Pannus is an abnormal, extra layer of tissue in your joints that can cause pain, swelling, and damage to your bones, cartilage, and other tissue. It most often results from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ...

For the first time, physicians can examine the systemic burden of inflammatory arthritis simultaneously across all joints and organ systems, using the high-sensitivity, high-resolution uEXPLORER total ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning instead of the immune system protecting you from foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses, your body attacks itself. This results in ...

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DOKey TakeawaysA rheumatoid factor test checks for an antibody that can be a marker for rheumatoid arthritis. It is one part of diagnosis.Not everyone with a ...

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 ...

Tiny pulses of electricity may provide the next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is characterized by inflammation of synovial joints and often leads to progressive joint damage, functional disability and systemic ...