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Thrombosis risk may be raised by cancer drugs
Cancer patients receiving drugs to lower the risk of anaemia may be...
Published Tuesday 01 December 2009
Chemotherapy can result in insomnia
Insomnia occurs in approximately three-quarters of cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy....
Published Tuesday 01 December 2009
Osteoarthritis risk increased by high exercise levels
Men and women in middle age who exercise on a regular basis...
Published Monday 30 November 2009
Cancer genome changes increase cervical cancer relapse risk
Patients with cervical cancer are three to four times more likely to...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
Number of Americans with diabetes expected to double by 2034
The number of people developing diabetes in the US is expected to...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
H1N1 virus appears to increase asthma risk in children
Asthma is a significant risk factor in children who have contracted the...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
New treatment could prevent thrombosis in PAD patients
Thrombosis is a common side effect in patients undergoing bypass surgery for...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
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Cancer patients receiving drugs to lower the risk of anaemia may be...
Published Tuesday 01 December 2009
Chemotherapy can result in insomnia
Insomnia occurs in approximately three-quarters of cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy....
Published Tuesday 01 December 2009
Osteoarthritis risk increased by high exercise levels
Men and women in middle age who exercise on a regular basis...
Published Monday 30 November 2009
Cancer genome changes increase cervical cancer relapse risk
Patients with cervical cancer are three to four times more likely to...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
Number of Americans with diabetes expected to double by 2034
The number of people developing diabetes in the US is expected to...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
H1N1 virus appears to increase asthma risk in children
Asthma is a significant risk factor in children who have contracted the...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
New treatment could prevent thrombosis in PAD patients
Thrombosis is a common side effect in patients undergoing bypass surgery for...
Published Sunday 29 November 2009
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Arthritis Medical News
- Osteoarthritis risk increased by high exercise levels
Men and women in middle age who exercise on a regular basis may be more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis. This is the finding of researchers at the...
Published Monday 30 November 2009 - Pain still an issue for rheumatoid arthritis patients despite developments
Large numbers of rheumatoid arthritis patients continue to suffer from pain despite recent developments in anti-inflammatory therapy. This is according to findings published in the Arthritis Research &...
Published Wednesday 11 November 2009 - Abatacept may be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
A new biologic drug has been shown to be effective against rheumatoid arthritis. This is according to a new Cochrane System Review, which discovered that abatacept, a member...
Published Wednesday 07 October 2009 - Teriparatide offers hope for osteoarthritis patients
An already-used osteoporosis drug may benefit osteoarthritis patients after an injury is sustained to a joint. This is according to a study published at the annual meeting of...
Published Monday 14 September 2009 - Medical advances offer hope to younger arthritis patients
Younger arthritis patients are among the most notable beneficiaries of advanced medical technology. This is according to UK organisation Arthritis Care, which said that younger people with the...
Published Friday 10 July 2009 - Gene expressions may help understanding of JIA, experts say
Scientists working at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), US, have announced a new genetic discovery that could lead to improved treatment of...
Published Friday 03 July 2009 - Research could pave the way for new arthritis treatments
A new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis could be developed following a discovery by scientists at Imperial College London, UK. It was revealed that a signal molecule made by...
Published Monday 29 June 2009 - New drug could improve rheumatoid arthritis treatment
A study has pointed to the efficacy of a new drug for rheumatoid arthritis treatment, potentially paving the way for a change in approach when it comes to...
Published Tuesday 16 June 2009 - Periodontitis linked to rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis has a significant impact on oral health, research presented at the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Copenhagen, Denmark, shows. According to the...
Published Monday 15 June 2009 - Study suggests drug alleviates symptoms of psoriatic arthritis
A Phase 2 study which appears in British medical journal the Lancet suggests psoriatic arthritis sufferers can benefit from treatment with ustekinumab. Research conducted at a number of...
Published Friday 13 February 2009 - Anakinra offers rheumatoid arthritis patients only mild benefits, study shows
Rheumatoid arthritis patients experiencing joint pain and stiffness will only receive minor benefits from biologic drug anakinra, new research has shown. A Cochrane Systematic Review has shown that,...
Published Wednesday 21 January 2009 - Women more susceptible to effects of rheumatoid arthritis, study suggests
Women could be more susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis than men, a new study has revealed. Research published in journal Arthritis Research and Therapy suggested that, because women have...
