Rheumatoid Arthritis – Symptom relief and resources

The consumption of coffee has a dietary risk factor that has been demonstrated as being both harmful and beneficial in the development in many health problems. The 2007 Arthritis Rheum looks at whether coffee consumption really affects the risk of incident gout in men who are enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

In this study, it was shown that increase coffee consumption was associated with a decreased risk of incident gout. The highest consumption group was defined by drinking 6 cups or more per day. This group showed to have a significant a 56 percent reduced chance of incident gout compared to those who reported no coffee consumption.

When we walk there is a mechanical loading of the knee joints which causes Osteoarthritis (OA) to slowly progress. Customized footwear and orthotics have been developed to reduce the symptoms of OA. However, before Shakoor et al, it had not been systematically studied how wearing or not wearing footwear will effect dynamic knee loading. Shakoor et al taken patients with OA and examined them while they walked barefoot and compared their results with patients wearing normal footwear.