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Don’t take the arthritis meds that lead to heart attack
Arthritis is so common, it’s a safe bet you may have heard conversation with a friend about it recently. Or maybe you know first-hand how this crippling pain can make even the simplest of tasks...
View Article4 steps to reduce arthritis pain and increase mobility
Does knee pain bring you to your knees? Maybe the question is: does knee pain bring you to your chair. If you suffer from knee pain, you need to fight the temptation to avoid pain by avoiding movement,...
View ArticleKeep arthritis pain from ruining your workout
If you have arthritis pain in your hands, then you know that repetitive use or movement can cause you some pain. Whether it’s typing on a keyboard, performing a hobby like knitting or even just...
View ArticleHow Traditional Chinese Medicine relieves arthritis
According to the Arthritis Foundation, the incidence of arthritis is rising so fast that within the next three years nearly 60 million Americans will have this debilitating disease. While arthritis...
View Article6-minute collagen boost for pain-free joints and firm skin
You may have heard recently that there’s no “secret” to longevity… My colleague and fitness expert, Debra Atkinson, couldn’t have said it better than she did in a recent post: We don’t stop moving...
View ArticleThey were wrong: Running IS good for your knees
There’s no denying that running is great for your cardiovascular health. Or that it whips you into shape quick. But what about its impact on your knee joints? Conventional wisdom — and conventional...
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Is ‘inflamm-aging’ eating away your joints and youth?
Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent type of arthritis, a condition that tends to affect you as you get older. It occurs due to progressive deterioration of the cartilage and structural changes in the...
View ArticleThe right food for real rheumatoid arthritis relief
Rheumatoid arthritis isn’t your run-of-the-mill arthritis… Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune condition that can strike at any age. It happens when your immune system goes haywire and attacks your...
View ArticleCitrus fruit extract gets to the root of arthritis
Arthritis is often thought of as a normal part of aging, but is often misunderstood… According to the Arthritis Foundation, “arthritis” is not a single disease, but a broad description for chronic...
View ArticleIncan treasure turned modern arthritis marvel
Over 54 million Americans have been diagnosed with arthritis. If you suffer from either rheumatoid or osteoarthritis, the joint pain, swelling and stiffness can leave you wondering if there’s any help...
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3 reasons your arthritis risk is higher than grandma’s was [slideshow]
If you think stiff, painful joints are an inevitable part of aging, I have news for you… They’re not. In fact, a recent Harvard study shows that people today are more than twice as likely to develop...
View ArticleRestoring health: The latest in stem cell therapies
Previously I wrote about how stem cells taken from your own belly fat can be re-injected back into various tissues for healing your body (called an “autograft”). Let’s review and then look at another...
View Article30 foods that crush crippling RA symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune condition where your immune system goes berserk and starts attacking your joints. People with RA experience joint stiffness, swelling and pain, along with...
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5 Powerful foods that fight arthritis pain and inflammation
Like a lot of you, probably, I’ve suffered from stiff, aching, painful joints for a number of years now. But, about two years ago, some joints in a few of my fingers began to swell and ache. That’s...
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Olives’ other health boosting secret you haven’t heard
Olives and olive oil are at the heart of the Mediterranean lifestyle — and likely one of the biggest reasons the Mediterranean diet is considered one of the healthiest diets in the world. But the...
View ArticleThe fast fiber fix for your joint pain
My grandmother, who is now in her 90s, has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for as long as I can remember. And, for as long as I can remember, she has always sworn by the fact that eating her...
View ArticleThis supplement is the missing link to fight arthritis
The prevalence of arthritis has increased far more than previously estimated… Fifty-five percent of men and 68 percent of women aged 65 years and older have at least one form of arthritis according to...
View ArticleArthritis: Proof that if you don’t use it, you lose it
Are you one of the 50 million adults in the U.S. suffering from the sore, aching, stiff, painful joints brought on by arthritis? Do you dread getting out of bed and taking that first step and wonder...
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Getting steamy can slash your heart attack risk
Here’s a quiz for you. What’s the only Finnish word in the English dictionary? Here are a few clues: It was first written about over 700 years ago… The first one in the United States was built on the...
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8 great supplements for calming rheumatoid arthritis
Living with rheumatoid arthritis can feel like an unending battle. The crippling disease leaves you not only with pain, tenderness and swelling of your joints but also with whole-body exhaustion....
