Think arthritis only affects the elderly? Think again. By 2030, an estimated 580 million people worldwide, ages 18 and older, will have been diagnosed with the disease. Pretty eye-opening, right? Conventional medicine tends to treat arthritis with strong, immune-suppressing medications that temporarily relieve the symptoms of the disease. Unfortunately, I’ve seen how these medications can […]
Dr Christine Pham, a rheumatologist at the Washington University School of Medicine, is designing strategies to safely deliver nanomedicine in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis. Her strategies promise to target pathways associated with inflammation, while leaving other vital immune responses unaffected. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, incapacitating disease of the joints, […]
There are many herbs that have been used for therapeutic purposes but thyme is one that is often overlooked. The fact of the matter is, however, it has been used for hundreds of years to treat a wide variety of ailments. Those issues that were treated included almost anything you can imagine from the flu […]
DEFINITION Gout is a term used to refer to a group of disease states caused by tissue deposition of monosodium urate due to prolonged hyperuricemia. Clinical manifestations of gout include acute arthritis, soft tissue inflammation, chronic tophus formation, gouty nephropathy, and nephrolithiasis. Untreated hyperuricemia in patients with gout may lead to chronic destructive deforming arthritis. ETIOLOGY […]
There are around 10 million people who suffer from arthritis in the UK. Arthritis causes painful inflammation of the joints and unfortunately, there is currently no known cure for the disease. However, here at Mangar Health, we have put together some tips to help reduce the pain and make living with arthritis bearable. Mediterranean […]
Might be more effective than steroids. Surgeons are using a new “longer-lasting” treatment for knee arthritis which involves injecting patients with a strengthened form of their own blood. It is hoped the technique being trialled at Southampton General Hospital will provide a more effective alternative to steroid injections, currently the most common treatment. Arthritis of […]
Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that affects over 1.3 million Americans and one percent of the world’s population. In fact, it affects women up to three times more often and women are more likely to develop it sooner in life. Rheumatoid arthritis is caused when antibodies attack the fluid of the synovial joint, resulting in […]
A first-of-its-kind implant, which acts as a cushion for a joint, is giving hope to millions of Americans who are looking for a permanent solution to arthritis. Source: NBC News “New Arthritis Treatment Could be a ‘Game-Changer’”
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) isn’t a disease one can ignore. It is something that can cause the person who’s been diagnosed, to look deeper into their health and what is causing their symptoms. RA is an autoimmune disease, where the body begins to attack the individuals joints, leaving the joints inflamed, stiff and painful, as it […]
You might be wondering, how is hearing loss related to depression? There is a connection between depression and hearing loss that is important to be mindful of. More than 11 percent of those with hearing loss also suffered from depression, according to a study by the Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. “More than 11 percent […]