Posts Tagged ‘arthritis medication’
Brits Start Stem Cell therapy For Arthritis.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Arthritis Results In More Disability Than Any Other Disease.
Letitia Stein writing in the St Petersburg Times reports that “arthritis causes more disability than any other disease.” In fact, “with one in five American adults afflicted, arthritis costs the nation $128 billion annually. Its growth is accelerating as the baby boomers age and people of all ages become heavier, fueling the disease.” Despite that, “public health experts say it’s hard to persuade people to take this painful, costly condition seriously,” particularly because the disease is not considered to be a killer. The article quotes Patience White, MD, MA, of the Arthritis Foundation, who stated, “What they don’t know is that disability is a killer in the long run.”
Pilates For Low Back Pain.
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Pilates equal to General Exercise For Lower Back Pain.
Jeannine Stein writing in the Los Angeles Times Reported on a study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise indicating that Pilates is “as effective for easing lower back pain as a general exercise program.” In an Australian study, 44 patients were assigned “to a Pilates program and 43 people to a general exercise regimen for six weeks. … After six weeks both groups showed substantial improvements in pain and disability compared with the beginning of the study.”
Turmeric For Tennis Elbow
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Turmeric for tennis elbow?
Dr. Ananya Mandal reported in Medical News that a new study shows that turmeric – a common culinary spice could help in the treatment of painful tendonitis which includes the conditions known as tennis or golfer’s elbow. Dr. Ali Mobasheri, of the University of Nottingham’s school of veterinary medicine and science, stressed that this does not mean that turmeric or curries should be considered a “cure” for tendonitis or arthritis.
He added, “We believe that it could offer scientists an important new lead in the treatment of these painful conditions through nutrition.”
For their study, the researchers at the University of Nottingham in London and Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany have described laboratory experiments that show the ingredient can switch off inflammatory cell cycle involved. In the laboratory, researchers used a culture model of human tendon inflammation to study the anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin on tendon cells. Results showed that curcumin inhibits NFkB and prevents it from switching on and promoting inflammation.
Even Mild Concussions Increase Risk Of Dementia.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Can Arthritis Drug Ware Off Lung Cancer?
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Obesity Consumes 12 States
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Gout Raises Heart Attack Risk For Low Risk Patients
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Gout Raises Heart Attack Risk For Low Risk Patients
Diana Mahoney writing in Rheumatology News described a study from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. Researchers found that the risk for a heart attack was 23 % higher in gout patients than the general population. Among individuals aged 20-44, and without other risk factors, the risk for acute heart attack by about 76 percent.
Metal On Metal Hip Replacements Causing Problems.
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Tens Of Thousands Of Patients May Need To Have Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants Replaced.
Barry Meier writing in the New York Times reported that metal-on-metal artificial hips “were regarded by device makers and surgeons as a major advance over previous designs that used both metal and plastic. Now federal regulators and medical researchers are scrambling to determine how many implant recipients have been injured by the devices, which can shed dangerous metallic debris through wear.” The New York Times reported, “While some metal implants have performed well in certain patients, the devices, as a group, are twice as likely as metal-and-plastic ones to require early replacement, according to data from Australia’s orthopedic registry, one of the most comprehensive databases on implants.” According to one estimate, about half a million patients in the US “may have gotten an all-metal hip in the past decade, raising the likelihood that tens of thousands will have painful early-replacement procedures.”
Dialysis Patients Benefit From Skin Cells
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Dialysis Patients Receive World’s First Blood Vessels Grown From Skin Cells.
Marilyn Marchione writing in the Associated Press reported that three patients on dialysis “have received the world’s first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells” in a “key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used to treat diabetics, soldiers with damaged limbs, people having heart bypass surgery and others.” The AP adds, “The goal is to one day have a refrigerated inventory of these in various sizes and shapes that surgeons could order up as needed like bandages and other medical supplies.”
