Arthritis

If you have arthritis, especially an inflammatory type arthritis, your doctor has probably prescribed an NSAID as part of your treatment plan to manage your symptoms. Not only are they some of [...]

As a kid, you may have heard the grownups say that bad weather’s coming because they can feel it in their knees. Now that you’re a grownup, you might even feel the shifts in weather yourself, [...]

We all know smoking is bad. It can affect nearly every organ in the body, from your skin and heart to your bones and joints. Besides the risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke, smoking can also [...]

Arthritis can be extremely painful and debilitating. It’s true no matter which of the 100+ different versions of the condition you have. Yes, you can take NSAIDs, but what if there was another [...]

In the last few years, turmeric has exploded in popularity among health and wellness enthusiasts. In reality, humans around the world have used the spice for over 4,500 years for seasoning food, [...]

For better or worse, fat has a bad reputation. Trans fats and many kinds of saturated (solid) fats are bad for the body in excess amounts, including shortening, butter, ice cream, cookies, cakes, [...]

Supplements are hugely popular — but some argue that they’re unnecessary. A survey conducted by The Harris Poll reported that 86% of Americans take some sort of vitamin or supplement.1 However, [...]

Confucius allegedly once said, “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.” Sure, he was referring to a larger life [...]

Marie Antoinette, the former queen of France, is famously known for supposedly declaring, “Let them eat cake!” when confronted with the realities of her starving community. And in that one [...]

Many of us are familiar with treatment regimens for knee and hand arthritis. But when it comes to arthritis in the hip, it seems like all you can do is wait out the pain until it’s time for a [...]