Published Wednesday 14 January 2009 - Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients linked to antibodies in joints
New research has suggested that joint damage associated with rheumatoid arthritis could be caused by antibodies produced within the joints themselves. The study, which was published in PLoS...
Published Tuesday 13 January 2009 - Vitamin E supplements do not reduce arthritis risk, study suggests
Vitamin E supplements do not reduce a woman's risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to a recent study. An analysis of data from the Women's Health Study suggests...
Published Wednesday 26 November 2008 - Genetic link for psoriatic arthritis "unclear"
The connection between genetics and the development of arthritic psoriasis is largely unclear, it has been suggested. Following research that looked at the onset of the disease in...
Published Wednesday 22 October 2008 - Rheumatoid arthritis linked to joint surgery in the past, study states
Prior to the advent of newer drugs for the treatment of arthritis, more than half of patients with the condition needed orthopaedic surgery, including joint replacement in many...
Published Friday 03 October 2008 - Occupational therapy and exercise increase physical activity in osteoarthritis sufferers, study suggests
An occupational therapist-led approach could provide patients suffering from knee and hip osteoarthritis with the chance to lead more active lives and even enhance their overall health, a...
Published Tuesday 30 September 2008 - Parasitic worm secretion could help in arthritis treatment, researchers say
=A molecule secreted by parasitic nematode worms could help provide more effective treatment for inflammatory varieties of arthritis, researchers have suggested. Staff from the Universities of Glasgow and...
Published Wednesday 17 September 2008 - Rheumatism experience differs depending on gender, study suggests
Rheumatoid arthritis is often more painful for women than for men, despite the fact that visible symptoms are the same and doctors should take more account of these...
Published Monday 15 September 2008 - Doctors question benefit of arthroscopy in osteoarthritis patients
Clinicians have concluded that arthroscopic surgery for people suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefits to optimised medical and physical therapy, the results of a...
Published Thursday 11 September 2008 - Painful knee arthritis to affect almost half of all adults, study indicates
Almost half (46 per cent) of all adults will develop painful osteoarthritis in their knee over the course of their lifetime, it has been suggested. The longitudinal study...
Published Thursday 04 September 2008 - Scientists hope to develop arthritis vaccine
Scientists are hoping to develop a new vaccine which makes use of patients' own blood cells to suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis, it has been reported. Members...
Published Thursday 21 August 2008 - Updated guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis treatment published
New guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis have been issued by the American College of Rheumatology. Co-authored by physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),...
Published Thursday 24 July 2008 - Arthritis drugs may hold wider benefits
Drugs widely used to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may benefit patients suffering from other autoimmune conditions, scientists believe. Professor Marc Feldmann is set to present his findings...
Published Friday 18 July 2008 - Heavy birth weight linked to rheumatoid arthritis in women
Female newborns with a heavy birth weight have double the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in later life than babies of average weight, new research suggests. Findings published...
Published Monday 30 June 2008 - Baby infections link to rheumatoid arthritis
Babies who suffer from infections in their first year of life increase their chances of developing arthritis when they are older, it has been claimed. Swedish researchers investigated...
Published Monday 16 June 2008 - Calcium channel blockers effective antihypertensive therapy in osteoarthritis
Antihypertensive effects of calcium channel blockers (CCB) do not diminish when taken in conjunction with anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy in osteoarthritis patients, a study suggests. CCBs were also...
Published Thursday 03 April 2008 - Tocilizumab 'effective' for both adult and child arthritis
The arthritis drug tocilizumab can provide effective treatment to both adults and children with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to two new studies. Scientists from the Medical University of...
Published Saturday 29 March 2008 - Vegan regime decreases LDL and oxidised LDL and raises atheroprotective natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine in RA patients
A gluten-free vegan diet appears to give protection to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients against cardiovascular problems and stroke. A randomised study divided 66 RA patients into two groups....
Published Wednesday 19 March 2008 - Rheumatoid arthritis drug gains Dutch approval
German biotech company MorphoSys has gained approval in the Netherlands to start testing a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis on humans. The firm has received a manufacturing license from...
Published Wednesday 13 February 2008
