In a cohort of US veterans with RA, the majority had cognitive impairment, with several modifiable risk factors associated with reduced cognitive function.

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

Rheumatoid arthritis begins years before pain ever appears, and scientists have now mapped the hidden immune battle that unfolds long before symptoms. By studying people with RA-linked antibodies over ...

For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. "My children could not hug me," she says. "I couldn't hold my husband's hand." Milam also ...

People with rheumatoid arthritis usually depend on drugs to control pain in their joints. But this summer, the Food and Drug Administration approved a different sort of treatment. It's a device that ...

The first-ever neuroimmune modulation implant has been approved for people with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who haven't found relief with traditional medications. It's a potentially ...

The device stimulates the vagus nerve, signaling the body to tamp down the inflammation that contributes to the disease. An example of the vagus nerve stimulation implant at the Northwell Center for ...

Int J Clin Rheumatol. 2010;5(1):37-51. In RA a history and physical examination is conducted focusing primarily on the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, integumentary and pulmonary systems. Gait and ...

With the exponential growth of the aging segment of the population, physical therapy clinics are treating larger proportions of patients with arthritic conditions. Arthritis is a leading cause of ...

1 Pediatric Nephrology Department of Abass Ndao Hospital, Dakar, Senegal. 2 Pediatric Department of Abass Ndao Hospital, Dakar, Senegal. 3 Pathology Department of Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, ...

The White House released the results of President Trump’s annual physical examination on Sunday. A PDF version of this document with embedded text is available at the link below: PHYSICIAN TO THE ...

President Trump underwent an annual physical exam at Walter Reed Hospital on Friday, the first physical of his second term. Mr. Trump was at the hospital for just over four hours, slightly less than ...