Posts on ‘April 6th, 2009’

QUINCY (WGEM) — Nearly one in five Americans have arthritis, and the numbers are increasing according to the arthritis Foundation.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease or an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s defense system attacks the joints through the thin layer of cells called the synovium that lines and lubricates the joints.

There are new calls for natural remedies to be taken more seriously by arthritis sufferers.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Vishwendra Kumar Sinha said gout, arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are no longer incurable diseases.

arthritis can be debilitating. But in many cases it doesn’t have to be.