Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a painful joint condition that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States. Pain, tenderness, and stiffness are often the first symptoms of RA and can affect ...

RA can hurt your peripheral nerves, which are part of the peripheral nervous system. That’s the communication system that helps your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) send and receive ...

Chiropractic adjustments may help lower inflammation by balancing your body’s function through spinal and joint alignment. It can potentially reduce the production of inflammatory proteins.

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Stimulation of the vagus nerve significantly eased inflammation and intractable pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a recent study. Researchers tested electrical stimulation in 14 ...

Houston rheumatologist Nilanjana Bose, MD, MBA, has no doubt that patients can reduce symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by eating healthier. “It’s not like they get better just because they change ...

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the immune system attacks the joints and leaves them sore, swollen, and stiff. But RA is more than a joint disease. It also affects other parts of your body, including ...