The drug abatacept has been found to be a useful preventative tool in tackling painful inflammation - Thai Liang Lim/Getty Images Rheumatoid arthritis is chronic, long-lasting and incurable, but a ...

Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (PJRA), also known as oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that affects children under 16. It causes inflammation in ...

Receiving a RA diagnosis from your doctor can be scary, stressful, and overwhelming. Your mind is full of questions and you're not sure where to begin. PEOPLE talked to rheumatologists to find out ...

Chronic chikungunya arthritis often mimics rheumatoid arthritis, complicating diagnosis and therapy, and necessitating ...

If you or someone you love has rheumatoid arthritis, you’ve probably thought about remission from rheumatoid arthritis more than once. As you likely know, rheumatoid arthritis is a very serious ...

Dr. Rosenbaum answers the question: 'Rheumatoid Arthritis Outlook?' — -- Question: I have rheumatoid arthritis. What is the outlook? Answer: Well, I think that things have radically changed from ...

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can lead to a metabolic state called rheumatoid cachexia, or muscle wasting. This form of cachexia happens when your body loses muscle mass and keeps fat mass. Your body ...

Few medical conditions seem as inevitable when aging as does arthritis. It's an understandable assumption considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the disorder ...

A woman will be the first person in the UK to trial new 3D imaging technology designed to give earlier diagnosis of diseases ...

In a large cohort of mostly male subjects, people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a higher risk of developing aortic stenosis, needing an aortic valve intervention, or dying of aortic stenosis, ...