Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis resulting from high levels of uric acid in the blood. The overproduction or under excretion of uric acid causes crystals to form in the tissues and fluids in the body. These crystals trigger sudden, severe flare-ups of pain, tenderness, swelling, redness, and warmth in the joints. Half of […]
READ ARTICLEYour heart is one of the most important organs in your body. It plays a major role in providing the rest of your organs and tissues with the nutrients they need to function and keep you healthy. Your heart works hard to do its job, contracting approximately 104,000 times every day. Each time it contracts, […]
READ ARTICLEWhen you’re young and healthy and all your parts are in good working order, it’s easy to take those parts for granted. But the older we get, the more we begin to understand the importance of each working part. Anyone who has suffered hip pain in particular, including hip fractures or arthritis, understands how important […]
READ ARTICLELupus is an often misunderstood and misdiagnosed autoimmune disease that affects 1.5 million Americans. In any autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes the body’s healthy tissues, cells, and organs for foreign invaders and attacks them. There are over 80 different types of autoimmune diseases, and Lupus is particularly tricky because it produces a range of […]
READ ARTICLEWhen your doctor says it’s time for hip replacement surgery, you may experience both relief and fear. Relief that you may finally have a solution to the painful and debilitating breakdown of your hip, and fear because any major surgery can be scary. The good news is that hip replacement surgery has been proven to […]
READ ARTICLERheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a progressive autoimmune disease that causes severe inflammation, mainly in the joints. Currently, there is no cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis, so the goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and reduce inflammation. Diet can play a big role in the relief of RA symptoms. If you have […]
READ ARTICLEGout. It’s one of those words you hear every now and again, but if you don’t have it or know someone who does, you probably don’t think much about it. If you do have it, though, you know it’s impossible to ignore. Gout is a form of arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain in […]
READ ARTICLEOsteoarthritis affects millions of people worldwide. The degeneration of joint cartilage associated with osteoarthritis causes pain, stiffness, and other uncomfortable and sometimes disabling symptoms. It may be hard to believe that diet can make a difference with these symptoms, but it’s true. Antioxidants protect your body from the free radicals produced by inflammation. Those free […]
READ ARTICLERheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body’s tissue. RA results in chronic inflammation that typically affects the small joints in your hands and feet. The painful swelling can result in bone erosion and joint deformity. Treatment for RA focuses on controlling symptoms and preventing […]
READ ARTICLEAs we get older, many of us begin to feel aches and pains in places we’ve never felt before. Many of these pains come on so slowly that we become accustomed to them. Hip pain in particular can sometimes come on slow enough that we begin to adjust our lives around it without even being […]
READ ARTICLEHere’s a scary fact: Of the nearly 26 million people in the US with diabetes, approximately 7 million of them don’t know they have it. This is especially frightening because diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, blindness, and non-traumatic amputation in adults. Diabetes is a condition in which your blood glucose (sugar) levels […]
READ ARTICLEAs we age, our bodies change. We may need more or less sleep. And we may need supplements and medications to address symptoms we never had before, such as heartburn or high blood pressure. In time, we become accustomed to those changes and to the aches and pains that sometimes accompany them. Knee pain is […]
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