A new study offers further evidence for the health benefits of exercise, after finding that adults who are physically fit in midlife are significantly less likely to have a stroke in later life. Resea...
Research published this week in The Lancet Neurology investigates the brains of soldiers who survived high explosive blasts. The findings give new insight into the poorly understood effects of such in...
Rheumatologists more likely to underestimate clinical status of their OA patients than their RA patients. The results of a study presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EU...
Adults at risk for type 2 diabetes or heart disease or both can substantially increase their physical activity levels through participating in a lifestyle intervention program developed at the Univers...
Engaging in short, explosive leg contractions is the most effective way of strengthening muscles, Loughborough research reveals. The study, led by Dr Jonathan Folland, Reader in Human Performance and...
A significant proportion of lung cancer patients also have autoimmune disease, which may make them unsuitable for increasingly popular immunotherapy treatments, a team of researchers at UT Southwester...
A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis , psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease has been linked to numerous deaths since 2000, partly because people have taken it daily rather than weekly, as pre...
Many people think knee pain only affects older people, but it can affect people of all ages. Whether it's due to arthritis or an injury, it is important to know what has caused the knee pain. Severe k...
" My feet are killing me!" is a common phrase we hear. But could it be true? Maybe not quite, but problems with the feet can indicate a more serious condition in another part of the body that may need...
Osteoarthritis is a disease where the cartilage of the joints wears away, and the bones start to rub together. The knee is the biggest joint in the body, and it carries a lot of weight. Harvard Medica...
