A month later, I got the diagnosis: rheumatoid arthritis. I was shocked. I’d always associated arthritis with elderly people, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis happens ... It usually shows up in middle age, but young people get it, too. Because RA isn’t like other types of arthritis, most people don’t understand it.

Objectives Secondary prevention of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is generally considered potentially impactful because the entire ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often perceived as a disease that affects older people but it can also have a significant impact on young adults where the onset of RA in the late teens or early ...

The incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in women has risen during the period of 1995 to 2007, according to a newly published study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic. This rise in RA follows a ...

The symptoms generally surface after 40 years of age and are mostly prevalent among women. Generally, rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of your joints, causing a painful swelling which ...

The second most common form is rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatism refers to aches and pains), which affects three times as many women as men. This usually comes on in younger people, and its origin ...

Rheumatoid arthritis can double and even triple a woman's risk of suffering a heart attack, a new study has found, suggesting that women with the painful autoimmune disorder should take aggressive ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect pregnancy ... In a 2011 study including more than 74,000 pregnant Danish women, those with RA had a harder time conceiving than those without the disease ...

Background: To examine fracture incidence in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for an entire geographical region of south-eastern Australia. Methods: Women aged 35 years and older, resident in ...

Despite experiencing joint pain—especially in her hands—along with body aches, hot flushes and sleeplessness, Richardson dismissed these symptoms as "normal," until one day in June when she was unable ...