I was 27 when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It started with a sore knuckle, and I didn't think much of it, but then the same knuckle on the other hand was also sore. Then it was ...

It can be a real pain in the neck. Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly attacks ...

Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) experienced longer diagnostic delays than matched patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with polyarticular PsA received less intensive ...

Previous studies suggested that rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for nerve compression syndromes, among which carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common. Whether such syndromes may precede overt, ...

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you might be wishing you could act as though none of this were happening. Any new chronic diagnosis can feel like a real blow, and it ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a 46% higher risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) than matched control individuals, with an elevated risk persisting across all age groups, BMI categories, ...

New research suggests classical biomarkers cannot discriminate between refractory and non-refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Novel targeted therapies have made a significant impact on the treatment of ...

To make the most of a visit with your rheumatologist, it’s important to know what your doctor wants out of the visit, too. “In general, the goal of the physician is to know how the patient is doing,” ...