Massage therapy has many reported benefits, including hand massages. Hand massages may help ease muscle tension and may even reduce pain. In this article, we’ll examine the benefits of hand ...

PsA in the finger usually affects the joint closest to the nail. Swelling in arthritis occurs when either the lining of the joint or the tissues surrounding it become inflamed. When this happens ...

With almost no options left, 10-year-old Viet Tai was facing near-certain death from cancer. Today, he is in remission after ...

Arthrodesis is a surgical procedure that fuses two bones together. It is sometimes also called a joint fusion. After arthrodesis, your joint will be permanently held in a fixed position. This means ...

The Estate of Eve Arnold Photojournalist Eve Arnold’s pictures of Marilyn Monroe are some of the most intimate and candid ever taken of the Hollywood legend, springing not just from the pair’s ...

Monoclonal antibodies are novel therapeutic agents used with great success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Different parts of the immune system have been targeted by monoclonal ...

It all started 14 years ago with mobility-improving surgical rehab for Jake, the senior Golden Retriever. That's when Tom and ...

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New Zealand singer Lorde has worried her fans after wiping her Instagram feed before sharing several photos of herself sporting a black eye. The cryptic post, shared to her social media account on ...

Methods: A national cross sectional sample of US nursing homes (8138 sampled residents in 1406 nursing homes) from the 1997 National Nursing Home Survey provided demographic and functional ...

Study of the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began about four decades ago with the discovery of HLA-DRB1. Since the beginning of this century, a number of non-HLA risk loci have been identified ...

This scale was developed to help doctors measure disease activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis ... examination blood tests X-rays of your hands and feet Your doctor may refer you to ...