Typical arthritis pain is a result of cartilage between joints wearing down. But middle-aged women can suddenly find themselves with that and more: fat, inflamed, painful joints that seem to develop almost overnight. If that’s you, be wary of the potentially deadly medications and try this instead…

RA is a painful and debilitating disease. But diet can make a big difference in autoimmune diseases by slashing the severity of symptoms, slowing disease progression and, in some cases, even sending the disease into remission. But it’s hard to know where to start…

Stem cell therapy has come to the forefront of health restoration. For people with joint conditions not helped or relieved by standard means, it holds exceptional promise. And a chance to move away from drugs that control illness… and closer to therapies that reverse it.

If you seldom put your hips and knees through their full range of motion, never bending them past 90 degrees, your body gets the wrong message: make less synovial fluid. Consequently, your joints become less lubricated … stiff… arthritic. Here are two ways to fix that…

Stem cell treatments are gaining in popularity. These cells and growth factors can differentiate into bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, collagen, nerves, blood vessels, skin, hair or other tissue types. They can be infused by IV or injected directly into your joints, tendons or ligaments.

If you’re all too familiar with the swelling and stiffness, popping and crunching, weakness and instability that leaves you unable to do the activities you love — or even just walk up the stairs in your own home pain free, don’t give up. There’s hope for your aching knees, yet…

Do you have pain and stiffness in your shoulder joint that makes it hard or impossible to exercise, keeps you awake at night and stops you from enjoying your normal day-to-day activities? If so, you could be one of the many Americans who suffer from frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis.

People today are more than twice as likely to develop osteoarthritis than people before World War II. That means something in our modern lifestyle is making us more arthritic. You may guess it’s because people are living longer. You’d be wrong…

If you suffer from arthritis, the joint pain, swelling and stiffness can leave you wondering if there’s any help. And, the answers from your doctor can be downright scary. The good news is there’s a plant that has also been shown to improve joint swelling and mobility…

Arthritis is often thought of as a normal part of aging, but is often misunderstood… in fact, it’s not a single disease, but a broad description for chronic joint pain or joint disease. But there’s good news: several natural treatments are proving to help. One approach focuses on…

Rheumatoid arthritis is serious and usually gets worse over time. It can even lead to severe disability in cases where joints become so swollen and disfigured that you’re unable to use them. But diet can help, and there’s one particular food that protects your joints best from this devastating disease…

Physicians have often suggested osteoarthritis was simply a “wear-n-tear” issue. Now we understand it’s a disease of low-grade inflammation, a term that scientists call “inflammaging,” leading to a whole range of complex reactions at the cellular and molecular level characteristic of premature aging.