DISH is a type of arthritis that affects the tendons and ligaments around your spine. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a type of arthritis that affects tendons and ligaments, mainly ...

The Partners for Patients program connects health care providers with resources and a supportive community proven to improve arthritis patient outcomes. The Partners for Patients program connects ...

On Jan. 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) directed recipients of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding to immediately stop all Department-funded ...

While studying rheumatic diseases in children in the 1950s, physician and mathematician Alvan Feinstein observed a significant gap in distinguishing between benign and pathological heart murmurs. At ...

As a Walk to Cure Arthritis national honoree, Mary Jo McBride is speaking up and spreading arthritis awareness for herself and millions of others in the community. Inspired by the mantra, “Do it for ...

Living with juvenile arthritis since she was a toddler has taught this Walk to Cure Arthritis national honoree and her family courage, resilience and commitment. Kiana has never known life without the ...

Living with arthritis or a related disease can add extra challenges on top of everything else going on in your life. Connect with others who share similar challenges. Hear what others have learned ...

Learn how to manage the emotions you may experience when dealing with a chronic condition like arthritis. Emotions that come along with the pain, fatigue and other physical symptoms of arthritis can ...

Sometimes called “overlap disease,” people with a mixture of symptoms from several different diseases may have what’s known as mixed connective tissue disease. People with a mixture of signs and ...

Having arthritis and other risk factors increases the risk of developing osteoporosis. Get the facts on the right amounts of calcium you need to protect bone health. Getting enough calcium is key to ...

These pain relief methods include creams, exercise, CAM therapies, footwear, nerve treatments and injections. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 76.2 million, or 26% of Americans, ...

A healthy gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a critical role in overall health and houses the largest number of immune cells in the body. A faulty immune system is responsible for the most common types ...