Arthritis Begone! Book

1	Getting Better: An Introduction to Living With Arthritis	1
2	Some Basic Features of Arthritis: One Disease with Many Faces	13
3	Know Your Enemy: Keeping Your Daily Pain Score	29
4	Food and Arthritis: The Odd Coupling	37
5	Food Supplements in Arthritis: Special Helpmates to Meet Special Demands	58
6	The Gynecological Connection: Women's Unique Vulnerability to Some Forms of Arthritis	80
7	Steroid Hormones in Arthritis: The Mighty Messengers of Pain Relief	95
8	Spironolactone: The Diuretic With a Difference	112
9	Gout, Gouty Arthritis and Pseudo-gout: It Ain't What It Used to Be	123
10	Sneak Attack: Infectious Agents as a Sometime Factor in Arthritis	141
11	Management of Painless Osteoarthritis: A Vanity Affair	153
12	Mind-talk: Improving Your Internal Dialogue to Combat Stress-Induced Arthritis	158
13	The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise in Arthritis: You Cannot Run Arthritis Out of Town!	179
14	United We Stand: Combinations of Therapy for Best Results	187
15	Manipulating the Immune System: Are NSAIDs Appropriate?	198
16	"Ring Out the Old ... Ring In the New" The NSAIDs Cause the Ringing!	209
App. A	Gynecic Tissues: The Cyclic Paralysis and Anesthesia Syndrome	217
App. B	Table of Food Classifications	233
App. C	Microdose Prednisone Treatment	235
App. D	Pain Score Chart and Guide	239
	Bibliography	247
	Index	253