It can strike anyone: rheumatism occurs just as often as diabetes, arteriosclerosis and cancer combined. Approximately one percent of the population is stricken with the rheumatoid arthritis. Now ...

The Australian National Maritime Museum has revealed that sufferers of rheumatism were once advised to sit inside the festering carcasses of whales in order to relieve their symptoms. The museum has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Although often considered a rare subset of rheumatoid arthritis, palindromic rheumatism remains a ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2005;52(7):2026-2032. Losing a Pound Results in a 4-Pound Reduction in Knee-Joint Load For Each Step, Suggests Study of Overweight and Obese Patients The leading cause of ...

Seventy-one patients with PR were followed for a mean of 91 months between 1993 and 2010, and their outcomes were recorded, including progression to RA (by 1987 criteria) and development of other ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the natural history, pathophysiology, treatment, and outcome of the rheumatic diseases. It is an official journal of the American ...

heumatism, a popular term for chronic pain, applies to a variety of diseases that cause pain, stiffness and limitation of motion of joints, bones, tendons, ligaments and muscles. These disorders are ...

Modestly, Bacteriologist James C. Small of the Philadelphia General Hospital told Director Wilmer Krusen of the Philadelphia Public Health Department that he had isolated a new, minute organism ...

A rheumatism sufferer sits inside the carcass of a whale in Eden. Photo courtesy of the National Library of Australia Climbing inside the carcass of a whale was once thought to bring relief to ...

Our elders sometimes act like weather stations! Thanks to their joint pain, they can predict the day's weather. But is there any truth to this? Illustration image Pixabay Rheumatism includes about 200 ...