Features Related to Rheumatoid Arthritis

1. Scientists Search For Rheumatoid Arthritis Genes
   

   After a half-dozen pint-sized robots organize genetic material onto plates and feed it into computers, Peter K. Gregersen, MD, painstakingly mines the data, hoping to discover the unique genes that make some people more susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Gregersen, head of the Feinstein Insti

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2. Life With Rheumatoid Arthritis
   

   Carla Guillory was in her 30s -- enjoying life, raising her kids -- when the first symptoms began. "We'd been hiking on vacation, and I thought I had bruised my foot, but it didn't seem to get better. Then my hands started aching," she remembers. Right away, doctors suspected she had rheumatoid arth

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3. Pain Relief: How NSAIDs Work
   

   NSAIDs -- or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- are among the most common pain relief medicines in the world. Every day more than 30 million Americans use them to soothe headaches, sprains, arthritis symptoms, and other daily discomforts, according to the American Gastroenterological Associatio

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4. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Keeping a Positive Outlook
   

   The stress of waging a constant health battle can get to you. Day after day, week after week. It's easy to get down, depressed. Just ask Carla Guillory. She's become an expert at what psychiatrists call realistic optimism -- reining in your thoughts, keeping fears and negativity at bay. It's been Gu

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5. Rheumatoid Arthritis: 8 Top Myths
   

   Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 1% of the population worldwide, but still misunderstanding swirls around this common and severe joint condition.   "There are so many misconceptions out there about rheumatoid arthritis," says Paul Kremer, MD, a rheumatologist and professor of medicine at Albany Me

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6. RA of Hope
   

   Donna Schwartz, a 62-year-old retiree, has the dream snowbird life. She produces and directs comedies at a local theater in Delray Beach, Fla., plays tennis, goes for long leisurely walks almost daily, and drives up to Long Island, N.Y., around the holidays to spend time with her grandchildren. But

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7. Hand Exercises Aid Rheumatoid Arthritis
   

   For 25 years, New Yorker Carol Solomon, 69, ran a knitting store. In 2006, a few years into retirement, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in both hands. "I have movement in my thumb and in my pointer finger, but my other three fingers are pretty stiff," she says. Solomon didn't want t

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8. Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication: The Right Care
   

   When the burly, 45-year-old construction worker and heavy equipment operator first came to see rheumatologist Eric Matteson, MD, at the Mayo Clinic in the summer of 2006, he didn't look like the strong, vigorous man he'd once been. He had been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for about three mont

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9. Nutrition for Strength
   

   We've all heard the old adage "you are what you eat" -- and it's never as true as when you are feeling under the weather. During these times, what you eat and when you eat it can preserve strength, boost immunity, and help you feel better -- quicker. But for people battling arthritis, cancer, depres

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10. Diet and Rheumatoid Arthritis: How to Fix Fast and Simple Meals
    

    Everyone wants to save time and energy in the kitchen. It's particularly important when aching joints from arthritis turn preparing a meal into a monumental task. We've put together some ideas for easy meals that take the strain off your hands and body and don't wear you out. At the same time, they

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