It’s tempting to huddle up on the sofa on cold winter days, but arthritis knows no season. A lack of activity can cause your joints to become stiff, so move it or lose it. Studies show that people ...

Pratfalls are played for laughs on TV, but trips and slips are no joke: Each year, falls send about 2.8 million Americans to emergency rooms, with 800,000 requiring a night or more in the hospital.

While studying rheumatic diseases in children in the 1950s, physician and mathematician Alvan Feinstein observed a significant gap in distinguishing between benign and pathological heart murmurs. At ...

Keep your muscles loose and limber with these great lower body stretches, including the knee-to-chest stretch, seated butterfly stretch and more. Learn how to use the straight and bent leg techniques ...

Protect your health with the right immunizations when you’re immune-compromised during the pandemic. Keeping up with your vaccinations is always a smart move when you have an autoimmune disease like ...

Back pain or neck pain can have many causes, among them osteoarthritis in the spine. Learn the symptoms and treatments available to find relief. Maybe you overdid it cleaning the house or sprucing up ...

The freshly signed legislative funding package for federal fiscal year 2024 spending includes key funding measures to aid arthritis research, treatment and resources. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 25, 2024) ...

Use the time to build up your health mentally and keep pain under control. As COVID-19 infections spread throughout the country, the federal government, along with many state and local leaders and ...

Urban Poling Activator® poles are designed to help balance and to take pressure off your back and lower joints while you walk. Urban Poling Activator® poles are designed to aid balance and to take ...

Joint pain is usually associated with older adults, but children and teens can have it, too. A study of more than 16,000 children aged 3 to 16 in the U.K. found that 8% (1,280) saw a primary care ...

The first type of guilt parents and potential parents with arthritis may face is worry over the possibility of passing your diagnosis to your kids. I personally addressed this genetic guilt, in part, ...

Whether you have a toddler, an elementary school student, or a teenager, kids can often sense when a parent is in pain. If you’re a parent living with arthritis, your kids may witness you struggling ...