Aug
14
( BioMed Central ) Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers are at an increased risk of dying due to cardiovascular disease. A new five-year study published in BioMed Central's open-access journal Arthritis Research Therapy showed that the risk of cardiovascular disease for people with RA is due to disease-related inflammation as well as the risk factors which affect the general population ...
Jul
08
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Smoking will increase your risk of cancer, emphysema, heart disease, stroke, and dying young, but if you manage to dodge all those bullets, it may actually reduce your need for joint-replacement surgery later in life.
Jul
08
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Smoking will increase your risk of cancer, emphysema, heart disease, stroke, and dying young, but if you manage to dodge all those bullets, it may actually reduce your need for joint-replacement surgery later in life.
Feb
04
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Last week, we talked about the American Heart Association and their Go Red for Women campaign, which is raising awareness and fighting heart disease i...
Dec
24
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When it comes to feared diseases, arthritis hardly ranks up there with killers such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. Yet arthritis causes more disability than any other disease.