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Health Tip: Keep Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain at Bay
Rheumatoid arthritis causes pain, stiffness and swelling in the joints. There is no cure, and most treatments focus on slowing joint damage and treating pain. Click here to read the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases' suggestions to help reduce symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Does Weather Affect Your Arthritis?
Can you predict bad weather by painful joints? It is common for people to claim that cold or rain makes their arthritic joints ache, but scientific evidence has been difficult to find. The May 2007 issue of the American Journal of Medicine has finally found some scientific evidence to support the theory that changes in temperature or barometric pressure might influence joint pain.
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Joint Replacement Surgery: Right for You?
Despite aggressive medical treatment, there are many rheumatoid arthritis patients who suffer unrelenting pain in a particular joint or joints, rendering them sifnificantly disabled. For these patients, joint replacement surgery is certianly an option. Is it right for you?
