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The Home Remedy: Drinking tart cherry juice or eating tart cherries helps reduce arthritis pain and inflammation.
The tart or sour cherry is also known as the pie cherry, Montmorency cherry or Balaton cherry. These are different from the sweet cherries commonly sold at grocery stores like Bing, Ranier and Lambert cherries. According to... Read more
I read a recent article by Julie Appleby in USA Today discussing whether the increase in drug advertising benefits patients or costs the country more money in health care spending. According to the article, drug companies spent about $4.8 billion on advertising in 2006, almost double what they spent in 2002. The article stated that ads for... Read more
I have had rheumatoid arthritis almost my entire life, but growing up I didn't know anyone else with RA, especially other kids and teens. I often felt singled out, especially during gym class. It was the days before the internet and I had no one to go to for information and new ideas but my parents, doctor and occasional occupational... Read more
I received several comments in response to my recent article about the limited number of people with rheumatoid arthritis who exercise. Some commented that they enjoy walking or other low impact exercises. But others stated that exercise just isn't an option most of the time because of the constant pain, swelling and lack of energy that they... Read more
The People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE) Program, developed by the Arthritis Foundation, is a land-based program that helps people with rheumatoid arthritis incorporate exercise into their lives. Participants meet for 1 hour, twice a week for 8 weeks. The program is offered at fitness centers, churches, senior-centers and other community... Read more
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