Primary care patients presenting with shoulder pain may in fact have a neck or spine problem instead, Feeley told Medscape ...

The shoulder is an amazing structure. The arm’s upper bone, the humerus, is joined to the shoulder girdle, allowing a high ...

What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a form of arthritis in children. Arthritis causes joint swelling (inflammation) and joint stiffness. JIA is arthritis that ...

Osteoarthritis is considered a risk factor for severe cardiovascular disease like ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Studying ~60 000 twins over a 20-year period and applying ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly affects peripheral joints but can also affect the neck vertebrae, which can lead to back pain. You can relieve discomfort with medical treatments, exercise ...

Spinal arthritis is the inflammation of the joints between the bones in your spine or the joints connecting your spine to your pelvis. Spinal arthritis can be caused by autoimmune diseases, wear and ...

New research links Ozempic to lower levels of pain in people with knee osteoarthritis. It's not clear if this is due to weight loss alone or something else. Doctors say the medication may be a ...

Share on Pinterest A new trial finds that GLP-1 agonists may help reduce knee osteoarthritis-related pain. Westend61/Getty Images The use of GLP-1 medications such as semaglutide — more widely ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes your body to mistakenly attack healthy joints and leads to widespread inflammation. RA is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. It causes the body to attack ...

Roughly 82 percent of participants were women. To measure pain, researchers used the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC). The WOMAC involves participants scoring pain ...

Additionally, the ACR encourages people with arthritis to take action by messaging government representatives who are responsible for making policy decisions that may have an impact on the daily ...