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Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid? What's the Difference and How Can You Tell?
Yeowch! It hurts to bend those fingers, that knee, or to get up from the couch these days. Could it be arthritis? And what does that even mean? There are so many types it's confusing. It's confusing because arthritis isn’t a single disease. In fact, it's -several different conditions- that cause pain and inflammation in the joints in different ways and for different reasons. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid...
April 24, 2022
Is Rheumatoid Arthritis 2 Separate Diseases?
According to the -Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Network-, about 1.4 million people in the United States suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Experts don't know as much as they would like about the chronic condition, including how to treat it. But one new idea poses an interesting idea. It could be that RA is not a single disease, but instead may actually be two distinct conditions. Two Possible RA...
March 2, 2021
Blood Test Could Offer Diagnosis For Fibromyalgia and 3 Other Disorders...
Fibromyalgia sufferers may finally have visible proof of their condition within their grasp. After decades of relying on broad, often disputed diagnostic criteria, doctors and researchers may soon have a definitive blood test for fibromyalgia. The test may even be able to detect a patient’s degree of suffering. The test is also able to detect 3 other rheumatological disorders with 100% accuracy, along...
April 24, 2019
Scientists Identify Defect That Triggers Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roughly - 1.5 million Americans - suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is an autoimmune disease that causes systemic inflammation, commonly leading to intense joint pain and swelling in the extremities. Current treatment regimens can slow its progression, reducing pain and swelling, but they can't stop the progression of the disease. A recent discovery -could lead to more effective medications...
March 13, 2019
This Researcher Found a Way to Reverse Symptoms of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
An Israeli researcher and drug developer has - isolated a peptide - that appears to relieve, and might possibly reverse, the symptoms and effects of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. So far, the drug has shown promise against Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but Professor David Naor, a researcher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in...
June 11, 2018