Tammy Roberts, MS, RD, LD, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Bates County, University of Missouri Extension
Arthritis is an umbrella name for a group of diseases that affect the joints. There are more than 100 individual diseases that the term arthritis refers to, with three of the most common being osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia…
Nearly one in three adults or 66 million people is estimated to have arthritis, which is the second leading cause of disability. Any person at any age can be diagnosed with arthritis but more women than men are affected…
It is estimated that 23 million people in the United States have arthritis but have not been diagnosed. It is important to see a physician and be properly diagnosed with arthritis because different forms of arthritis require different treatment…
For more details about the different types of arthritis and recommendations to treat it, see the full version of this article at http://missourifamilies.org/
