It may be easy to remember to load up on fruits and vegetables and limit junk food. Here’s a quiz to remind you about some less-obvious links between diet and health. Each question has only one correct answer. Good luck!
Roughly 33 million Americans are living with osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that can make it a challenge to get through the day. Here’s the latest on what causes the pain and stiffness and what may (or may not) help.
Can an online exercise program curb arthritis knee pain? Researchers randomly assigned 105 people with knee arthritis either to usual care or to use an online exercise app designed to boost leg strength, core stability, and balance.
Researchers followed nearly 1,200 middle-aged and older people at high risk for knee arthritis—that is, they had symptoms (like pain or stiffness) or other risk factors (like excess weight, family history, or knee injury)—but with no sign of arthritis on x-rays.
Research shows that regular physical activity is essential to slowing arthritis progression and maintaining mobility as you age.
“Physicians used to tell people with osteoarthritis to sit down and take it easy,” says Stephen Messier, director of the J.B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory at Wake Forest University. “We’ve moved past that.”
