“They give the fluid that thicker viscosity, allowing for the protection of the cartilage,” Brown said. In addition, there are 0.45 ccs of synovial fluid in a normal knee joint.

In a recent study, Wei et al. 6 describe a new therapeutic strategy of targeting those synovial fibroblasts by investigating how the fibroblasts in the sublining expand. They found, as observed in ...

Rheumatoid arthritis causes the extra tissue growth in your joints. Serious pannus formations develop only if you don’t get treatment for RA or if your doctor can’t find a way to treat it ...

Health Rheumatoid arthritis: How to identify the symptoms and seek effective treatment Rheumatoid arthritis, the inflammatory autoimmune disease, affects thousands across US — symptoms vary widely ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gout have a lot in common. Doctors consider them types of arthritis. That means that both cause swelling, pain, and stiffness in joints. But there are important ...

Many treatments exist for RA, but methods for determining which to use for a given patient are sorely lacking, said the lead researcher of a new study on a precision approach: synovial tissue biopsy.

A new clinical test may be able to predict which biologic may be the most effective for each individual with rheumatoid arthritis and help take the guesswork out of treatment, a new study suggests.