Versus Arthritis
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| Headquarters | Chesterfield |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | 2018 |
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| ID | 777117 |
About Versus Arthritis
Versus Arthritis is the UK's largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis. It was launched in September 2018, following the legal merger of the two leading arthritis charities in the UK, Arthritis Research UK and Arthritis Care in November 2017.
Exercise is good for joints with wear-and-tear arthritis
... Tracey Loftis, from the charity Versus Arthritis, said: " Our own research into the support given to people with osteoarthritis showed that far too many do not have their conditions regularly reviewed by healthcare professionals, and even fewer had the opportunity to access physical activity support...
People 'more likely to feel pain on humid days'
... Pain forecast Prof Will Dixon, of the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, at the University of Manchester, who led the study said: Weather has been thought to affect symptoms in patients with arthritis since [ancient Greek physician] Hippocrates...
... Benjamin Ellis, a consultant rheumatologist and senior policy advisor for the charity Versus Arthritis, agrees, and says that while opioids can help people manage some conditions like osteoarthritis, too often they are seen as a long-term answer...
