The swelling may be due to a chronic (persistent or recurrent) condition, like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.

Image credit You know how frustrating joint pain can be if you’ve ever felt those annoying creaks in your knees when yo ...

Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Remarkable 'before and after' pictures of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce ...

MORE than ten million of us suffer from joint pain, with one in six experiencing stiffness ... Dr Zoe helps a reader who is suffering from finger joint pain. Q: MY left thumb is painful and ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) deformities are changes caused by the disease that can make the small joints of your hands and feet become disfigured. As a result, your fingers or toes may bend in an ...

That can make it difficult to move your fingers, ankles, and other body parts. It also can leave your joints stuck in strange positions. Many conditions can cause contractures. Sometimes surgery ...

PsA in the finger usually affects the joint closest ... In some people, arthritis and tendinitis may affect one or two joints, but others might experience involvement of many joints and tendons.

Resident personal trainer Belinda Norton guides you through some basic but effective exercises to maintain healthy hands.

An arthritis sufferer’s joints start to get ornery when the weather turns colder, getting stiff and achy as the mercury drops ...

A new hand-held scanner developed by UCL researchers can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, ...

Rapidly growing markets for robot innovation include applications that enhance human health and wellbeing, such as bionics ...

When repairs are finished, the bridge will reconnect Route 13 over the Chesapeake and Canal, ending the detour to Route 1 at ...