Knee Pain: Surgery Or Therapy?
Many adults suffer from knee pain, and wonder if therapy or surgery is the best way to treat it. Are you one of them? Are…
Arthritis
Black Arthritis Patients Get Less Powerful Drugs
Blacks with rheumatoid arthritis are only half as likely to be prescribed more effective drugs that may prevent further joint damage and disability, according to…
The 12 Most Common Senior Health Problems
Thanks to new medications and surgical techniques, people are living longer. However, a 35-year-old body will be a very different body than a 75-year-old one.…
A New Reason For Men To Avoid Soda
Men with osteoarthritis of the knee may want to avoid sugar-packed soft drinks. That’s the advice of researchers who found that drinking sugary soda is…
6 Ways To Relieve Arthritis Naturally
The average American takes 17 ibuprofen tablets in a month. People with arthritis may take that many in a single week. To many of the…
What Your Looks Say About Your Health
Is it true that bad looks can equal bad health? When your body is healthy, you tend to look attractive and more youthful. But oddly,…
Fast & Simple Meals For Arthritis
Everyone wants to save time and energy in the kitchen. It’s particularly important when aching joints from arthritis turn preparing a meal into a monumental…
Think Arthritis Is Just For The Old?
Think you’re too young to worry about arthritis? Think again…half of those who get it are under age 65, but it’s only diagnosed later after…
Understanding Arthritis
What is arthritis? Although the word arthritis actually means joint inflammation, in the public health world the term is actually used to describe more than…
9 Health Issues That Arthritis Can Cause
(BlackDoctor.org) — If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you should be aware of other health problems that are associated with the autoimmune disorder. Why the…
What Is Autoimmune Disease?
Lupus. Multiple sclerosis. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Sjogren’s syndrome. Rheumatoid arthritis. Autoimmune hepatitis. Celiac disease. Crohn’s disease. Juvenile-onset diabetes. Most people are surprised to learn that these…
Arthritis: What Every Black Person Should Know
Joint pain, arthritis and other musculoskeletal health issues are rapidly disabling America. Arthritis, for example, is the single greatest cause of chronic pain and disability…
Which Comes First: Obesity Or Arthritis?
(BlackDoctor.org) — Obesity-related diseases are becoming a quickly increasing problem in the Western world, the result of an extreme obesity epidemic that now rivals hunger-related…
9 Ways To Reduce Your Arthritis Pain
(BlackDoctor.org) — The chronic pain of rheumatoid arthritis can have a major impact on daily activities. People experience inflammation and swelling that causes joint pain…
10 Exercises That Decrease Knee Pain
(BlackDoctor.org) — Knees are the most commonly injured joints in the body. Considering that when you simply walk up stairs, the pressure across your knee…
Simple Ways To Reduce Arthritis Pain
(BlackDoctor.org) — At least one form of arthritis or its related conditions (osteoarthritis, lupus and gout) affects more than one in five adults in the…
