Whole-body cryotherapy may not be so cool after all, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Over-the-counter painkillers might appear to all have the same purpose — reducing pain — but they aren't all created equal. Many of these medicines have different effects, side effects and purposes.

Painful and stiff joints may be signs of arthritis. It is crucial to know which type of arthritis you have because there are important differences, particularly in management and treatments.

In rheumatoid arthritis, joints are chronically inflamed, often leaving patients in pain and with a dwindling quality of life. But these patients don't just have to sit back and accept their fate.

Most people can relate to a feeling of stiff joints in the fingers or in the hips - if only after a long day gardening or sitting in the car. However, stiff joints in the spine, as is the case in a condition called ankylosing spondylitis, may seem a bit more complicated.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a painful disease that can interfere with many aspects of a person's life, and the workplace is no exception. While plenty of RA patients continue living productive lives, others find that their disease hinders their work and even their chances of finding work.

Psoriasis is known for uncomfortable itchy and dry patches that develop on the skin, and some may think these are the only things to know about the condition. However, certain patients will develop the more internal symptoms of psoriatic arthritis as time goes on.

So you've had back pain for awhile now, and it's not going away. Maybe your pain is especially bad when you wake up in the morning. While there are many causes of back pain, ankylosing spondylitis could be to blame in your case.

In the past, women with rheumatoid arthritis were discouraged from getting pregnant. But now the picture is different. With the help of their doctors, along with careful disease management, most women with rheumatoid arthritis can have a successful pregnancy.

If your psoriasis has turned into psoriatic arthritis, you may be feeling some serious joint pain. But your painful joints may not be the same as those of another patient. There are five different types of psoriatic arthritis, and each type affects different joints.