Juvenile arthritis

Arthritis is a condition mostly associated with the elderly, but it has still taken its toll on the wellness of Grace Thackrah, aged four. The youngster has juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which affects the wellbeing of roughly 12,000…

You may think that arthritis is a disease for old people, or at least adults, but unfortunately this is not the case. In Canada, last month was Juvenile Arthritis Month, raising awareness for the joint wellness-crippling condition that…

Arthritis is often thought of as an old person’s disease. But the joint condition can also strike young people. Known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the condition is the most common chronic rheumatologic disease in under 16s and,…

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) affects the wellbeing of thousands of children worldwide, but scientists may have found a way to better classify, predict outcome of, and treat JIA. Thanks to a discovery of gene expression differences,…

Arthritis is one of the challenges of growing old, or so most of us believe. Perhaps we even understand arthritis to be part of the natural ageing process, where the body shows the wear and tear of a life well-lived. However, what is lesser…