What Is Arthritis?

Posted December 9, 2009 – 10:02 am in: Arthritis

Arthritis could be a general term used to categorize over a hundred different conditions and diseases. What these one hundred+ diseases and conditions all have in common may be a downside with a joint within the body. {The human body} has joints within the spine, shoulders, knees, hips, elbows, wrists, fingers, ankles and toes. Arthritis [...]

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Arthritis Relief with Tea Tree Oil

Posted December 9, 2009 – 10:02 am in: Arthritis

The term “arthritis” is used to refer to one or a heap of of a group of over 100 rheumatic diseases. Quite often, arthritis is caused by the deterioration of cartilage in the joints. Symptoms of all of those diseases embrace pain, stiffness and swelling of the joints, and will have an impact on different [...]

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Cherry Juice Can Alleviate Arthritis

Posted December 8, 2009 – 7:36 am in: Arthritis

Drinking just one ounce, or two tablespoons, of tart concentrated cherry juice every day can help alleviate arthritis pain. That’s because tart cherries, specifically Montmorency tart cherries, contain anthocyanins and two important antioxidants: isoqueritrin and queritrin.
Anthocyanins create cherries’ dark red pigment. Arthritis inflammation and pain is caused by the hormone prostaglandin; it is directly [...]

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Arthritis Treatment: Clinical Trials In The US

Posted December 6, 2009 – 1:29 am in: Arthritis

Improvements in arthritis treatment come from clinical trials. Clinical trials allow researchers to see which arthritis treatments work, which don’t work, and how different arthritis treatments compare to each other.
There are currently several clinical trials going on in the United States. They are being conducted by the National Databank (NDB), which is a research [...]

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When You’re Hurting, What Arthritis Pain Medication Do You Use?

Posted September 20, 2009 – 3:41 pm in: Arthritis

You have many choices out there for dealing with arthritis pain. However you must know what you’re doing before you begin popping pills, so the first thing to do is pay a visit to your doctor before beginning to take arthritis pain medication. If you suffer from arthritis and have pain associated with it, you [...]

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