you'll probably have blood tests to look for heavy inflammation in your body and a bone marrow biopsy to look for other signs of disease. Bone marrow edema doesn't show up on X-rays or CT scans.

Inflammatory arthritis encompasses a group of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis ...

Rheumatoid arthritis ... elevated inflammatory markers in blood work. X-rays might begin showing slight joint space narrowing, indicating early cartilage loss. Ultrasound and MRI scans can reveal ...

If your T-score is below -1, you should get a central DEXA scan ... normal bone density. A T-score between -1 and -2.5 is diagnosed as osteopenia. A score of -2.5 or below is diagnosed as osteoporosis ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common etiology for inflammatory arthritis in the older population, with an estimated prevalence of 2%. An older individual with inflammatory polyarthritis usually ...

Learn about enteropathic arthritis, a common extra-intestinal symptom of Crohn’s disease that affects the joints.

In one of the first studies of its kind, a team of researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that proteins and pathways involved in inflammation are associated with changes in bone ...

a team of researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that proteins and pathways involved in inflammation are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD) over time.