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Commit to be your healthiest self
Commit to be your healthiest self

Help The Arthritis Society win $20,000!

Peterborough-based Kiani Foundation has offered The Arthritis Society a chance to win $20,000. All we have to do is to collect the most online votes by December 31st. Help us by visiting www.winavote.com, click “Vote Now” at the top of the page and select The Arthritis Society. Thank you!

Volunteering for your Health

While it has long been said that the benefits of volunteering are good for your soul, new research suggests that volunteering is also good for your health! Learn more

Ask an Expert

I have had costo-chondritis for seven weeks and it has not settled down yet. I have been off work the past three weeks due to it. The pain is so bad it is making me feel sick to my stomach. When is cortisone injection used for costo-chondritis? Read response.

Challenge Yourself. Help millions. Join the Joints In Motion Team.

In January 2011, volunteers on The Arthritis Society's Joints in Motion Training Team will tackle the Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon in Florida in an attempt to help make a difference in the lives of the nearly 4.5 million Canadians living with arthritis. Learn more

Researcher looks for new way to treat rheumatoid arthritis

New medications have brought much-needed relief to thousands of Canadians with inflammatory types of arthritis during the past decade. Yet more work is needed. Not everyone responds positively to existing medications. And for those who do, the harsh reality is that many cannot stay on the same treatment indefinitely. Learn More

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