Arthritis Today - January 2004

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Feet, fabulous feet

Feet are not something that most of us think about for much of the time – until they go wrong and become painful then we think about little else. A special Arthritis Today report on how we need to put our feet first.

The enigma called Sjögren's syndrome

The second most common auto-immune disease after rheumatoid arthritis is explained by Dr Ian Griffiths.

Joint hypermobility syndrome case study

Catherine Brown's feet were in a terrible state because of her condition which went undiagnosed for 30 years. Jane Tadman reports.

Juvenile dermatomyositis

Lucy Wedderburn on recent developments in this rare but serious childhood condition.

Focus on Sheffield: Leading the way in bone disease

Sheffield is a leading centre in bone metabolism research and the treatment of bone diseases, especially osteoporosis. But it wasn't always that way. Jane Tadman reports.

Spotlight on science

Dr Ian Clark and Duncan Critchley explain their work in an ongoing series of questions and answers with arc-funded researchers.