DEAR DR. ROACH: I have suffered from chronic low back pain that affects my knees. I have seen at least six physical ...

Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or spread from one person to another through touch or saliva. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease can live in the blood.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a heterogeneous and progressive autoimmune disease, and patients with this condition show varied responses to treatment. Practical, reliable, individually tailored measures ...

The data collection was conducted in one hospital therefore may not be representative of the rheumatoid arthritis patient population in China. Although all patients’ disease activity was filled out by ...

In a country where up to 476,000 people fall ill with Lyme disease each year, a revolutionary new pill might finally offer real protection against this devastating illness. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2007;56(12):4216-4225. Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by a form of bacteria, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, infecting humans by tick bites. It typically ...

Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbidity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The association of longitudinal RA disease activity with long-term kidney function has remained ...

Signs and symptoms of Lyme disease can vary from person to person after being bitten ... Image 6 Footnote c: A rash on the back of a knee. nerve pain, weakness, tingling or loss of sensation in limbs ...