Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may explore biologics as they work on your immune system to change its response. In ...

Use of an implantable vagus nerve stimulation device was safe and effective for treating RA among patients who previously failed treatment with at least 1 b/tsDMARD.

With lupus and scleroderma, ANA results will almost invariably be high, while the results with RA can vary. Joint pain is one ...

Despite experiencing joint pain—especially in her hands—along with body aches, hot flushes and sleeplessness, Richardson dismissed these symptoms as "normal," until one day in June when she was unable ...

Explore how the platelet-to-albumin ratio correlates with disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis, potentially serving ...

A simple nasal swab might help doctors predict the severity of a person’s COVID infection, a new study suggests.More ...

Objectives Secondary prevention of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is generally considered potentially impactful because the entire ...

Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Laporte was diagnosed with knee arthritis 15 years ago. For years, she kept the pain under control with steroid injections and physical therapy, but when she began ...

The early symptoms of RA can be easy to miss ... Long-term damage to the joints can cause severe deformities if inflammation isn’t managed. In as few as 3 weeks, the destruction of the joint ...

Surgery cannot cure rheumatoid arthritis, but it may help restore function and relieve symptoms such as pain ... If rheumatoid arthritis causes severe damage, a doctor may suggest a total joint ...