Women with rheumatoid arthritis suffer greater decline in physical function after menopause
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#ALT# PEMF therapy offers drug-free pain relief for RA patients

A review by Ganesan (2009) found that “PEMF not only alleviates the pain in the arthritis condition ... exerts anti-inflammatory action and helps in bone remodeling… this could be developed as a viable alternative for arthritis therapy”.

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