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Ease this painful condition that increases your heart, stroke and kidney risks
What do Beethoven, Benjamin Franklin, Michelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci have in common (besides being gifted artists and thinkers)? They all suffered with a painful condition that was originally...
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Daily habits that are surprisingly bad for your joints
We don’t think much about joint health until we have an injury or develop arthritis. I’ve been thinking about my joints daily since I fell and hyper-extended my right thumb. After doctor’s visits and...
View Article4 simple ways to feel better if you have painful osteoarthritis
At first glance, osteoarthritis doesn’t seem like a very serious disease… It doesn’t put your vital organs in jeopardy. It can’t kill you. It’s incredibly common. But the toll this disease takes on the...
View Article3 scientifically proven steps to arthritis relief
Aching, stiff, painful joints can make it difficult if not impossible to make it through all of the activities of your day… From getting out of bed in the morning to making it up those stairs at work…...
View ArticleWhat seniors need to know about rose hips
Fall is the time to leave peaches and melons behind, and start enjoying those crisp, juicy apples. But did you know there’s a tiny ‘cousin’ to the apple that you can harvest at the end of summer? It...
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5 reasons your hands could be hurting
I have never gone skiing, and don’t ever plan on doing so. Yet five months ago, an orthopedic surgeon informed me that I had skier’s thumb. Apparently, when I’d slipped on some ice in December, I’d...
View ArticleThe quickest and easiest way to avoid knee replacement surgery
When I was a kid, my grandma used to say she could tell when it was going to rain by the way her knees felt. Like many arthritis sufferers, her joint pain got worse on damp days. Eventually, she...
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The arthritis drug that makes your heart old and tired
It’s truly amazing how having one disease or health condition can lead to a seemingly unrelated one. In many cases, the link is chronic inflammation, the not-so-secret cause behind hypertension,...
View Article10 tips on the number one way to beat arthritis pain and stiffness
Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States. If you’re living with the joint pain, stiffness, and inflammation of arthritis, this will not surprise you. At least 1.5 million...
View Article10 minutes a day is all it takes to keep osteoarthritis from stealing your...
Most people think a cancer diagnosis is about the worst thing that could happen to them. And, as a health researcher, I’m no exception. That’s why I spend a lot of time looking for ways to diminish...
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Is your arthritis chronic Lyme in disguise?
If you develop joint pain and stiffness as you get older, it’s easy to assume you have osteoarthritis, a common condition among middle-aged and older adults that’s caused by regular old wear and tear....
View ArticleAre antibiotics causing rheumatoid arthritis?
When most of us think of arthritis, we probably think of the classic stiff, achy joints of the most common type of the disease — osteoarthritis. But, there is another type of arthritis that’s a whole...
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Your doctor’s go-to treatment for hip and knee pain may actually cause more harm
Osteoarthritis, the most common chronic joint condition, affects over 30 million U.S. adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Older age is a definite risk factor, although it can affect...
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The vitamin that protects your heart if you’re living with rheumatoid arthritis
If you’re living with rheumatoid arthritis, it probably seems like you already have to suffer far more than anyone should, thanks to the severe joint pain, swelling, and decreased quality of life that...
View ArticleCBD: Arthritis pain relief without NSAIDs’ cardio risk
Most people think that arthritis is just an unavoidable complication of getting older. And to some degree that’s true. About 70 percent of adults over the age of 65 have some evidence of osteoarthritis...
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The superstar antioxidant that stops osteoarthritis in its tracks
Osteoarthritis is a pain in the butt… or more accurately, the knee, hip, hand, neck or back. The loss of cartilage in these areas leads to annoying or even excruciating bone rubbing that can prevent...
View Article5 ways a heart-healthy diet helps beat cancer
Now that we’ve defined what a heart-healthy diet is, it’s probably easy to see how the benefits of a plant-based approach might just go way beyond your heart. And I’m not just talking about overall...
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4 ways cherries make you feel better
To “put the cherry on top” of something means to make a good thing even better. Or, surely you’ve heard the phrase, “life is just a bowl of cherries,” meaning that life is sweet and pleasant. It’s no...
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What gout and heart failure have in common
An estimated 6 million Americans have heart failure, a condition when the body stops adequately pumping blood through the body. The condition is responsible for about 86,000 deaths in the U.S. each...
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How a gout flare-up signals a countdown to stroke
Gout is a fairly common but rather odd condition. Even though it’s painful, it’s not always something that’s taken very seriously… probably because gout brings to mind images of a red, swollen and...
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