What is Psoriasis?
August is Psoriasis awareness month. What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a non-contagious, chronic autoimmune disease that causes skin inflammation, and is linked to other autoimmune...
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Chronic pain: Mapping the weather patterns
A new mass study of people living with chronic pain in the UK has demonstrated the links between pain and certain atmospheric weather conditions. Weather...
A happy gut is an anti-inflammatory gut
Study discovers the link between an the anti-inflammatory gut and seratonin. The scientific journal, Cell Metabolism publishes this April, the latest findings from Professor of...
PainNoFilter : Charity Marks World Arthritis Day
18 million people in the UK have arthritis or a related condition Half (57%) experience pain every day; eight in ten (78%) say they experience...
What is Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a long term condition that causes tenderness and pain in the muscles and can affect sleep and mood. ‘Fibromyalgia literally means painful muscles...
OTC lipid ibuprofen first-line treatment for joint pain
Could lipid ibuprofen be a first-line OTC option for flaring joint pain? Joint pain is a common problem with many possible causes. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most...
Could pain killers be hiding arthritis?
Could pain killers be hiding underlying arthritis? Thousands of patients with an inflammatory arthritis condition might be being mis-diagnosed because the pain killers they take...
Sole clues to arthritis
Our research at Imperial College, London, seeks to answer the question: How can we identify early signs of osteoarthritis before noticeable symptoms occur? If we can do...
Old ways are best
Traditional cures have been used for hundreds of years to ease aches and pains, reduce inflammation and even get rid of warts. We asked Dr Rob Hicks...
Your risk of getting Arthritis
As part of our regular series on the risks of getting common chronic diseases, we look at the risk of developing arthritis. Disorders of the musculoskeletal...
