Category Archives: Anti-Aging

You may have heard of psoriasis—a condition that features red patches of skin with silvery scales. You may have also heard of arthritis, the joint pain disorder. What most people don’t know is that these two conditions can actually present together in an entirely separate condition. Psoriatic arthritis (PA) is a chronic autoimmune condition resulting ...click here to read more

Living with persistent pain, such as arthritis pain, is always a challenge. You can manage occasional episodes of pain with quick go-to remedies like over-the-counter painkillers, but if the pain is chronic—meaning, it’s here to stay—you’ll need a long-term solution to continue functioning (and to do so in a safe manner) and still enjoy your ...click here to read more

If there is one thing that no living organism can escape, it is their inevitable death. It is something that we all have to come to grips with at one point or another, and it can be quite liberating once we do so. We have adapted as a species to learn to prevent the onset ...click here to read more

Joint pain is something we all get from time to time, but for the elderly, it can be especially overbearing. Getting out of bed, standing up, and even bending over to pick up a dropped item can be agonizing for older individuals suffering from chronic joint pain. The most common cause of joint pain seen ...click here to read more

Memory is our mind’s incredible faculty by which we retain information about everything that we come across in life. We often remember the souvenirs of the past that we want to hang on to as long as possible, revisiting times and places when we were happy and letting the power of our senses take us ...click here to read more

Gout can be a confusing topic, but your friends at Bel Marra want to make this arthritic condition crystal clear to you and how it may affect your quality of life. We have taken the time to round up the best articles on gout pain relief, how to avoid purine-rich foods that may promote gout, ...click here to read more

Menopause is a natural phenomenon that occurs in all women at some point in their lives. It can happen in your 40s or 50s, with the average age of onset being 51 in the United States. This biological process comes with its fair share of annoying physical and emotional side effects, the most common of ...click here to read more

According to a new study, blood tests used to diagnose and monitor rheumatoid arthritis may be inaccurate if the patient happens to be an obese woman. This makes it harder to track the progression of the disease, as the signs of rheumatoid arthritis become obscured by the bodily changes associated with obesity. “Physicians might assume ...click here to read more

Gout risk is higher in people who eat purine-rich foods as they increase uric acid levels. Purines are a chemical compound found in some foods, and gout is a condition that affects the joints and the musculoskeletal system. It is a form of inflammatory arthritis caused by an excess of uric acid—the product of metabolic ...click here to read more

Feeling tired and fatigued is something we can all relate to. However, some individuals have preexisting conditions that predispose them to feelings of excessive tiredness—more so than the average person. Rheumatoid arthritis is one of these conditions, as due to damage to the joints, RA sufferers become very tired after short bursts of activity. However, ...click here to read more

If there is one thing in life that every adult wants, it’s probably to be young again. Not just to feel young, but to have boundless energy, youthful skin, and be at the peak of physical health. Sadly, however, we all age eventually—it is a phenomenon in which a cell’s ability to divide and grow ...click here to read more

Arthritis is the bane of old age. Inflamed joints, swelling, pain… Even if you don’t have arthritis, you surely know a few people suffering from this chronic disorder. An umbrella term referring to over 100 types of joint disease, arthritis affects about 53 million adults in the U.S. alone. Medications are often prescribed to ease ...click here to read more

Arthritis is a common term used to describe disorders that affect the joints, but we don’t often hear about arthritis mutilans (AM). It is a severe but rare form of arthritis that attacks bone and cartilage in the joints. People who suffer from arthritis mutilans usually face deformation in the joints of the hands and ...click here to read more

Infectious arthritis is an infection in a joint, and it may also be referred to as septic arthritis. It typically occurs due to an infection caused by bacteria or a virus that spreads to a joint or the fluid surrounding it—the synovial fluid. Infections usually begin in another area of the body and spread through ...click here to read more