interactions that can result from this type of pain management. To avoid these risks, many people choose arthritis home remedies as a
Healthy Joint Vs. Damaged Joint
Image copyright 2004 by Nucleus Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.nucleusinc.comIn rheumatoid arthritis, the joint lining (synovium) fills with immune cells, blood vessels, and other cells. This material grows until it erodes through the cartilage and surrounding bone as it ...
How to Exercise with Osteoarthritis of the Knees
Osteoarthritis is a crippling disease that eats away at your joints. Having this condition in your knees can make life miserable. Still, there are ways to make the most of your condition, and to not allow it to hamper your life any more than necessary. This article will give you a few steps on ho
Flexibility and Strengthening Exercises for Ankylosing Spondylitis
Back stretchesIllustration copyright 2003 Nucleus Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.nucleusinc.comGet down on your hands and knees on the floor. Relax your head and allow it to droop.Round your back up toward the ceiling until you feel a nice stretch in your upper, middle, and low
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How to Stop Arthritis Ruining Your Life With Strength Training
Until recently arthritis was thought of as a disease of old age but it is now known to be a young person's condition as it starts its relentless progression while you are in your 20's and 30's.Because there are no nerve endings in cartilage there is no pain in the early stages. You wo
Modifying Activities for Osteoarthritis
If you have osteoarthritis and your joints hurt when you do an activity, try other ways of doing it that do not cause pain.If you get tired when you do a task for long periods of time, break the task down into several smaller tasks, and rest between them.Avoid extended periods of standing, and try n
You & RA: Tips for Better Living
Follow these tips to improve your daily life with rheumatoid arthritis, from, how to get moving in the morning to finding the energy to have fun.
Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating Sjogren Syndrome
Dr Fox reports on the 13th International Symposium on Sjogren's Syndrome and shares his perspective on advances in the field.