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Health Tip: Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis

(HealthDay News) — Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that causes considerable pain in joints. At...
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Bicycling or other regular exercise may help reduce harmful inflammation in obese people, a new study...
Health Tip: What To Expect From Joint Replacement Surgery

(HealthDay News) –Joint replacement surgery removes damaged parts of a joint and replaces them with man-made...

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- Posted May 27, 2018
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- Posted May 18, 2018
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Health Tip: Understanding Childhood Arthritis
(HealthDay News) — About 1 in 1,000 children has some type of chronic arthritis,...
- Posted May 16, 2018
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Exercises for Chronic Health Conditions
Exercise can help prevent many chronic illnesses as well as make it easier to...
- Posted May 10, 2018
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Too Much or Too Little Weight May Worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis
Obesity may accelerate and amplify the crippling symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, new research suggests....
- Posted April 30, 2018
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His and Her Knee Injuries Occur the Same Way
Women are more likely than men to suffer a knee injury called an anterior...
- Posted April 19, 2018
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Got Osteoarthritis? Get Moving
Is arthritis pain getting in the way of your fitness plans? That need not...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Veggies a Healthy Recipe for Older Women’s Hearts
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- Posted April 4, 2018
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Obesity Can Lead to Liver Damage by Age 8: Study
Obesity can lead to liver disease in kids as young as 8 years old,...
- Posted April 4, 2018
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Health Tip: Taming Bursitis
(HealthDay News) — Bursitis involves swelling of thebursa — a fluid-filled sac that cushions...
- Posted April 3, 2018
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A Surgery-Free Fix for Bad Knees?
Tiny pellets could treat arthritic knee pain, delaying the need for knee replacement surgery,...
- Posted March 20, 2018
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Are You Living with Psoriasis?

A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.

Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.

“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.

There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.

Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.