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Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
• Arthritis • Apr 27 07
The amount Americans spent on arthritis medications more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, due to the fast-rising number of people with the disease,…
Ibuprofen puts high risk cardiac patients at risk
• Arthritis • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Pain • Apr 05 07
Doctors who treat the painful condition of osteoarthritis in patients with increased cardiovascular risk need to be cautious. A team lead by researchers…
Arthritis pain, the brain and the role of emotions
• Arthritis • • Brain • • Pain • Mar 28 07
Arthritis pain is processed in brain areas concerned with emotions and fear, finds study, indicating target for pain-relieving therapies
How does the brain process…
Japan experts link osteoarthritis to gene variant
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Mar 26 07
Researchers in Japan have identified a gene variant that may be responsible for osteoarthritis, a painful condition in the joints that affects more than…
Sleep pillow plus exercise best for neck pain
• Arthritis • • Pain • Feb 07 07
Sleeping with a neck support pillow and doing neck exercises can help ease chronic neck pain, Canadian researchers report.
“Our results indicate that subjects…
Exercise may neither help nor harm older knees
• Arthritis • Jan 31 07
Middle-aged and older adults who exercise may not be reducing their risk of knee arthritis, but they aren’t increasing the risk either, research published…
Predicting the risk of rheumatoid arthritis for early arthritis patients
• Arthritis • Jan 30 07
Marked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a painful and potentially disabling autoimmune disease. A wealth of research…
Smokers Risk More Painful and Progressive Osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 06
Smokers risk more painful and progressive osteoarthritis than non-smokers, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Osteoarthritis is…
Acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
• Arthritis • Oct 30 06
Osteoarthritis (OA) has a major impact on patients’ mobility and quality of life but the anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat it are associated with…
Going barefoot eases burden on arthritic knees
• Arthritis • Oct 19 06
Adults who suffer from knee osteoarthritis - the wear-and-tear form of arthritis - may want to go without shoes when they can, based on…
Arthritis Pain Relief with Less Risk
• Arthritis • Sep 12 06
What is the safest pain medication? Many people with osteoarthritis have asked this question, especially after studies linked the painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors to…
Chronic knee pain may raise fracture risk
• Arthritis • Sep 08 06
Older adults with knee arthritis or other chronic knee pain may be at heightened risk of breaking a hip, a UK study suggests.
The…
Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Less Likely to Go into Remission
• Arthritis • Aug 18 06
Rheumatoid arthritis, one of the most common forms of arthritis, is an autoimmune disease that affects more than two million Americans. The overwhelming majority…
Kids with arthritis at increased risk of fracture
• Arthritis • Aug 09 06
Children with arthritis have a significantly increased risk of fracture in childhood, adolescence, and possibly adulthood, a study shows.
“Prior to the publication of…
Caffeine doesn’t weaken arthritis drug’s effects
• Arthritis • Jul 20 06
Caffeine does not appear to impair the effectiveness of methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Boston researchers report.
Methotrexate is the most commonly prescribed…
Diuretic use implicated in gout attacks
• Arthritis • Jul 13 06
Taking a diuretic or ‘water pill’ for heart failure or to lower blood pressure seems to more than triple the risk of suffering recurrent…
3 new genes implicated in rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • Jun 27 06
Researchers continue to search for genetic clues into rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory joint disease.
While its specific cause is not yet known,…
Weight loss may reduce arthritis disability
• Arthritis • Jun 27 06
Overweight adults with osteoarthritis who lose just five percent of their body weight can reduce the amount of physical disability associated with this most…
Mild lipid abnormalities common before arthritis
• Arthritis • Jun 09 06
During the years leading up to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, levels of cholesterol and other blood fats are often abnormal, investigators in the…
Childhood Arthritis Raises Risk of Broken Bones
• Arthritis • May 08 06
Childhood arthritis increases the risk of fractures, particularly during adolescence, according to a large study of British patient records. The researchers say that more…
Most People With Arthritis Don’t Get Enough Exercise
• Arthritis • Apr 20 06
People with arthritis don’t exercise enough, and more than a third of adults with arthritis don’t exercise at all, according to a study in…
Vitamin K deficiency linked to osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • Apr 12 06
Study findings support an association between low blood levels of vitamin K and an increased prevalence of hand and knee osteoarthritis - the most…
Image-Guided Therapy Effective Treatment for Juvenile Arthritis
• Arthritis • Apr 03 06
Research on a non-surgical treatment for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in their subtalar ankle joint was presented today at the Society of Interventional…
Discovery of Pivotal Pathway to Regulating Inflammatory Arthritis
• Arthritis • Mar 21 06
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that blocking an intracellular signaling enzyme in a key pathway…
Healthy meniscus important in knee arthritis
• Arthritis • Mar 10 06
Damage to the meniscus - a cartilage disk that cushions the knee joint - increases the risk of cartilage loss in patients with osteoarthritis…