Title: Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis? Category: Health News Created: 7/28/2010 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/28/2010

A larger percentage of Americans are being diagnosed with the several types of arthritis than ever before. ThirdAge takes a look at some of the more well known figures that suffer from the different types of arthritis and how they are taking on the challenge of living their lives with such a painful disease.

Rheumatoid Arthritis should be treated early and aggressively if you expect the treatment to be effective and pay off, even in the long run, a researcher in Finland recommends. Dr. Vappu Rantalaiho of Tampere University Hospital, Finland, and colleagues analyzed radiologic progression in 195 patients with rheumatoid arthritis -- 97 of whom had randomly initially received therapy combining ...

Rheumatoid arthritis patients who drink alcohol tend to have less severe symptoms than those who dont, a new study finds.

Consuming alcohol can both ease the symptoms and reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study published in today's online edition of Rheumatology.According to a July 27 press release, the study looked at 873 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and compared them with 1004 people without RA (the control group). The researchers asked the two groups how frequently they ...