Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder ... Established RA is usually stage 2. Advanced RA might correspond to stage 3 or stage 4. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs ...

Stage 2 hip OA is commonly referred to as mild hip osteoarthritis ... the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Nov;66(11):3013–3017. doi:10.1002/art.38795 Shen J, Li S, Chen D.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... slow the progression of the disease. 1,2 RA does not progress the same for everyone. The overall course of the disease can vary from person to person, depending on several ...

Have you ever gotten out of bed with sore joints, wondering whether it's just a bad night's sleep or something else? For many, these initial signs are ignored until the pain becomes a daily struggle.

Patients with end stage arthritis of the knee often present to physical therapy with a “bow legged” appearance, generally because they have arthritis in one compartment of the knee ...

It’s natural and understandable for people with arthritis to experience an ebb and flow of resilience and anxiety. Your life stage, self-image, relationships, responsibilities, economic security and ...

When you think of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), you may imagine skin symptoms or the commonly affected joints, like the fingers, knees, ankles or elbows (peripheral arthritis). However, for many people ...

What is stage 2 stomach cancer? Stage 2 stomach cancer means your cancer might have spread into the inner, supportive or muscle layer of the stomach. Or it might have spread as far as or through the ...

Correspondence to Fenne Wouters, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; f.wouters{at}lumc.nl Objectives The human leukocyte antigen-shared ...