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Arthritis is a painful disease affecting one in four adults in the United States. Although arthritis is common, living with it can feel isolating and extremely...

If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you know that the condition can leave you feeling fatigued. And it’s not just that you’re tired at the end of the...

When your knees are healthy, they’ll have a small amount of fluid in them. That fluid helps lubricate your knee joint, so it moves smoothly and without...

Maybe one day you wake up with an ache in your fingers or at the base of your thumb. Or you feel a stab of pain when you pick up a dinner plate, cut your...

Do you have a bout with gout? You aren’t alone. Gout is a painful form of arthritis that affects millions of people. It causes flare-ups of joint pain...

We often use the word “arthritis” as a shorthand term for “osteoarthritis.” That’s a type of arthritis where people—usually older people—have joint pain...

Most of us have heard the phrase “you are what you eat.” Taken literally, how many of our kids would resemble chicken nuggets and peanut butter sandwiches...

Do some of your fingers not have the same range of motion they once did? Maybe they’re beginning to curl inward a bit more. Do you feel resistance when...

Autoimmune disorders can be difficult to diagnose, especially in the earlier stages, and psoriatic arthritis is no different. Because there is no definitive...

You expect your child to get aches and pains from time to time—they are a normal part of childhood. But what if there’s no obvious cause for the pain? In...