As cold winter weather sets in and daylight hours dwindle, many older Chicagoans with arthritis tend to sit idle, missing out on the daily dose of physical activity they need to improve their health, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

( Northwestern University ) As cold winter weather sets in and daylight hours dwindle, many older Chicagoans with arthritis tend to sit idle, missing out on the daily dose of physical activity they need to improve their health, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

As cold winter weather sets in and daylight hours dwindle, many older Chicagoans with arthritis tend to sit idle, missing out on the daily dose of physical activity they need to improve their health, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Ellen Gravallese MD, chief of rheumatology and professor of Medicine and Cell Biology at UMass Medical School, was honored on Sept. 13 with the Arthritis Foundation’s Dr. Marian Ropes Award for Excellence in Arthritis Care and Leadership.

Little spheres deliver medicine slowly and keep it inside the knee.