Swimming and water exercise are great forms of physical activity for arthritis, chronic pain, and other conditions. Learn about the potential risks of using pools during the coronavirus pandemic and the precautions doctors recommend.
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Taltz, approved last year for ankylosing spondylitis, inhibits an immune system protein called IL-17 that can lead to inflammation.
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Sometimes hydroxychloroquine is used off-label to treat erosive osteoarthritis, but more research suggests it is not helpful.
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No one knows exactly why one person with RA might develops ILD yet another doesn’t, but this new study is shedding some light on what RA patients with interstitial lung disease have in common.
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CreakyJoints members who are tired of saying ‘I’m fine’ — when they’re not — open up about what they’ve started saying instead.
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CreakyJoints members crack open the truth that lies behind this canned response.
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Having more rheumatology patients see nurse practitioners as part of their medical team could help increase access to care and decrease wait times.
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While merely having RA can raise the risk of blood clots, studies have also suggested that RA patients with active disease are far more apt to experience blood clots compared to those whose disease is in remission.
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This advice from Laurie Ferguson, PhD, clinical psychologist and Director of Education Development at the Global Healthy Living Foundation, can help you take care of your mental health when the violence and horrors of racial injustice and bigotry along with the ongoing unknowns of COVID-19 may heighten your feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
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The study findings aren’t necessarily wrong, but there were concerns with the data used for the analysis.
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