Statins Reduce Heart Attacks in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis, But Not Everyone With RA Needs to Take Them
Should you take statins to help reduce your heart disease risk if you have RA? Here’s what a new study says about it.
Continue readingShould you take statins to help reduce your heart disease risk if you have RA? Here’s what a new study says about it.
Continue readingYou might be aware of joint pain, but it’s important to be aware of the other RA symptoms that can help clinch a diagnosis.
Continue readingThe excruciating pain and swelling during a gout flare is pretty hard to ignore.
Continue readingSome people want to get away from brutal winters; for others, high humidity is the enemy. Here’s what science and arthritis patients themselves say about how weather may impact disease.
Continue readingIf you have osteoarthritis in the joints of your fingers, you could have what’s known as ‘inflammatory OA.’
Continue readingIf you think gout is caused by an unhealthy diet or excess alcohol intake, you need to keep reading.
Continue readingIn this fifth and final episode of ‘My Back Is Killing Me,’ the Joint Task Force brings in a rheumatologist to explain what’s really going on with the victim’s pain symptoms.
Continue readingAlthough Jed Finley was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis as a tween, he didn’t take it seriously until it starting stealing his ability to live his life fully, like making driving dangerous.
Continue readingIn this first episode of ‘My Back Is Killing Me,’ a police officer and detective duo encounter a strange case of chronic back pain they need to solve ASAP.
Continue readingRoz’s father and one of her brothers had ankylosing spondylitis. But even as her pain persisted and spread throughout her body, doctors dismissed the idea that she could have it too.
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