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Nettles have long had a healthful reputation, and adherents use them in juices or teas to combat arthritis or other ailments. — Los Angeles Times, "Don’t pull the weeds in Rainbeau Mars’ edible garden," 12 Sep. 2019 Dermatologists Say These Products Could Help What is psoriatic arthritis, exactly? — Amber Brenza, Health.com, "Kim Kardashian Reveals Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosis—Here's What That Means," 16 Sep. 2019 Some companies also claim their products can help treat arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, psychiatric disorders, or diabetes. — Felicia Gans, BostonGlobe.com, "Answering your top five questions about CBD," 27 Aug. 2019 And so many diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, depression and Alzheimer’s, have been linked to inflammation. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Anti-inflammatory diet: a food fight against disease," 27 Aug. 2019 His early retirement came from chronic arthritis in his pitching arm. — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, "Andrew Luck's retirement shocked the sports world. These players quit in their prime, too.," 25 Aug. 2019 Their scales are in demand for traditional Chinese medicine, said to treat everything from arthritis to difficulty with lactation in mothers. — National Geographic, "Pangolin scales are not a party drug, say researchers," 9 Aug. 2019 His mother suffered from severe arthritis and was in a wheelchair for 25 years. — Steve Almasy And Hollie Silverman, CNN, "Arizona company piled up bodies and dismembered limbs instead of using them for research, lawsuit says," 27 July 2019 AbbVie’s flagship therapy, a medicine used to treat a slew of conditions from arthritis to psoriasis to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is the bestselling drug in the world, bringing in nearly $20 billion in global sales last year alone. — Fortune, "Protect at All Costs: How the Maker of the World’s Bestselling Drug Keeps Prices Sky-High," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'arthritis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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