OA guidelines recommend surgery in patients with extensively impaired function and pain that is refractory to medication therapy. 17 RA guidelines suggest surgery in patients experiencing intolerable ...

Unlike osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis can begin at any age and damage joints quickly. Early diagnosis within three months improves outcomes.

Vagus nerve modulation is already used to treat conditions from epilepsy and depression to migraine and rheumatoid arthritis ...

A new paper in Comprehensive Physiology offers an encyclopedic review of research on vagus nerve stimulation for conditions ...

Rheumatoid arthritis, also known as RA, affects an estimated 1.3 million people in the United States. Beyond this staggering statistic lies a complex reality: each person's experience with RA is ...

Managing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may require trying different medicines to see what works best for you and your symptoms. The approval of Xeljanz has led to changes in how rheumatoid ...

Few medical conditions seem as inevitable when aging as does arthritis. It's an understandable assumption considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the disorder ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for rheumatoid arthritis if you have severe joint damage or pain. Joint replacement, joint fusion, and tendon repair are among your options. Rheumatoid arthritis is an ...