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Smoking and quitting problematic with arthritis
• Arthritis • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 31 08
Among people with rheumatoid arthritis, heavy smokers appear to have a greater loss of muscle mass than those who smoke fewer cigarettes or do…
Arthritis Common in Children
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • Apr 11 08
It’s Not Just Your Grandma’s Ailment: Arthritis Common in Children
Aches and pains are common in children and teens. Most of the time, they…
Exercise after arthritis hospital stay cuts costs
• Arthritis • Feb 29 08
Arthritis sufferers who participate in three weeks of intensive exercise therapy after being hospitalized for their disease enjoy a better quality of life a…
Hormone replacement therapy appears to have no effect on risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Endocrinology • Feb 29 08
Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more predominant in women, the reasons for this are unclear. Many studies have examined the effects of estrogen on…
Rheumatoid arthritis sends many into early retirement
• Arthritis • Feb 04 08
New study shows high costs and large variation in access to new treatments for patients with the disease
A joint study on “The Burden…
Sugary Soft Drinks Linked to Increased Risk of Gout in Men
• Arthritis • Feb 01 08
Consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men, finds a study published on…
Popular Arthritis Drug May Disrupt Heart Rhythm, UB Research Finds
• Arthritis • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • Jan 24 08
Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia,…
Study suggests genetic connection between short stature and arthritis
• Arthritis • Jan 14 08
Common genetic variants linked to arthritis may also play a role in human height, a new study shows.
The international study was co-led by…
Osteoarthritis risk linked to finger length ratio
• Arthritis • Jan 06 08
People whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger are at higher risk of osteoarthritis, a new University of Nottingham study has found.
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Exercise program improves symptoms in arthritis patients
• Arthritis • Jan 06 08
Patients with arthritis, the country’s leading cause of disability, tend to be less fit than their peers who don’t have this condition. Studies have…
Combining Medications Often Best Strategy to Battle Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • Dec 18 07
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, combining one well-known, lower cost synthetic drug with one of six biologic medications often works best to reduce…
Antibody responses in patients with Lyme arthritis
• Arthritis • Nov 29 07
Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by a form of bacteria, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, infecting humans by tick bites. It typically begins…
Minimally invasive treatment reduces shoulder pain from tendonitis
• Arthritis • Nov 28 07
Radiologists are using a new minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the shoulder. Ultrasound-guided non-surgical therapy significantly reduces pain from calcific tendonitis of…
Combining Medications Often Best Strategy to Battle Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • Nov 20 07
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, combining one well-known, lower-cost synthetic drug with one of six biologic medications often works best to reduce joint swelling…
Blood Clotting Protein Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • Nov 16 07
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s have issued the first study showing that a protein normally involved in blood clotting (fibrin), also plays an important role…
Forteo’s Bone-Building Power Shown In Arthritis Patients
• Arthritis • • Drug News • Nov 15 07
The osteoporosis drug Forteo works better than Fosamax to strengthen bones in arthritis patients with prednisone-induced osteoporosis, according to a new study from a…
Study reveals 2 genes linked to disabling arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Oct 21 07
An international team of researchers led by a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center geneticist has discovered two genes linked to a disabling form…
New Treatment for Chronic Arthritis-Related Back Pain
• Arthritis • • Backache • Oct 03 07
Radiofrequency ablation, where heat energy destroys or stuns the nerves of a painful joint, is a developing therapy for chronic arthritis-related back pain. In…
Genes in rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Sep 18 07
A paper published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine provides strong evidence that one specific part of the genome is associated…
Acupuncture doesn’t reduce arthritis pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Arthritis • • Pain • Aug 16 07
New research suggests that the reduction in arthritis pain as a result of exercise-based physical therapy is not enhanced by the addition of acupuncture.
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Etoricoxib and naproxen effective for arthritis
• Arthritis • • Drug News • Jul 30 07
The COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib and the older agent naproxen are both safe and effective for the treatment of arthritis, according to a report in…
Alcohol may prevent rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • Jun 16 07
More good news for drinkers - imbibing regularly may halve your risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to scientists.
New research presented at the…
Breakthrough developments in rheumatoid arthritis reported
• Arthritis • Jun 11 07
Peter K. Gregersen, MD, stares at x-rays of hands, searching out the telltale signs of inflamed joints and wrists from his research subjects with…
Arthritis pain may change with the weather
• Arthritis • May 25 07
People who swear they can predict the weather by the pain in their arthritic knees may be right after all, a new study suggests.
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Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 25 07
Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is…