Movement is medicine, or so they tell people with knee osteoarthritis -- but are they right? A recent evidence review calls into question just how helpful exercise can be for easing the pain of...
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Rheumatic fever is a disease that sometimes occurs after strep throat infection. Symptoms include carditis, polyarthritis, Aschoff bodies, rash, Sydenham's chorea, and fever.
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People with low back pain might want to look into the ancient Chinese mind-body movement exercise known as qigong, a new study published recently suggests. Qigong is similar to...
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All women 65 and older should continue to be screened for osteoporosis, the nation's leading preventive health panel says in an updated recommendation. The U.S. Preventive...
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When it comes to living a longer life, staying active may matter far more than what the scale says. Per the largest study yet on fitness, body weight, and longevity published recently in the...
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