RA After Child Birth...Even though the symptoms of RA may improve for most women during pregnancy, typically there is a flare of symptoms at some...
Safety of RA Drug Treatments in Pregnant and Nursing Women...A majority of drugs have the ability to cross the placenta and come in contact with a developing fetus. Those that pose...
RA and Pregnancy...RA occurs frequently among women of childbearing age and many women who develop the disease during this period in their lives may...
RA and Women’s Health...When it comes to RA, gender really makes a difference. Of the 1.3 million adults in the US who suffer from RA...
Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis...Living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has challenges due to symptoms common with the disease. But lifestyle and dietary changes may help you...
Social and Economic Impact of RA...RA is associated with a heavy burden on society in terms of disability and health and economic costs. Because RA tends to...
Statistics: Who Gets Rheumatoid Arthritis?...Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common type of arthritis. It is an autoimmune disorder, which means that the body attacks itself. It...
Lifestyle, medical, hormones & other risk factors...There are several non-genetic factors, including lifestyle and constitutional factors and medical interventions that have been linked to increased risk for RA...
Environmental risk factors...As a group, environmental and other non-genetic factors are thought to account for roughly 40% of the risk for developing RA, with...
Genetic Factors and Family History...Experts believe that people who develop RA inherit something in the genes involved in the formation and operation of our immune system...
What Is an RA Flare?...Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease. This means it is a long-term illness that requires ongoing care. RA can affect different...
RA and the Autoimmune Response...RA is both an inflammatory arthritis and an autoimmune disorder, so immune system function and inflammatory response are key concepts in understanding...
How Your Immune System Works : The Basics...The job of our immune system is to defend the body from invasion by foreign substances or organisms, such as bacteria or...