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Vitamins and Minerals for Healthy Bones
Vitamins and Minerals Most of the vitamins and minerals your body needs come through the food you eat but sometimes a supplement is necessary to top up those important vitamins key in helping to protect your joints. If you have a deficiency of certain vitamins and...
Tips for Managing your Arthritis
When the colder weather sets in, even individuals who aren’t living with a painful condition such as arthritis struggle with cold getting to their bones and their joints feeling stiff. Winter is particularly difficult if you are living with arthritis. Managing your...
Osteoporosis and Other Related Bone Conditions
Osteoporosis is a condition which is quite clearly defined by its set of symptoms but there are a range of other, rarer, conditions which are related and have similar symptoms and may come up during your diagnosis process. It is important to understand the differences...
Common Treatments for Gout
Gout is one of the most common types of inflammatory arthritis. There has been a considerable amount of research carried out into the causes and management of gout and how it effects the body and with this in mind there have been a wide range of different treatments...
What is Ankylosing Spondylitis?
What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? Ankylosing Spondylitis is a specific inflammatory condition which affects the joints in your spine. As the inflammation settles into your spine calcium then forms where the ligaments attach to the bones of the spine and this can reduce...
Protecting your Joints
Protecting your joints when you’re suffering with arthritis or other musculoskeletal problems is essential so they your symptoms don’t become more pronounced. It is important to become more focused and aware of your body and particularly your joints, how you use them...
Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs when the median nerve is compressed, usually due to swelling of the nerve or surrounding tendons. The median nerve is key to the feelings of the hand, providing sensations to the palm side of the thumb, middle finger index finger and the...
What are the symptoms of arthritis?
Arthritis is a condition known to cause a multitude of inflammations and discomforts in its earlier stages, with full joint damage and severe joint pains appearing in time, as it progresses. With the proper cure administered on time, you will be able to alleviate the...
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a form of arthritis that is known to affect both joints of your body. It will affect both of your wrists, hands or knees and it will always maintain such an equilibrium, something that will make it distinct from other forms of arthritis. Aside...
Six Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency
Research has found that low levels of Vitamin D can play a vital role in joint health and low levels of the vitamin may even increase the risk of conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, as well as osteoporosis and other conditions such as gout. A...
Dr Stephanie Barrett
Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist in London
MB, ChB, MD, FRCP
GMC No. 2825957
- President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, 2017-18
- Member of Council and Trustee at the Royal Society of Medicine
- Member of Council, Rheumatology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine