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Yet despite it being the countrys leading source of pain and disability it remains a largely invisible and overlooked condition that is often dismissed as an old persons disease, even though the truth is that it can attack people of all ages.

This is why Arthritis Research UK is launching a campaign to highlight the condition and its awful debilitating effects. Apart from the physical toll, it costs the economy 2.58billion a year.

There are always medical conditions that attract the publics attention and their sympathy. Arthritis is not one of these: it is almost a Cinderella illness. And most who suffer from it tend to do so in silence. Often they do not wish to be a nuisance to their families, let alone the medical profession.

Yet nobody would wish chronic pain on anybody. It can make life unbearable and many with arthritis are in pain all the time.

Many people with agonising conditions of all types will be stoical and put up and shut up. But with a disease such as arthritis and related illnesses such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, the very fact that it is so widespread makes it essential that the campaign not only raises awareness but also leads to more research and eventually a cure.

Brexit makes us safer

Our new chief trade negotiator Crawford Falconer will this week begin working alongside Liam Fox in the Department for International trade. In the run-up toBrexithis role will be crucial and it is to be welcomed that here is a senior figure who is wholeheartedly committed to getting the best out of quitting the EU.

Mr Falconer also believes that new alliances and trade deals made by Britain will make the world a safer place. He says: Many countries still recognise that open-trade policies directed at engaging with others are at the core of any strategy to improve the global prospects for political openness and stability.

For too long we have heard nothing but doom-laden despair at the complexity of extricating ourselves from Brussels with some even saying it is a job that simply cant be done. How refreshing to hear such a positive and optimistic attitude to Brexit.

Bake Off - we missed you

The new Bake Off, it must be admitted, looks very much like the old Bake Off though with some different people. The appeal of the show was always its gentle and quintessentially British charm, which thankfully seems intact.

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Arthritis: Invisible illness causing untold pain to sufferers - EXPRESS COMMENT - Express.co.uk

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