A variety of lung diseases, including pleuritis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary rheumatoid nodules, and interstitial lung disease (ie. bronchiolitis and pneumonia), can affect patients with RA.

I spent a lot of time with my cousin, a nursing instructor, years ago. Around that time, my large joints were rapidly failing. Five of my large joints (both hips, both knees and a shoulder) were all ...

Amanda Osowski is a wife and mother living and working in Chicago, IL. After earning a Masters Degree in Public Health, Amanda worked in clinical trial recruitment, specializing in breaking down ...

"I Don't Drink Coffee. Should I Start?" is the headline of an article I just read in The New York Times' "Health" section, written by a non-coffee drinker who is wondering if he should start guzzling ...

Over the years I have learned a few things that may ring true or help other people with rheumatoid arthritis to understand random fevers. I often feel weird or bad in some way before we realize I may ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease. If you’re one of the 1.5 million American adults with RA, you know that what you eat might affect how often or how extreme flare-ups are. Try ...

In most cases, shoulder pain and inflammation tend to happen in the later stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in people who are older when they develop RA. It usually causes a reduced range of ...