Arthritis

Who Needs a Joint Replacement?
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
by Ronald P. Grelsamer, M.D.
There isn't as much deception with joint replacement surgery as there is with outpatient arthroscopies (see What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Knee Pain and Surgery, Warner Books, 2002). If your doctor has suggested a joint replacement

Arthritis: The Disease, the Drugs, and Why Avoid Them
Healing Joint Pain Naturally: Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Other Joint Diseases
by Ellen Hodgson Brown
For the more than 43 million sufferers of arthritis and similar afflictions, a safe, effective, natural method for reversing such diseases without drugs or potentially harmful side effects.

Arthritis
Ask a Nurse
by Geraldine Bednash Ph.D., RN, FAAN, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
More than 100 different conditions can be called arthritis, and they all have two things in common — they affect the joints and cause pain. The two most prevalent forms of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Arthritis: Aspirin, Antacids and Acid-Blockers
Healing Joint Pain Naturally: Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Other Joint Diseases
by Ellen Hodgson Brown
Aspirin, the grandfather of anti-inflammatories, has long been the most popular treatment for arthritis. Americans collectively pop more than 80 million aspirin tablets daily. Critics question whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would allow

Arthritis: COX-2 Inhibitors
Healing Joint Pain Naturally: Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Other Joint Diseases
by Ellen Hodgson Brown
In an effort to circumvent the ulcer problem, drug manufacturers developed the Cox-2 inhibitors. These are 'super aspirins' that block the Cox-2 enzyme that drives inflammation but don't block the Cox-1 enzyme that releases the prostaglandins protecting

Chronotherapy: Asthma, Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Successful treatment of diseases may depend on the time of day or month that a medicine is taken or surgery performed. Asthma and arthritis pain are among conditions now being treated by the clock or calendar.

Types of Arthritis: Spondyloarthropathies, Lyme Disease
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The spondyloarthropathies are a collection of disorders that tend to affect the spine and include: Reiter's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, intestinal arthropathy, juvenile ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthropathy, and the most common type, ankylosing

Arthritis and Seniors
by National Institute on Aging
Arthritis is not just a word doctors use when they talk about painful, stiff joints. In fact, there are many kinds of arthritis, each with different symptoms and treatments. Most types of arthritis are chronic.

Understanding Arthritis
by National Institute on Aging
Arthritis literally means joint inflammation, and it can affect joints in any part of the body. Joints are places in the body where two bones meet. Many people use the term arthritis to refer to rheumatic diseases

Gout - Arthritis : Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
As with most illnesses, effective treatment of gout depends on a correct diagnosis. Gout can be unequivocally diagnosed by telltale uric acid crystals in joint fluid. But appropriate treatment is often started after a clinical diagnosis based on painfully

Types of Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Arthritis treatment seems to attract charlatans peddling miracle cures, folk remedies, and superstition. Over the years, people with arthritis have been advised to cover themselves with horse manure, wear copper bracelets, sit in abandoned radium mines

Exercise and Arthritis, Prevention Measures
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Proper exercises performed on a regular basis are an important part of arthritis treatment, according to the Arthritis Foundation. Twenty years ago, doctors advised exactly the opposite, fearing that activity would cause more damage and inflammation.

Arthritis Treatment Devices, Diet and Exercise
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Two medical device products, Hyalgan and Synvisc, are preparations that mimic a naturally occurring body substance that lubricates the knee joint called hyaluronic acid. The products, which were approved by the FDA for the treatment of OA of the knee

Arthritis : Biologics Block Cytokines, Joint Replacement
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Today, the first pharmaceutical line of defense against arthritis is the NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), which include the salicylates, such as aspirin, prescribed at higher than usual doses.

Gout: Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The word 'gout' may conjure up visions of overindulging 16th-century kings. But the condition - a form of arthritis related to uric acid levels in the blood - is also a modern malady affecting about 1 million Americans and treatable with a variety of drug

Arthritis: Modern Treatments for That Old Pain in the Joints
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Modern drug treatment and joint replacement are helping to minimize the effects of arthritis, which, in its more than 100 different forms, affects about 50 million Americans with symptoms ranging from minor stiffness to complete disability.

Arthritis FAQ
by CDC
Can I prevent arthritis? What should I do if I think I have arthritis? How is arthritis diagnosed? How can I manage arthritis pain? How many people in the United States have arthritis? How many children have arthritis?

Treatments Keep People With Arthritis Moving
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Few people with arthritis would be willing to stop taking a medication that works, especially when nothing else has. But what if joint pain and stiffness are inevitable if you don't take the medication, yet heart problems could occur if you do?

Arthritis
by CDC
Forty-three million Americans report that a doctor told them they have arthritis or other rheumatic conditions. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States, limiting the activities of more than 16 million adults.

Rheumatoid Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Typical treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have relied on a combination of NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen or aspirin (which reduce swelling and alleviate pain but do not change the course of the disease) and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)