June 26, 2003 (New Orleans) — Researchers reported the first study suggesting the clinical value of internal radiotherapy of the finger joints affected by osteoarthritis. A treatment that has been ...

One day, Kathy, a 58-year-old accountant, found herself staring at her hands. The second joint on her right index finger and four first joints on both hands were enlarged, lumpy and bony. Her knuckles ...

You reach for your coffee mug in the morning and notice your fingers feel unusually stiff and achy. You shake your hands a bit, attribute it to sleeping in an odd position, and go about your day. But ...

ARTHRITIS can affect any joint in the body. However, take a look at your hand. Are your fingertips hard or knobbly? This could be a sign of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis develops when cartilage – ...

Arthritis targets the joints where bones come together, which is why the fingers are so often affected. Fingers and hands have many small joints that need to work together fluidly to allow everything ...

Heberden's nodes (HNs) are bony enlargements of the finger joints that are readily detectable in a routine physical exam and are considered hallmarks of osteoarthritis. A new Arthritis & Rheumatology ...

MADRID -- Patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis that causes hand and finger pain got relief with low-dose prednisolone, according to a study reported here at the annual European Congress of ...

Arthritis is not a single disease but a family of disorders that attack joints and the tiny, complex joints in our hands and fingers are among the most commonly affected. Two patterns are responsible ...

Women are disproportionately affected by almost every major form of arthritis, and the gap isn’t small. The pattern shows up ...

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MDMedically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MD Swollen finger joints are frequently the result of inflammation caused by an infection, injury, or disease. The swelling ...