You reach for your coffee mug in the morning and notice your fingers feel unusually stiff and achy. You shake your hands a bit, attribute it to sleeping in an odd position, and go about your day. But ...

BALTIMORE — Investigators have found that patients who are older and have prior osteoarthritis may be more likely to experience hand stiffness following treatment for distal radius fractures. The type ...

“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

Many of us wonder if that aching knee, those stiff fingers or back pain is a temporary thing or an indication of something more serious, such as arthritis. Chances are it may well be. Arthritis is an ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MD Key Takeaways Infection, injury, and arthritis are common causes of swollen finger ...