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What is Brief Psychotic Disorder?

People who have a condition such as antisocial personality disorder or paranoid personality disorder are more likely to get it. Someone with brief ...

ECT and Other Procedures for Schizophrenia

Before an ECT treatment, you’ll get a general anesthetic and a muscle relaxant to keep you from moving during the procedure. Medical researchers wh...

Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- The Basics

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes ...

How to Protect Your Joints When You Have RA

Want to guard your joints against damage from RA? Do things that put the least amount of body weight on your joints. For example, use a cane on the...

Progression and Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Your RA doctor can check to see how your disease has changed. Quitting smoking and losing any extra weight also can help slow your RA.

Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis with Disease-Modifying Drugs (DMARDs)

Like other DMARDs, methotrexate has side effects; it can cause rash and stomach upset, can be toxic to the liver or bone marrow, and can cause birt...

Can You Get Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Knee?

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect your knees and many other joints in your body. Regular exercise is also important to the muscles around the kn...

How Does TNF Cause Inflammation?

If you have an immune system disease like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may have heard your doctor use the term TNF. Your system gets flooded with...

Hip Rheumatoid Arthritis

Although RA is most commonly associated with joints of the hands and wrists, it can also affect larger joints, such as the hips, knees, and shoulde...

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Symptoms and Complications

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms are different for each person who has this long-term disease. Your doctor will test for this as part of your RA ...

When RA Affects Your Hands and Fingers

It helps to use hand or finger splints to ease pressure if your RA flares up. Learn about more hand and finger exercises you can do for RA. Put an ...

Diagnosing Juvenile Arthritis

Juvenile arthritis is a disease in which there is inflammation (swelling) of the synovium in children aged 16 or younger.