Breaking news on arthritis
Self Care's Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Campaign Wins Top Award published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's Self Care Program has won Australia's leading health promotion award for its rheumatoid arthritis campaign. The Australian Journal of Pharmacy Award for the Best Health Promotion of the Year was last night presented to the Self Care campaign...
New Insights Into Detecting Osteoarthritis Via Sodium MRI, NYU Researchers Find published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint - one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance, may provide a non-invasive method to diagnose osteoarthritis in its very early stages...
A Step Closer To Development Of Drug To Prevent Deadly Immune Response published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart attack patients, promotes rejection of transplanted organs and destroys joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a paper published in Molecular Immunology...
Physiotherapy For Arthritic Pets published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
On receiving an honour, the American entertainer Jack Benny once said, "I don't deserve this award but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either." Unfortunately, Benny was not alone in suffering from arthritis as he grew older. Arthritis is associated with significant discomfort and simple activities such as going for walks and climbing stairs often become extremely painful...
Embryonic Stem Cell Research In The Toilet, According To Arthritis Treatment Center published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
The recent ruling by federal judge Royce C. Lamberth halting embryonic stem cell research may present a hurdle for some disease research but not necessarily for arthritis...
NICE Recommends Treatments For Rheumatoid Arthritis published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
People with rheumatoid arthritis will benefit from two new pieces of NICE guidance published today (25 August 2010). NICE recommends rituximab, adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab and abatacept , in certain circumstances, as possible treatments for rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor has failed...
NICE Improves Access To Drug Treatments For Psoriatic Arthritis published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has extended the range of drugs that NHS healthcare professionals can prescribe for people who have active and progressive psoriatic arthritis...
OXIS International, Inc. Announces The Introduction Of Breakthrough New Ergothioneine-Based Supplements For Joint Health And Healthy Aging published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
OXIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: OXIS, Paris: OXI) is proud to announce that it will introduce the benefits of Ergothioneine to the consumer market in September 2010 via breakthrough products for joint health and healthy aging...
Over 200 Genes Influenced By Vitamin D, Highlighting Links To Disease published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in research just published. Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA - and identified over two hundred genes that it directly influences. The results are published in the journal Genome Research...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On FDA Advisory Committee Meeting For JZP-6 (Sodium Oxybate) In Fibromyalgia published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced that the Joint Advisory Committee of the U.S...
Protein Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Reduce Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease - Alzheimer's Society comment published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A protein produced by people with rheumatoid arthritis completely reversed memory decline and dramatically reduced the progression of Alzheimer's disease in mice. The study was published online by the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Researchers from the University of Florida injected mice that had been genetically modified for Alzheimer's disease with the protein GM-CSF...
Synovial Fluid From Arthritic Joints Found To Contain 'Rotten Eggs' Gas published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gas more commonly associated with the smell of 'rotten eggs' and blocked drains. However, it has now been shown to be present naturally in our bodies and reside in knee joint synovial fluid, the protective fluid found in the cavities of joints that reduces friction between the cartilage of joints during movement...
Novel Autoantibodies Identified In Patients With Necrotizing Myopathy published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that makes them potential candidates for immunosuppressive therapy. The complete study is published in the September issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology...
Cymbalta (Duloxetine HCl) Approved By FDA Advisory Committee For Expanded Pain Indications published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee which advises the FDA on whether to approve new drugs or alter their indications, has voted 8-6 in favor of expanding pain indications for Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl). The Committee's decision is not final - the FDA has to decide - however, the FDA usually goes along with what the Committee recommends...
An Occupational Hazard For Percussionists? published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
You've heard of tennis elbow and runner's knee, but how about "percussionist's wrist"? A case of overuse injury of the wrist occurring in a professional percussionist is presented in a report in the August issue of JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology...
Disease Activity Is Main Factor In Disability From Rheumatoid Arthritis published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
For people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the level of disease activity measured using the standard DAS 28 score is the factor most strongly affecting the level of RA-related disability, according to a study in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology...
Women With Osteoporosis Suffer More If They Have Previously Broken A Bone, Say Scientists published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Osteoporosis is more common in women who have fractured bones when they were younger - and they experience a similar loss in health-related quality of life as those with arthritis, lung disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases...
Evolution May Have Pushed Humans Toward Greater Risk For Type 1 Diabetes published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Gene variants associated with an increased risk for type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases, they conclude...
European Edition Of SAGE's 'Foot & Ankle Specialist' To Launch published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
SAGE is to launch Foot & Ankle Specialist - European Edition from February 2011. The journal will be an international edition of Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS), a bimonthly controlled circulation journal launched in 2008 publishing peer-reviewed clinical information for foot and ankle caregivers...
Acupuncture Not Superior To Sham Acupuncture In Knee Osteoarthritis published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center determined patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who are treated with traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) do not experience any more benefit than those receiving sham acupuncture (placebo). The team did find that the communication style of the acupuncturist could have a significant effect on pain reduction and satisfaction in patients...
Scientists Uncover Achilles Heel Of Chronic Inflammatory Pain published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body...
Move Your Body And Fight Arthritis, Four Types Of Exercise Can Help Treat Arthritis And Rheumatic Diseases published
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
People with arthritis who exercise have less pain, more energy, improved sleep, and better day-to-day function, according to the American College of Rheumatology. One form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, is the most common form of joint disease in humans and is a leading cause of disability among the elderly...
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Criteria To Stave Off Disabling Disease For Thousands Of People published
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
New criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, could prevent thousands of people from developing disabling late stage disease, by redefining how RA should be classified. Rheumatoid arthritis is a progressive autoimmune inflammatory disease, primarily of the joints...
New Way Of Classifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Aimed At Identifying The Disease Earlier published
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:00:00 PDT
The American College of Rheumatology today announced the release of revised classification criteria (created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism) for rheumatoid arthritis, which will allow the study of treatments for RA at much earlier stages of the disease - before joint damage occurs - ultimately leading to better patient outcomes...
New Way Of Classifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Aimed At Identifying The Disease Earlier published
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The American College of Rheumatology announced the release of revised classification criteria (created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism) for rheumatoid arthritis, which will allow the study of treatments for RA at much earlier stages of the disease before joint damage occurs ultimately leading to better patient outcomes...
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