by Curavital | Oct 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Parkinsonism
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease with ups and downs. One day your joints feel pretty good. The next, swelling and pain ratchet up and you can barely get out of bed. These symptom episodes – called flares – can be unpredictable and debilitating....
by Curavital | Oct 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Parkinsonism
Two factors combine to increase your risk: chronic inflammation and shared risk factors.Inflammatory substances called cytokines fuel joint destruction in RA and blood vessel damage in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Inflammation causes plaque to build up in the...
by Curavital | Oct 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Parkinsonism
If rheumatoid arthritis (RA) keeps you tossing and turning at night, you’re not alone. While the exact percentage of RA patients who experience sleep problems is difficult to determine, more than 80% of people with RA report fatigue as part of their symptoms....
by Curavital | Oct 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Parkinsonism
By Linda Rath | 23 April 2024 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms often start in the small joints of the hands and feetespecially the knuckles, first finger joints, wrists and the joints that connect the feet to the toes. Formerly a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis meant...
by Curavital | Oct 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Parkinsonism
By Linda Rath | 27 June 2022 Some researchers believe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases. It can also be one disease with many different causes. Regardless of how RA is ultimately defined, there are two main subtypes...