This website is the idea of the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB). We do research in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, and other arthritis and arthritis-like conditions.

We have brought together a group of international rheumatology experts who can answer questions that you have. Some are professors, some clinicians, and some are both. We will try to give you straight and useful answers. We have no sponsors, no pharmaceutical company is paying for or supporting this project, and none of us gets...